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Senate approves bill requiring local election filings to be posted online
Summary
Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 580, which requires city and county election officials to post candidate filings and declarations online within specified timeframes to improve transparency and ease public access.
The Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 580 on May 7, a transparency measure requiring county and city election officials to publish candidate filings and declarations on their official websites within set timeframes.
Sponsor Senator Frederick said the bill addresses a public‑access gap for local elections: unlike statewide candidate filings that are available on ORESTAR, local candidate filings are not consistently posted online. “To solve this…
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