Oregonians for Better Elections

Oregonians for Better Elections, sometimes known as Oregonians for Ranked Choice Voting, is a political action committee (PAC) focused on promoting ranked choice voting. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: 527 (Political Action Committee)
Issue Areas: Elections Policy
Location: Portland, OR View on map
Tax ID: 92-0295871

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    FairVote Action Fund and Unite America PAC have both supported Oregonians for Ranked Choice Voting. 2 3

    Contributions

    In 2022, Oregonians for Better Elections contributed $52,000 to an Oregon-based campaign called Oregon Ranked Choice Voting, according to the Daily Caller. 1

    In the 2024 election cycle, Oregonians for Better Elections contributed $10,000 to Oregon State Senator Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego), $5,000 to Oregon State Representative Benjamin Bowman (D-Tigard), $5,000 to Oregon State Senator Kathrine (Khanh) Pham (D-Portland), $5,000 to Oregon State Senator Katherine Lieber (D-Portland), and $5,000 to Oregon State Representative Julianne Fahey (D-Eugene). 4 5

    Funding

    In 2022, FairVote Action Fund gave $50,000 to Oregonians for Better Elections. In that same year, FairVote Action Fund supported various PACs with similar names and goals, including $390,000 to Ranked Choice Voting for Seattle. 2

    In 2022, Unite America PAC gave $75,000 to Oregonians for Better Elections. 3

    Both Unite America PAC and FairVote Action Fund are active in pushing for ranked choice voting initiatives across the country. 6 7

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $50,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $50,0002022 Fairvote ActionADVOCACY

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    References

    1. Masters, Mary Lou. “Here’s How a Few Ballot Measures Could Upend Future Elections in Numerous States.” The Daily Caller, February 29, 2024. https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/29/ranked-choice-voting-ballot-measures-upend-future-elections-numerous-states/.
    2. “Fairvote Action Fund,” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990) 2022. Schedules C and I.
    3. Oregon secretary of State CAPTCHA/support Id. Accessed July 4, 2025. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/gotoPublicTransactionSearchResults.do?cneSearchButtonName=next&cneSearchFilerCommitteeId=22472&cneSearchContributorTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchFilerCommitteeTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchPageIdx=2.
    4. “Donor Lookup.” OpenSecrets. Accessed July 4, 2025. https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?cycle=2024&order=desc&page=3&sort=A&zip=97202.
    5. Legislation tracking. Accessed July 4, 2025. https://legislation.ballotpedia.org/admin-state/bill/14961.
    6.  “Ranked Choice Voting.” FairVote, June 27, 2025. https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/.
    7. “Instant Runoffs – Unite America.” – Unite America. Accessed July 7, 2025. https://www.uniteamerica.org/instant-runoffs.