Chapter 248 — Chapter 248

ORS 248.002 Definitions. As used in this chapter

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ORS 248.004 Powers of political parties; liability of political parties and of officers, employees and members of political parties. (1) A minor political party or a major political party shall have all the powers granted to a nonprofit corporation under ORS 65.077

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ORS 248.005 Parties to insure widest and fairest representation of members. Each political party by rule shall insure the widest and fairest representation of party members in the party organization and activities. Rules shall be adopted by procedures that assure the fair and open participation of all interested party members. [1975 c.779 §1; 1979 c.190 §68]

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ORS 248.006 Qualification and maintenance of status as major political party; loss of status as major political party; calculation of number of party members. (1) An affiliation of electors becomes a major political party in this state and is qualified to make nominations at a primary election when a number of electors equal to at least 10 percent of the number of electors registered in this state are registered as members of the party not later than the 275th day before the date of a primary election. An affiliation of electors satisfying the requirements of this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of ORS 248.007 on the date the Secretary of State determines the registration requirements are satisfied

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ORS 248.007 Organization of major political parties; applicability of ORS 248.012 to 248.315; election of precinct committeepersons; notice to Secretary of State; use of primary election. (1) Subject to ORS 248.005, a major political party may organize and select delegates to national party conventions in any manner

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ORS 248.008 Qualification as minor political party; party member registration requirement; eligibility to nominate candidates; maintenance of status as minor political party; loss of status as minor party. (1) An affiliation of electors becomes a minor political party in the state, a county or other electoral district, qualified to make nominations for public office in that electoral district and in any other electoral district wholly contained within the electoral district, when the affiliation of electors has acted as described in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection

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ORS 248.009 Process for nominating candidates by minor political party; notice to filing officer; notice of nominating convention. (1) A minor political party shall file with the filing officer a copy of its organizational documents establishing its process for nominating candidates for public office. The organizational documents shall be filed not later than 30 days after they are adopted. The nominating process for candidates for election at the general election shall provide an equal opportunity to all registered members of the party within the electoral district to participate in the process of making nominations or selecting the delegates who will make the nominations. A minor political party shall file copies of any changes to its organizational documents relating to nomination of candidates for public office not later than 30 days after the date any changes were made. The minor political party shall nominate candidates for public office only in accordance with the procedures set forth in its organizational documents

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ORS 248.010 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §49; 1965 c.407 §1; 1975 c.779 §4; 1979 c.190 §71; 1983 c.514 §5; repealed by 2019 c.675 §33]

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ORS 248.011 Enforcement of ORS 248.005 or political party rules. Except as expressly required by law, the Secretary of State, a county clerk or any other elections official shall not enforce the provisions of ORS 248.005 or any other rule adopted by a political party. [1995 c.606 §2]

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ORS 248.012 Notice of committee meetings required. The chairperson of a county central committee or state central committee shall notify by postal mail or electronic mail the entire membership of the committee not later than the sixth day before the date of an anticipated meeting. Except for the notice of an organizational meeting of a county central committee, failure to give timely notice of the time, date and place of a meeting shall invalidate the business of the meeting. [Formerly 248.100; 2019 c.299 §1]

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ORS 248.015 Precinct committeepersons; qualifications; election; vote required; term. (1) A precinct committeeperson shall be a representative of the major political party in the precinct. At the primary election a major political party shall elect from its members a precinct committeeperson for every 250 electors, or major fraction thereof, who are registered in the precinct 251 days before the primary election. In any event the political party members of a precinct shall be entitled to elect not less than two committeepersons in the precinct. A person may not hold office as precinct committeeperson in more than one precinct

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ORS 248.017 Eligibility for candidacy for office of precinct committeeperson. Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 248.015

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ORS 248.018 [1973 c.827 §24b; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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ORS 248.019 Write-in candidate for precinct committeeperson; process. (1) Subject to ORS 248.015 (4), a person may participate as a write-in candidate for precinct committeeperson by filing with the county elections official a declaration of write-in candidacy. The declaration shall be made on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule and must be filed no later than 8 p.m. on the date of the election. The form prescribed by the secretary must require that the person

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ORS 248.020 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §50; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.021 Nomination of separate elector as precinct committeeperson. (1) An elector may nominate a separate elector as a write-in candidate for the office of precinct committeeperson if the elector making the nomination submits, not later than 8 p.m. on the date of the primary election, a write-in nomination on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule. The write-in nomination shall

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ORS 248.023 Certificates of election; acceptance of office; list of precinct committeepersons; offices declared vacant when no committeeperson elected. (1) Not later than the 27th day after a primary election, the county elections official shall mail a certificate of election to each newly elected precinct committeeperson within the county. The county elections official also shall mail an “Acceptance of Office” form to each person elected by write-in votes to the office of precinct committeeperson who was nominated under ORS 248.021. The form shall include a statement to be signed by the person elected that the person is qualified to hold the office

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ORS 248.024 Resignation or ineligibility of precinct committeeperson. (1) A precinct committeeperson may resign from the office by filing a written notification of resignation with the county elections official. Upon receipt of this notification, the county elections official shall

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ORS 248.025 [1965 c.407 §6; 1979 c.190 §79; renumbered 248.031]

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ORS 248.026 Selection of precinct committeeperson to fill vacancy; effective date of selection; term; powers. (1) The members of a county central committee may fill a vacancy in the office of precinct committeeperson by selecting a member of the major political party who is registered in

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ORS 248.027 Committeeperson to continue on central committee despite change in precinct. A precinct committeeperson who represents a precinct which is subsequently combined, consolidated or abolished shall continue to be a member of the county central committee until the end of that committeeperson’s regular term of office. [Formerly 248.057]

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ORS 248.029 Recall of committeeperson; procedure; cost. (1) Except as provided in this section, the provisions for recall of a public officer under ORS 249.002 to 249.013 and 249.865 to 249.877, apply to a recall election of a precinct committeeperson

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ORS 248.030 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §51; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.031 Precinct committeepersons as county central committee; status and functions of committee. The precinct committeepersons of the county shall constitute the county central committee of their party. The county central committee of each major political party is the highest party authority in county party matters and may adopt rules or resolutions for any matter of party government within the county which is not controlled by the laws of this state. [Formerly 248.025]

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ORS 248.033 Organizational meeting; notice. (1) The organizational meeting of a county central committee shall be held no less frequently than every 25 months

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ORS 248.035 Transfer of property; election of officers; notice of election; eligibility to vote. (1) At the organizational meeting of a county central committee

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ORS 248.040 [Repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.043 Procedure if meeting not called; filling vacancies when no precinct committeeperson elected; term of appointee; notice to county clerk. If a newly elected county central committee fails to meet or to organize or if no person within a county is elected by a major political party as a precinct committeeperson, the chairperson of the retiring state central committee shall appoint a temporary chairperson of the county central committee. The temporary chairperson shall call an organizational meeting and organize the committee as provided by applicable provisions of ORS 248.033 and 248.035. A temporary chairperson appointed when no precinct committeeperson is elected may appoint members to fill the vacancies in the office of precinct committeeperson for the precinct in which the persons are registered. A person so appointed may be removed from office at the pleasure of the central committee, but otherwise shall hold the office of precinct committeeperson for the unexpired term and shall have the powers, duties and privileges of a precinct committeeperson. When a person is appointed to the office of precinct committeeperson pursuant to this subsection, the temporary chairperson shall notify, in writing, the county elections official of the appointment. The county elections official shall place the name of the person appointed on the list of precinct committeepersons. [1965 c.407 §9(5),(6); 1979 c.190 §82; 2019 c.675 §25]

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ORS 248.045 Proxies prohibited; bylaws or rules; executive committee functions; voting privileges. Proxies in no instance shall be permitted to participate at any county central committee meeting. At any meeting of the county central committee, the committee may

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ORS 248.047 [1965 c.407 §11; 1967 c.540 §1; 1975 c.779 §8; 1979 c.190 §75; renumbered 248.024]

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ORS 248.049 [1967 c.540 §3(1),(2); repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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ORS 248.050 [Repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.053 [1967 c.540 §4; 1979 c.190 §78; renumbered 248.029]

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ORS 248.055 [1965 c.407 §12; 1967 c.540 §2; 1975 c.779 §9; 1979 c.190 §76; renumbered 248.026]

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ORS 248.057 [1967 c.124 §2; 1979 c.190 §77; renumbered 248.027]

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ORS 248.060 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §52; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.070 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §53; 1961 c.94 §1; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.071 [1965 s.s. c.1 §3 (enacted as 248.070); repealed by 1967 c.227 §1]

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ORS 248.072 Authority of state central committee. The state central committee is the highest party authority in the state and may adopt rules or resolutions for any matter of party government which is not controlled by the laws of this state. [1979 c.190 §84]

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ORS 248.075 State central committee; organizational meeting; notice. (1) The state central committee shall consist of at least two delegates from each county central committee and other delegates from each county equal to the number of party members in the county registered on the date of the primary election divided by 15,000. If the remaining number exceeds 7,500, one additional delegate shall represent the county. The delegates and an equal number of alternate delegates shall be selected by the county central committee. When a delegate of a county central committee is unable to attend a meeting of the state central committee, an alternate delegate of the county central committee may attend the meeting

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ORS 248.080 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §54; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]

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ORS 248.085 Transfer of property; election of officers; bylaws or rules; executive committee functions. (1) At the organizational meeting of the state central committee

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ORS 248.090 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §55; 1965 s.s. c.1 §4; 1971 c.627 §1; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]

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ORS 248.095 [1989 c.986 §4; repealed by 1993 c.797 §33]

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ORS 248.100 [Amended by 1965 c.407 §15; 1975 c.779 §12; 1979 c.190 §71; renumbered 248.012]

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ORS 248.110 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]

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ORS 248.120 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]

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ORS 248.130 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]

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ORS 248.140 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]

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ORS 248.150 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §56; 1965 c.320 §1; repealed by 1967 c.227 §1]

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