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Council adopts changes to small-donor program, grants Elections Commission delegated authority
Summary
Portland City Council approved code amendments to the city's small-donor elections program, delegating rulemaking authority to the Portland Elections Commission, aligning the program cycle with recent state timing changes and lowering the auditor match cap. One councilor registered a dissent over third-party canvassers and transparency concerns.
Portland City Council on Sept. 24 approved an ordinance amending the city’s small-donor elections code to adopt recommendations from the Portland Elections Commission.
The ordinance delegates administrative-rule authority to the Portland Elections Commission to allow the commission to implement rules — including a rule that would prevent contributions from other candidates from counting toward certification thresholds used to qualify for matching funds. The changes also align the city’s small-donor election cycle with the state’s calendar (January 1 through December 31 for the election year) and set the deadline for returning unspent matching funds to the program as the last day of the election cycle. The ordinance reduces…
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