(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Elections Division is launching a new program to help candidates follow campaign finance laws. It's called the CLEAR Initiative. The website oregon votes dot gov now directs users to ORESTAR that has information on candidates and committees. The Elections Division will start publishing an online database of campaign finance violations and penalties. The Division is also putting out a series of training videos, live training and compliance information to help campaigns know what they need to do to comply with the laws.