Saturday, November 8, 2008

Money

Oregon law requires anyone spending more than $300 on a political campaign to create a "candidate committee." If you spend more than $2000 you are required to file details of all transactions at the Secretary of State's website, and information about those transactions is available to the public. If you're wondering what it takes to run a campaign in a town of 7000 residents, here's what I spent:
100 lawn signs + stakes..............$582.72
postage ..............................$21.00
big sign ............................ $40.00
purchase mailing list from county ... $27.79
3200 postcards + postage ..........$1,534.11
Let me know if you have a creative use for "Arthur Babitz For Mayor" lawn signs. They served as handy trays at our election night party.

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