Title 23, Elections

(1) The county clerk, at any time, may inquire into the validity of the registration of any elector. The county clerk shall mail a written statement to the elector that describes the nature of the inquiry and provides a suitable form for reply. (2) Not later than the 20th day aft…

An elector who updates a registration during the period extending from the 20th day before a primary election to the date of the primary election may not, during that period: (1) Change the elector’s political party affiliation if the elector’s immediate past registration record …

(1) The Secretary of State by rule, in accordance with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-31), shall designate agencies as voter registration agencies. Agencies designated may include state, county, city or district offices and federal and n…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS chapters 246 to 260, the registration of an elector may not be considered inactive due to an elector not voting or updating the elector’s registration for any period of time. (2) The registration of an elector shall be considered act…

(1) The county clerk shall mail a notice to each elector: (a) Whose registration is inactive as of the 75th day before the date of a primary election or general election; (b) Whose registration is considered inactive due to a nonmatching signature under ORS 254.431 or a name chan…

(1) An elector shall update a registration if: (a) The residence address of the elector is changed for any reason within the county in which the elector is registered, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section; (b) The elector desires to change or adopt a political par…

(1) A county clerk shall update the registration of an elector in the county upon receiving evidence from: (a) The elector indicating a residence or mailing address that is different from the residence or mailing address for the elector as contained in the records of the county c…

(1) The Secretary of State shall subscribe to a change of address service that is approved or endorsed by the United States Postal Service and use the service to verify the accuracy of the addresses of electors contained in the centralized voter registration system. (2) If the se…

(1) The county clerk shall use records of the United States Postal Service relating to ballots issued by mail to verify the accuracy of addresses of electors contained in the registration file of the county clerk. (2) Based on information obtained under subsection (1) of this sec…

If there are fewer than 22 days between the date of an election and the registration deadline for the next succeeding election, the county clerk may update registrations as required under ORS 247.292 after the next succeeding election. [1993 c.713 §17e; 1999 c.410 §13]

(1) The effective date of a voter registration updated under ORS 247.292 is the date on which the county clerk receives evidence of the change of residence or mailing address. (2) The effective date of a voter registration updated under ORS 247.296 is the date on which the county…

Notwithstanding ORS 247.025, an elector whose registration is active or inactive may update the registration at any time before 8 p.m. on the day of the election. [1999 c.410 §10]

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the county clerk receives information updating the registration of an elector after the deadline in ORS 247.025: (a) The county clerk shall issue a ballot to the elector if the elector’s registration was inactive prior …

A person who is qualified to register, except that the person will have resided in this state less than 20 days before the election, may vote in the election for candidates for nomination or election for President or Vice President of the United States or elector of President and…

(1) A county clerk shall give a ballot marked “Federal only” to any person eligible under ORS 247.410 who personally appears in the office of the county clerk, completes a registration card and verifies eligibility to vote under ORS 247.410. (2) No person shall supply any informa…

(1) A county clerk may cancel the registration of an elector: (a) At the request of the elector; (b) Upon the death of the elector; (c) If the county clerk receives written evidence that the elector has registered to vote in another state; or (d) If the elector has not responded …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section and ORS 247.555, whenever it appears to the county clerk that an elector needs to update the elector’s registration or that the elector has changed residence address to another county, the county clerk shall mail a notice t…

(1) Not later than five business days after receiving a report of death as authorized by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics under ORS 432.133, a county registrar designated under ORS 432.035 shall furnish to the county clerk of that county the name, age, date…

(1) Copies of all notices and other correspondence issued under ORS 247.195, 247.292, 247.296, 247.563 and 247.570 shall be retained by the county clerk for two years. (2) If the elector registration records of a county are mechanically maintained, the county clerk may satisfy th…

(1) A major political party qualified under ORS 248.006 or a minor political party qualified under ORS 248.008 may request from the Secretary of State a statewide list of electors, as described in ORS 247.945 (4). The list may not contain any information about participants in the…

(1) The county clerk, upon request before the 45th day before a primary, general or special election, shall deliver to any person a list of electors. The list may not contain any information about participants in the Address Confidentiality Program established under ORS 192.820 t…

(1)(a) Except as set forth in ORS 247.965 or 247.967, or as otherwise prohibited by law, the following information about an elector contained within an elector’s registration file is subject to inspection as a public record under ORS 192.311 to 192.478 and shall be included in li…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person to whom a list of electors is made available or supplied under ORS 247.940 or 247.945 shall use any information in the list for commercial purposes. (2) A person shall not be considered to use for commercial purp…

(1) Any elector may request the county clerk to keep the residence address of the elector and any family member residing with the elector exempt from disclosure as a public record under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. (2) The county clerk shall keep the residence address of an elector an…

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 192.311 to 192.478: (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the county clerk may disclose the residence address of an elector and any family member residing with the elector exempt from public disclosure under ORS 247.965 if …

(1) The Secretary of State by rule shall define when the “personal safety” of an elector and the safety of any family member residing with the elector is in danger under ORS 247.965. Under the definitions, the elector’s personal safety or the safety of any family member residing …

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an individual’s signature submitted under this chapter for purposes of registering to vote is subject to inspection as a public record under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. The signature may be inspected in the Office of the Secretary of Sta…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Committee office” means chairperson, vice chairperson or other office the county or state central committee of a political party creates to govern the business of the committee. (2) “County clerk” means the county clerk or the county official in char…

(1) A minor political party or a major political party shall have all the powers granted to a nonprofit corporation under ORS 65.077. (2) A major or minor political party shall be treated for purposes of contractual, tort or other liability as a nonprofit corporation. (3) Officer…

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 …

(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…

(1) Subject to ORS 248.005, a major political party may organize and select delegates to national party conventions in any manner. (2) The provisions of ORS 248.012 to 248.315 do not apply to a major political party if the party has notified the Secretary of State as provided in …

(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 t…

(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 pr…

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]

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 meetin…

(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 …

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 248.015: (1) An otherwise qualified person who will attain the age of 18 years after the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson and on or before the date of the primary election, and who is re…

(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…

(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 o…

(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 pers…

(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: (a) Remove the name of the person from the list of precinct commit…

(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: (a) The precinct in which the vacancy exists; (b) A precinct adjoining the precinct in which the vac…

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]

(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. (2) A precinct committeeperson may be recalled by a petition signed by the number o…

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 g…