SALEM, Ore. — A new ad campaign is targeting Senate President Peter Courtney for repeatedly blocking a bill that would permit Oregon to give all seven of its electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote during presidential elections.
National Popular Vote Inc., a California-based nonprofit, launched the ad campaign against Courtney on Thursday, the Statesman Journal reported.
The National Popular Vote bill had passed in the House in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017 but was killed in the Senate by Courtney, said John Koza, the nonprofit’s chairman. The nonprofit is running a 16-second advertisement, a Facebook page and website which promises to spread ads against Courtney on Google and Facebook as part of the campaign.
The campaign’s goal is to inform voters of Courtney’s record with the bill, Koza said.