Chapter 260 — Chapter 260
243 sections in this chapter.
ORS 260.615 [1979 c.190 §381; 1987 c.447 §106; repealed by 2005 c.797 §73]
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ORS 260.620 [Repealed by 1957 c.644 §28]
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ORS 260.625 [Formerly 260.442; repealed by 2005 c.797 §73]
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ORS 260.630 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §17; 1971 c.749 §58; 1973 c.744 §40; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.635 Prohibition on bets and wagers on election results. (1) No candidate shall make or become party to a bet of anything of pecuniary value on any event or contingency relating to a pending election. No candidate shall provide money or other thing of value to be used by any person in betting upon the results of a pending election
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(2) No person, to influence the result of any election, shall make a bet of anything of pecuniary value on the result of a pending election, or on any event relating to it. [Formerly 260.482]
ORS 260.640 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §18; 1959 c.358 §1; 1971 c.749 §59; 1973 c.744 §41; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.645 Illegal acts relating to voting machines or vote tally systems. (1) No person shall
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(a) Tamper with or injure or attempt to injure any voting machine or vote tally system to be used or being used in an election. (b) Tamper with any voting machine or vote tally system that has been used in an election except in performance of election duties. (c) Prevent or attem…
ORS 260.650 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §19; 1971 c.749 §60; 1973 c.744 §42; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.655 [Formerly 260.462; repealed by 2005 c.797 §73]
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ORS 260.660 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §20; 1971 c.749 §61; 1973 c.744 §43; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.665 Undue influence to affect registration, voting, candidacy, signing petitions; solicitation of money or other benefits. (1) As used in this section, “undue influence” means force, violence, restraint or the threat of it, inflicting injury, damage, harm, loss of employment or other loss or the threat of it, or giving or promising to give money, employment or other thing of value
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(2) A person, acting either alone or with or through any other person, may not directly or indirectly subject any person to undue influence with the intent to induce any person to: (a) Register or vote; (b) Refrain from registering or voting; (c) Register or vote in any particula…
ORS 260.670 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §21; 1971 c.749 §62; 1973 c.744 §44; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.675 Prohibition on distribution of ballots by certain persons. (1) A person employed or authorized to print official ballots may not give, deliver or knowingly permit any of the ballots to be taken by any person other than the official under whose direction the ballots are printed
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(2) A person may not knowingly print, cause or permit to be printed any ballot in any other form, with any other names, with names spelled or names of the candidates arranged in any other way than that directed by the official under whose direction the ballots are printed. (3) An…
ORS 260.680 [Repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.685 Elections official compliance with directives of Secretary of State. An elections official shall not knowingly fail to comply with an interpretation made by the Secretary of State of any election law or a directive, an instruction or a rule made by the Secretary of State under ORS 246.110, 246.120, 246.140 or 246.150. [1979 c.190 §389; 1995 c.607 §58]
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ORS 260.690 [Repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.695 Prohibitions relating to voting. (1)(a) If a person prints or circulates an imitation of the ballot or sample ballot
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(A) The imitation ballot or sample ballot and the back of any return envelope enclosed with the ballot or sample ballot shall state the following: “THIS IS NOT A REAL BALLOT. DO NOT USE TO VOTE.” The statement on the imitation ballot or sample ballot shall be in bold print that i…
ORS 260.700 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §22; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.705 Prohibition on premature release of vote tally. A person may not make public the results of the tally of votes from any precinct until after 8 p.m. on the date of the election. [Formerly 246.045; 2007 c.154 §56]
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ORS 260.710 [Amended by 1971 c.749 §66; 1973 c.744 §45; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.715 (1) A person may not knowingly make a false statement, oath or affidavit when a statement, oath or affidavit is required under the election laws
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(2) A person may not request a ballot in a name other than the person’s own name. (3) A person may not vote or attempt to vote more than once at any election held on the same date. (4) A person may not vote or attempt to vote both in an election held in this state and in another …
ORS 260.718 [1999 c.1002 §6; repealed by 2005 c.797 §73]
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ORS 260.720 [Repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.725 [1993 c.743 §22; 1995 c.79 §90; renumbered 260.174 in 1995]
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ORS 260.730 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §23; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.735 [1993 c.710 §3; 2005 c.797 §20; repealed by 2011 c.652 §11]
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ORS 260.737 [1993 c.710 §§4,5; 1995 c.607 §56a; 1999 c.999 §21; 2001 c.965 §17; 2005 c.809 §§47,48; 2009 c.818 §18; repealed by 2011 c.652 §11]
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ORS 260.740 [Repealed by 1957 c.644 §28]
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ORS 260.750 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §24; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.760 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §25; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.770 [Repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.780 [Amended by 1957 c.644 §26; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432 and by 1971 c.749 §83]
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ORS 260.790 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432 and by 1971 c.749 §83]
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ORS 260.800 [Repealed by 1957 c.644 §28]
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ORS 260.810 [Repealed by 1957 c.644 §28]
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ORS 260.820 [Repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]
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ORS 260.990 [1971 c.749 §§24,74; repealed by 1973 c.744 §46 (260.991 enacted in lieu of 260.990)]
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ORS 260.991 [1973 c.744 §47 (enacted in lieu of 260.990); repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
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ORS 260.992 [1973 c.623 §6; repealed by 1977 c.678 §4]
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PENALTIES
ORS 260.993 Criminal penalties. (1) The penalty for violation of ORS 260.532 is limited to that provided in ORS 260.532 (6) and (8)
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(2) Violation of ORS 247.125 (1), 247.171 (5), 247.420 (2), 253.710, 260.402, 260.555, 260.558, 260.575, 260.645 or 260.665 (2) or (3) involving any action described in ORS 260.665 (2)(d) to (f) or 260.715 is a Class C felony. (3) Violation of ORS 260.695 (5) is a Class A misdeme…
ORS 260.995 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4) of this section, following an investigation under ORS 260.345, the Secretary of State or Attorney General may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of any provision of Oregon Revised Statutes relating to the conduct of any election, any rule adopted by the secretary under ORS chapters 246 to 260 or any other matter preliminary to or relating to an election, for which a civil penalty is not otherwise provided
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(2) The secretary or the Attorney General may impose a civil penalty not to exceed: (a)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, $1,000 plus the amount converted to personal use for each violation of ORS 260.407; or (B) Two times the amount of the penalty prov…
ORS 260.997 [1995 c.1 §10; repealed by 1999 c.999 §59]
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ORS 260.999 [1995 c.1 §11; repealed by 1999 c.999 §59]
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