In support of Oregon Ballot Measure 107, Voters’ Right to Know submitted the following statement for publication in the Oregon Voter Pamphlet:
Vote YES on Ballot Measure 107 for More Transparent Elections.
Each election, special interests spend millions of dollars to buy results that benefit their own bottom lines, often at great cost to ordinary people. Increasingly, they do this in secret, laundering their money through shadowy front groups to hide their undue influence from public view and avoid accountability.
Over the last decade, more than $1 billion in secret money has flooded American elections. It’s time to put an end to this corrupt practice.
Oregonians have a fundamental right to know the true sources of money being spent to influence the way they vote. By shining a light on big-money special interests and the candidates and issues they support, voters can be sure they are casting a vote in their own interest — and electing a government that really works for them.
Measure 107 would take meaningful steps forward on the problem of big-money influence in Oregon, paving the way for strong transparency laws that will hold special interests accountable.
That’s why Voters’ Right to Know supports Ballot Measure 107, and urges you to vote YES in November.
