Mayoral campaign finance information is online
Oregon now requires political candidates to file campaign finance information online. For voters, this change means information about who is giving money to campaigns and how the campaigns spend the money is just a click away.
The system, called Oregon Elections System for Tracking and Reporting, or ORESTAR, allows campaigns to upload required information. The public can then peruse the information from any computer with Internet access.
The system is the result of legislation passed by the 2005 and 2007 Oregon Legislature.
For example, ORESTAR makes it relatively easy to identify top contributors to the mayoral campaigns in Eugene.
Further information about companies that contribute to campaigns is available through the Oregon Secretary of State's Corporations Division online business registration search.
For candidates for federal office, the Federal Election Commission keeps track of campaign finance information.
Click here for complete records for Kitty Piercy
Click here for complete records for Jim Torrey
