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Bill would stop routine publication of candidates’ home addresses online; proponents seek default nondisclosure
Summary
Senate Bill 224 would prohibit the Secretary of State from publishing candidates’ and certain campaign officials’ residential addresses on its electronic filing system by default, while retaining access through public records requests, testimony in the Rules Committee said.
The Rules Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 224, a measure that would prohibit the Oregon Secretary of State from publishing the residential address of certain individuals associated with a candidate's principal campaign committee on its electronic filing system.
Sen. James Ivory Manning Jr., sponsor of SB 224, said the bill is intended to reduce doxxing and threats against candidates and their families. "This bill makes it automatic where those home addresses will not be listed," Manning said, and he described amendments that would allow individuals to opt in to display their address and would allow members of the public to obtain addresses through a…
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