24 sections in this chapter.
ORS 188.010 Criteria for apportionment of state into congressional and legislative districts. The Legislative Assembly or the Secretary of State, whichever is applicable, shall consider the following criteria when apportioning the state into congressional and legislative districts
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(1) Each district, as nearly as practicable, shall: (a) Be contiguous; (b) Be of equal population; (c) Utilize existing geographic or political boundaries; (d) Not divide communities of common interest; and (e) Be connected by transportation links. (2) No district shall be drawn …
ORS 188.015 [1989 c.114 §1; 1997 c.249 §55; renumbered 188.025 in 2015]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.016 Required hearings for apportionment of state into congressional and legislative districts; conduct of hearings. (1) When apportioning the state into congressional or legislative districts, the Legislative Assembly shall hold at least 10 public hearings at locations throughout the state prior to proposing a reapportionment plan
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(2) In addition to the hearings required under subsection (1) of this section, the Legislative Assembly or the Secretary of State, whichever is applicable, shall: (a) To the extent practicable, hold six public hearings after a reapportionment plan is proposed, but before the plan…
ORS 188.025 Apportionment duties of Secretary of State; rules. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules the secretary considers necessary in carrying out the secretary’s reapportionment duties under ORS 188.010 to 188.305 and section 6, Article IV of the Oregon Constitution. [Formerly 188.015]
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
ORS 188.110 Election of United States Representative in Congress. One Representative to the Congress of the United States shall be elected in each congressional district at the general election every two years. [Formerly 250.300]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.120 Filling vacancy in election or office of United States Representative or Senator; temporary appointment of United States Senator by Governor. (1) If a vacancy in election or office of Representative in Congress or United States Senator occurs before the 61st day before the general election, the Governor shall call a special election to fill that vacancy
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(2) If a vacancy in election or office of United States Senator occurs after the 62nd day before the general election but on or before the general election, and if the term of that office is not regularly filled at that election, the Governor shall call a special election to fill…
ORS 188.125 Elector challenge of legislative apportionment of state into congressional districts; elector request for court apportionment of state into congressional districts; process; time frame; standard of review. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Elector” has the meaning given that term in ORS 247.002. (b) “Legislatively adopted reapportionment plan” means a plan for the reapportionment of congressional districts that has passed the Legislative Assembly and that is signed, or allowed to become law without signature, …
ORS 188.130 [Formerly 250.295; 1981 c.864 §1; repealed by 1997 c.249 §56]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.135 [See note following]
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Note: After adjournment of the 2001 regular session of the Legislative Assembly, the Multnomah County Circuit Court ordered adoption of congressional district boundaries. The court’s order arose out of Perrin v. Kitzhaber, No. 0107-07021, which held the congressional district bou…
ORS 188.140 Congressional district boundaries. The State of Oregon is portioned into six congressional districts composed, respectively, of the following counties or parts thereof
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(1) First District: Clatsop County; Columbia County; that portion of Multnomah County lying within blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4017, 4018, …
ORS 188.210 [Formerly 171.025; see note following]
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Note: Chapter 482, Oregon Laws 1961, including the apportionments under 182.210 and 188.220, was held unconstitutional in In Re Legislative Apportionment, 228 Or. 562, 364 P.2d 1004 (1961). A reapportionment drafted by the Secretary of State was approved by the Oregon Supreme Cou…
ORS 188.220 [Formerly 171.035; see note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.230 [Formerly 171.037; see note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.235 [See note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.240 [Formerly 171.038; see note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.245 [See note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.255 [See note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.265 [See note under 188.210]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.275 [See note under 188.210; repealed by 2011 c.314 §5]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.285 [See note under 188.210; repealed by 2011 c.314 §5]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.290 [See note under 188.210; 2011 c.314 §1; repealed by 2021 s.s.1 c.2 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.295 [See note under 188.210; 2011 c.314 §2; repealed by 2021 s.s.1 c.2 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 188.300 District boundaries for House of Representatives. (1) First District: That portion of Coos County lying within blocks 1033, 1034, 1035, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 2005, 2006, 2016 and 2040 of census tract 103; blocks 1000, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 3000, 3001, 3005, 3007, 3010, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027 and 3028 of census tract 200; blocks 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1077, 1079, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087 and 1088 of census tract 502; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 2037, 2038, 2043, 2044, 2048, 2049, 2050 and 2061 of census tract 800; census tract 901; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1049, 1050, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1087, 1088, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057 and 4058 of census tract 902; census tract 1001; census tract 1002; census tract 1101; census tract 1102; blocks 5, 6, 7 and 8 of census tract 990101; Curry County; that portion of Douglas County lying within blocks 2126, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2145, 2146, 2151, 2157, 2159, 2160 and 2161 of census tract 20000; blocks 2164, 2165 and 2176 of census tract 30000; blocks 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1026, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1062, 1063, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2030, 2031, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013 and 3020 of census tract 60000; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2200, 2201, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3045, 3050, 3052, 3054 and 3060 of census tract 70000; blocks 3004, 3006, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3024, 3025 and 3026 of census tract 110000; blocks 1049, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036 and 2037 of census tract 130001; blocks 1002, 1003, 1004, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040 and 1041 of census tract 140000; census tract 150001; census tract 150002; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010 and 3011 of census tract 160001; census tract 160002; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1046, 1090, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 3003, 3050, 3055, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3096, 3097, 3100, 3101, 3102 and 3103 of census tract 170000; blocks 1024, 1056, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076 and 1081 of census tract 180000; blocks 5058, 5059, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5090, 5091, 5092, 5093, 5094, 5095, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5099, 5100, 5101, 5102, 5103, 5104, 5105, 5106, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5114, 5115, 5116 and 5277 of census tract 210000
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(2) Second District: That portion of Douglas County lying within blocks 1099, 1100, 1101, 1125, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241 and 1247 of census tract 10000; blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2124, 21…
ORS 188.305 Senate districts. The 30 senatorial districts are as follows
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______________________________________________________________________________ Senate District House District Number Numbers 1 1 & 2 2 3 & 4 3 5 & 6 4 7 & 8 5 9 & 10 6 11 & 12 7 13 & 14 8 15 & 16 9 17 & 18 10 19 & 20 11 21 & 22 12 23 & 24 13 25 & 26 14 27 & 28 15 29 & 30 16 31 & …