Defend Democracy

Mayor and City Council of Portland, Multnomah County Commission, and Oregon Governer Kate Brown

Add your name to demand that Mayor and City Council of Portland, Multnomah County Commission, and Oregon Governer Kate Brown uphold democracy.

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To: Mayor and City Council of Portland, Multnomah County Commission, and Oregon Governer Kate Brown
From: [Your Name]

The undersigned organizations expect our City, County, and State elected leaders to commit to the following:

1. Recognize that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as well as poor people experience greater threats to their safe access to democratic participation. Uphold the rights of all citizens to vote without intimidation. Ensure that any voting irregularities or fraud will be impartially investigated and remedied. Commit to legally prescribed regular election protocols. Specifically, do not recognize the authority of anyone declaring victory outside of regular election protocols.

2. Uphold our First Amendment rights by not interfering with public protest. This means no use of collective punishment or a militarized local, state or federal police response to protests, including but not limited to the use of chemical weapons of any kind, crowd control munitions, or “less” lethal munitions.

3. To protect our rights to maintain accountability with local government agencies, ensure that federal and federally deputized officers from any and all law enforcement agencies are kept off-duty and do not respond to protests. This upholds the integrity of the May 2020 election results for District Attorney and restores control of policing and prosecutorial decision-making processes to state and local officials.