Chapter 249 — Chapter 249
155 sections in this chapter.
ORS 249.510 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §100; renumbered 249.366]
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ORS 249.515 [1971 c.29 §4; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1]
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ORS 249.520 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
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ORS 249.525 [1971 c.29 §5; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.530 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §101; renumbered 249.352]
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ORS 249.535 [1971 c.29 §6; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1]
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ORS 249.540 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §102; renumbered 249.358]
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ORS 249.545 [1971 c.29 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.550 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §104; renumbered 249.354]
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ORS 249.560 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
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ORS 249.570 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §105; renumbered 249.362]
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ORS 249.580 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §106; renumbered 249.364]
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ORS 249.590 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
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ORS 249.600 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §108; renumbered 249.368]
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ORS 249.610 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
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ORS 249.640 [1975 c.779 §24; 1977 c.829 §8; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.650 [1957 c.608 §82; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.652 [1973 c.527 §5; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.654 [1973 c.527 §§6,7,8; 1975 c.779 §25; 1979 c.190 §394; renumbered 188.120]
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ORS 249.655 [1957 c.608 §83; repealed by 1973 c.527 §10]
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ORS 249.656 [1973 c.527 §9; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.660 [1957 c.608 §84; 1973 c.773 §6; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.665 [1957 c.608 §85; 1973 c.773 §7; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.670 [1957 c.608 §86; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
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ORS 249.680 [1961 c.73 §2; 1975 c.779 §26; 1979 c.190 §121; renumbered 249.180]
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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES TO PARTISAN OFFICE BY OTHER THAN MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY (General Provisions)
ORS 249.705 Nomination by other than major party. A minor political party, assembly of electors or individual electors may nominate one candidate for each partisan public office to be filled at the general election by preparing and filing a certificate of nomination as provided in ORS 249.712 to 249.850. [1979 c.190 §125]
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ORS 249.710 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §109; 1963 c.176 §1; 1977 c.829 §9; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.712 Acceptance of nomination. (1) To complete a nomination, the nominee must accept the nomination
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(2) The acceptance of the nominee may be indorsed upon the certificate of nomination and signed by the nominee, or it may be indorsed by a letter or telegram from the nominee attached to the certificate and filed with it. If the acceptance does not accompany the certificate of no…
ORS 249.715 [1977 c.324 §2; 1979 c.190 §130; renumbered 249.735]
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ORS 249.720 Information to be contained in certificate of nomination. (1) A certificate of nomination shall contain
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(a) The name by which the candidate is commonly known. A candidate may use a nickname in parentheses in connection with the full name. (b) Address information as required by the Secretary of State by rule. (c) The office, and department or position number if any, for which the ca…
ORS 249.722 Time for filing certificate; filing officers; rules. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a certificate of nomination of a candidate for public office shall be filed not sooner than the 15th day after the date of the primary election and not later than the 70th day before the date of the general election
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(2) A certificate of nomination of a candidate for: (a) State office, United States Senator or Representative in Congress shall be filed with the Secretary of State. (b) County office shall be filed with the county clerk. (c) City office shall be filed with the chief city electio…
ORS 249.730 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §111; 1963 c.176 §2; 1977 c.324 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.732 [1979 c.190 §129; 1983 c.756 §6; 1989 c.923 §28; repealed by 1993 c.493 §113 and 1993 c.797 §33]
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(Nomination by Assembly of Electors)
ORS 249.735 Qualification as assembly of electors; records; notice; nomination by assembly. (1) An assembly of electors is an organized body
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(a) Of not fewer than 1,000 electors of the state for a statewide nomination. (b) Of not fewer than 500 electors of the congressional district for which the nomination for Representative in Congress is made. (c) Of not fewer than 250 electors of the county or any other district f…
ORS 249.737 Filing officer for nomination by assembly of electors. (1) The filing officer for the office for which nominations will be considered by an assembly of electors shall supervise the conduct of the nominating convention. The filing officer shall insure that when the assembly of electors makes a nomination, the number of electors required to be present at the nominating convention for the purpose of constituting an assembly is at least equal to each of the following
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(a) The number of signatures of assembly members in the minutes of the assembly. (b) The number of electors present at the nominating convention. (2) If an assembly of electors will consider nominations for an office for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer and an o…
ORS 249.740 Certificates of nomination made by individual electors; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets. (1)(a) A certificate of nomination made by individual electors shall contain a number of signatures of electors in the electoral district equal to not less than one percent of the total votes cast in the electoral district for which the nomination is intended to be made, for all candidates for presidential electors at the most recent presidential election
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(b) For all elections beginning with the election next following any change in the boundaries of an electoral district and ending with the presidential election next following any change in the boundaries of the electoral district, a certificate of nomination made by individual e…
ORS 249.750 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §113; 1979 c.190 §100; renumbered 249.013]
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ORS 249.760 [Amended by 1979 c.190 §126; renumbered 249.712]
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ORS 249.770 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §114; 1971 c.749 §79; 1977 c.324 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.780 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §115; 1961 c.49 §2; 1971 c.749 §80; 1977 c.324 §5; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.790 [Amended by 1977 c.829 §11; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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(Register of Nominations)
ORS 249.810 Entries in register of nominations upon filing certificates. (1) Immediately after each certificate of nomination is filed, the filing officer shall enter in the register of nominations
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(a) The date the certificate was filed. (b) The name of each candidate. (c) The office for which the candidate is nominated. (d) When applicable, the name of the minor political party or identification of the assembly of electors making the nomination, and the names of the chairp…
ORS 249.820 [Repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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(Withdrawals; Filling Vacancies)
ORS 249.830 Procedure for withdrawing nomination. (1) A person who has been nominated and has accepted the nomination under ORS 249.712 may withdraw from the nomination by filing with the officer with whom the certificate of nomination was filed a written statement declining the nomination and stating the reason for withdrawal
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(2) The statement must be: (a) Signed by the person withdrawing from the nomination; and (b) Filed not later than the 67th day before the general election. (3) The statement may be sent to the Secretary of State through a county clerk, as provided by ORS 249.850. [Amended by 1957…
ORS 249.840 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §118; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 249.842 Filling vacancy in nomination; rules. (1) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, before the date of the general election, a vacancy in a nomination made by a minor political party may be filled as provided by party rule
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(2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, before the date of the general election, a vacancy in a nomination made by an assembly of electors may be filled by: (a) Reconvening the assembly that made the original nomination to select a new nominee; or (b) A committee to whom t…
ORS 249.850 Filing of certificate to fill vacancy in nomination; notifying proper officials to make changes in general election ballots. (1) The certificate of nomination to fill the vacancy under ORS 249.842, may be filed directly with the officer with whom the certificate of nomination of the original candidate was filed, or it may be presented in duplicate to any county clerk who shall file one of the certificates in the clerk’s office, immediately notify the appropriate filing officer of the nomination and send the duplicate certificate to the officer by the most expeditious method practicable
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(2) Upon receipt of notification that a vacancy has been filled, the filing officer shall certify the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy to be included on the ballot. If the certification of candidates has already been sent to the county clerk, the Secretary of State…
ORS 249.860 [1963 c.176 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICER
ORS 249.865 Filing prospective petition; contents of petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets; effect of violation. (1) Pursuant to Article II, section 18, of the Oregon Constitution, an elector of the electoral district from which the public officer is elected may file a petition demanding the recall of the public officer. The production and circulation of the petition must conform to the requirements governing recall petitions set forth in ORS 250.048 and 250.052. Before the petition is circulated for signatures, the chief petitioner of the petition shall file with the officer authorized to order the recall election a copy of the prospective petition signed by the chief petitioner
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(2) The chief petitioner shall include with the prospective petition a statement declaring whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures of electors on the recall petition. After the prospective petition is filed, the chie…
ORS 249.870 Number of signers on recall petition. The requisite number of signers on a recall petition is 15 percent of the total votes cast in the electoral district for all candidates for Governor at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term next preceding the filing of the petition for verification of signatures. [Formerly 254.450; 1981 c.173 §27; 1985 c.808 §22; 1995 c.607 §21]
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