HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice of Receipt of Ballot Title NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE
FILED IN THE CITY OF ASHLAND
August 7,2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ballot title meeting the requirements of section
1(2)(d),Article IV of the Oregon Constitution (one subject) has been filed with the City
Recorder.
The ballot title has been prepared by the City Attorney and is as follows:
CAPTION: Question on constitutional definition of"persons" and campaign spending limits
QUESTION: Shall Ashland voters instruct Congress to amend U.S. Constitution to grant only
natural persons constitutional rights and limit campaign spending?
SUMMARY: The Ashland City Council has placed this advisory question on the ballot to
determine whether a majority of Ashland voter's wishes to urge the U.S. Congress
to initiate a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution so as to make federal
constitutional rights available only to natural persons and grant to Congress and
the states authority to regulate campaign contributions and expenditures.
Such a constitutional amendment would make it possible for Congress and state
legislatures to enact limitations and public disclosure requirements on
contributions and spending by and for candidates for elective office, campaign
committees, and independent political committees and individuals.
The outcome of the election on this advisory question will not be binding; it will,
instead, serve to inform Congress of the views of a majority of Ashland voters on
the regulation of campaign finances. Similar advisory elections are occurring in
many,other U.S. cities.
ANY ELECTOR DISSATISFIED WITH THE BALLOT TITLE may petition the Circuit Court
seeking a different title and stating the reasons the title filed is insufficient, not concise or unfair.
Petition must name as respondent the City Attorney and must be filed no later than the 7th day
after ballot title is filed with the City Recorder. Deadline is August 16, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. The
court shall review the title and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and
certify to the city elections officer a title for the measure which meets the requirements of ORS
250.035.
AN ELECTOR FILING A PETITION shall notify the city elections officer in writing that the
petition has been filed. The notice shall be given NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on the next business
day following the day the petition is filed with the Circuit Court. ORS 250.296 §2.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
Publish: August 9, 2012