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Ballot measures target campaign money.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-JUL-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ballot measures target campaign money.(Elections)(Backers seek to change the state constitution in order to cut the political influence of well-funded interest groups)

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard

SALEM - Oregon could lose its status as one of the last frontiers for unlimited campaign contributions if voters pass a pair of measures approved Friday for the ballot.

The two measures - one a constitutional amendment and the other a change in state law - would drastically reduce the flow of money from unions, corporations, interest groups and rich individuals.

As it now stands, Oregon is one of five states in the country that allow unlimited contributions, such as the $150,000 check a manufacturers' trade group wrote to Supreme Court candidate Jack Roberts this spring and...

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