ECIElection Campaign-Finance Index

ORS 260.014 explicitly codifies contribution limits in statute across multiple subsections and office categories. The limits are enumerated with specific dollar amounts and timeframes (per election, per year, per election cycle) applied to different contributor types and candidate offices. No delegation to administrative discretion occurs; the statutory text itself establishes the permissible contribution framework.

ORS § 260.044 comprehensively codifies independent-expenditure rules in statute, including: a threshold ($250), triggering obligations (electronic filing), filing deadlines (7 days initially, 30 days generally, 7 days during election periods), definitions of independent expenditures (subsection 7), and distinctions from contributions. The rules establish clear procedures rather than delegating to administrative discretion, satisfying the procedural-clarity standard.

The statute clearly identifies when anonymous donations ($1,000+) trigger a restriction: they may not be used for candidate-specific communications. However, the section does not specify the disposition of such donations—whether they must be returned to the donor, forfeited to the state, held in escrow, or destroyed. The statute addresses treatment only in the narrow context of communications-financing, not general contribution handling procedures.

The section statutorily defines a disclosure threshold of $5,000: candidates and committees below that amount may file a simplified certificate and are exempt from detailed disclosure statements (ORS 260.057). Once contributions or expenditures exceed $5,000, full disclosure statements must be filed within seven days. The threshold is enumerated in the statute itself, not delegated to regulation or administrative discretion.

No matching sections in corpus.

Section 260.059(3) requires disclosure of contributor name and original source of funds for contributors giving $5,000+ to independent-expenditure entities, satisfying the 'name' component. However, the statute does not explicitly require disclosure of address, occupation, or employer—only name and fund source. The original-source definition in subsection (6)(c)(B) identifies the person and fund type (business income vs. personal funds) but does not mandate occupational or employer fields as distinct disclosure elements.

No matching sections in corpus.

The section codifies a civil penalty schedule with a specified maximum amount ($10,000) for synthetic media disclosure violations, directly satisfying the procedural requirement for statutorily-defined penalties. However, no criminal penalty is specified, yielding a score of 1 rather than 2 under the ordinal scale.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORS 260.061 establishes Secretary of State responsibilities for dashboard reporting and biannual review but contains no definition of an enforcement body, no appointment process, no protection from political control, and no enforcement mechanism. The section addresses procedural reporting requirements, not the structural independence of campaign-finance enforcement.

ORS § 260.532(5) explicitly grants a private right of action to candidates and political committees aggrieved by violations of the false-statement prohibition. The statute defines standing (aggrieved party), venue (any county where defendant resides or publication occurred), the burden of proof (clear and convincing evidence), available remedies (economic and noneconomic damages, minimum $2,500, attorney fees, and equitable relief), and procedural requirements (30-day filing deadline, expedited adjudication). This is a comprehensive statutory right of action with defined enforcement procedures.

ORS 260.416(2)(a) explicitly prohibits foreign nationals, foreign corporations, and foreign entities from making candidate campaign contributions or expenditures. The statute provides a statutory definition of 'foreign national' by reference to federal law (22 U.S.C. 611(b)) with enumerated exceptions for U.S. citizens, nationals, lawfully permanent residents, and Oregon residents, establishing clear statutory procedure and enumeration.

The statute prohibits foreign nationals and foreign entities from making contributions 'directly or indirectly' and defines 'foreign national' by reference to federal law (22 U.S.C. 611(b)) with specific carve-outs for US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents. This addresses some indirect channels (foreign nationals acting through others). However, the section does not address indirect channels via foreign-controlled domestic entities (e.g., LLCs, corporations controlled by foreigners) or require corporate-ownership tracing to verify domestic-entity non-foreign-control. The statute covers some indirect conduits but lacks the comprehensive corporate-ownership verification framework.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORS 260.039 addresses the content and filing requirements for statements of organization by candidates and principal campaign committees. It specifies required organizational information (names, addresses, occupations, committee structure, bank account details) and filing deadlines, but contains no requirement or procedure for verifying that contributors are not foreign-source entities. The section does not address contributor verification at all, relying instead on other provisions of Oregon's campaign-finance statutes for that purpose.