Oregon Statutes - Chapter 247 - Qualification and Registration of Electors

• 247.002   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “County clerk” means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. (2) “Elector” means an individual...
• 247.005   Policy.
  It is the policy of this state that all election laws and procedures shall be established and construed to assist the elector in the exercise...
• 247.007   When ballot considered legally cast; when vote counted; prohibition on voting more than once in same election.
  (1) A ballot shall be considered legally cast if the person casting the ballot is an elector at the time the ballot is cast. (2)...
• 247.008   [1979 c.559 §2; 1983 c.567 §4; repealed by 1987 c.719 §17 and 1987 c.733 §13]
• 247.009   Qualification to vote in political subdivision.
  Unless specifically provided otherwise, a person may vote in an election of a political subdivision of this state only if the person is an elector...
• 247.010   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.011   [1957 c.608 §28; 1959 c.277 §1; 1975 c.678 §4; repealed by 1977 c.168 §6]
• 247.012   Method of registering or updating a registration; when registration occurs; minimum registration information required; effect of missing registration information; registration locations.
  (1) A qualified person may register to vote or update a registration to vote by: (a) Delivering by mail or otherwise a completed registration card...
• 247.013   Where person considered registered; change of residence address between counties; registration updates; when registration considered active or inactive.
  (1) A qualified person shall be considered registered to vote in a county when the person’s first registration in the county occurs as described in...
• 247.014   Transfer of voter registration information by Department of Transportation.
  In implementing ORS 247.012, 247.017 and 247.171, the Department of Transportation shall take steps reasonably necessary to allow transfer of voter registration information by electronic...
• 247.015   Other registration procedures.
  (1) A qualified person absent from the state may register by mailing to the county clerk for the county in which the person resides a...
• 247.016   Registration of person who is 17 years of age.
  (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an otherwise qualified person who is at least 17 years of age may register to vote. (2)...
• 247.017   Voter registration at certain Department of Transportation offices; rules.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall make a voter registration card available to any person at any office of the department where licenses or renewal...
• 247.020   [Amended by 1955 c.695 §1; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.025   Registration deadline.
  To vote in an election: (1) A person’s registration card must be received at an office or location described in ORS 247.012 not later than...
• 247.028   [1979 c.190 §44; 1981 c.173 §11; repealed by 1999 c.410 §67]
• 247.030   [Amended by 1955 c.695 §2; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.031   [1957 c.608 §29; 1975 c.678 §5; 1977 c.168 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.035   Rules to consider in determining residence of person for voting purposes.
  (1) An elections official, in determining the residence and qualifications of a person offering to register or vote, shall consider the following rules, so far...
• 247.038   Registration of person who is homeless or resides in identifiable location.
  (1) A qualified person who is homeless or resides in a shelter, park, motor home, marina or other identifiable location may not be denied the...
• 247.040   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.045   [1975 c.678 §7; 1977 c.163 §4; 1979 c.507 §1b; 1979 c.519 §2; renumbered 247.178]
• 247.050   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.060   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.070   [1957 c.608 §30; 1973 c.827 §24; 1975 c.678 §8; 1977 c.829 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.080   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.090   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.100   [Repealed by 1977 c.508 §15]
• 247.110   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.111   [1957 c.608 §33; 1959 c.274 §1; 1971 c.621 §30; 1975 c.678 §10; 1977 c.168 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.120   [Amended by 1955 c.695 §3; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.121   [1957 c.608 §34; 1971 c.241 §1; 1973 c.841 §1; 1975 c.678 §11; 1977 c.352 §1; 1979 c.190 §46; 1979 c.519 §4a; 1985 c.833 §2; 1987 c.719 §10; 1987 c.733 §2; 1993 c.713 §9; repealed by 1995 c.742 §20]
• 247.125   Alteration of registration card prohibited; exceptions.
  No person shall alter any information supplied on a registration card except: (1) An elections officer in the performance of official duties. (2) The person...
• 247.130   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.131   [1957 c.608 §35; repealed by 1971 c.241 §10]
• 247.140   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.141   [1957 c.608 §37; 1979 c.190 §48; renumbered 247.174]
• 247.145   [1965 c.174 §3; 1969 c.337 §1; 1975 c.678 §13; 1977 c.829 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.150   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.151   [1957 c.608 §31; 1961 c.65 §1; repealed by 1965 c.174 §1]
• 247.155   [1965 c.174 §4; repealed by 1977 c.829 §23]
• 247.160   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.161   [1957 c.608 §32; repealed by 1965 c.174 §1]
• 247.165   [1965 c.174 §§5,6,7; 1975 c.678 §15; 1977 c.352 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.170   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.171   State and federal voter registration cards; Secretary of State approval of voter registration application forms of voter registration agencies; content of voter registration cards.
  (1) Except as provided in this subsection, the Secretary of State shall design, prepare and distribute state voter registration cards. The Secretary of State shall...
• 247.174   Determining if person qualified to register or update registration; hearing.
  (1) The qualifications of any person who requests to be registered or to update a registration shall be determined in the first instance by the...
• 247.176   Request for delivery of registration card; rules.
  (1) During the period extending from the 250th day before the primary election to the date of the primary election and the period extending from...
• 247.178   Distribution of registration cards.
  Any person may distribute a registration card in any reasonable manner that facilitates elector registration, including but not limited to distribution of the card door...
• 247.180   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.181   Memorandum card.
  (1) The county clerk shall prepare and issue by nonforwardable mail to each elector a memorandum card of convenient size containing the name and residence...
• 247.190   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.191   Correction of registration and memorandum cards when precinct boundaries changed.
  When changes in the boundaries of a precinct are made, the county clerk may alter the registration card of an elector to conform with the...
• 247.195   Inquiry into validity of registration; hearing; cancellation.
  (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...
• 247.200   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.201   [1957 c.608 §45; 1971 c.241 §6; 1975 c.678 §17; 1977 c.168 §5; 1979 c.190 §53; 1983 c.514 §4; 1985 c.808 §7; repealed by 1987 c.719 §17 and 1987 c.733 §13]
• 247.203   Change, termination or adoption of party affiliation before primary election.
  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...
• 247.205   [1993 c.713 §34; renumbered 254.408 in 1995]
• 247.208   Voter registration agencies; designation; prohibited activities; required services.
  (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...
• 247.210   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.211   [1957 c.608 §27; repealed by 1971 c.241 §10]
• 247.220   [Repealed by 1961 c.412 §5]
• 247.230   [Repealed by 1961 c.412 §5]
• 247.240   [Repealed by 1961 c.412 §5]
• 247.250   [1955 c.552 §1; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.251   [1957 c.608 §40; repealed by 1963 c.595 §1 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251)]
• 247.260   [1955 c.552 §2; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.261   [1957 c.608 §41; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.270   [1955 c.552 §3; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.280   [1957 c.608 §42; 1979 c.190 §62; renumbered 247.590]
• 247.282   [1971 c.30 §2; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1 and by 1973 c.827 §83]
• 247.284   [1971 c.30 §§4,6; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1 and by 1973 c.827 §83]
• 247.286   [1971 c.30 §§5,7; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1 and by 1973 c.827 §83]
• 247.288   [1971 c.30 §3; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1 and by 1973 c.827 §83]
• 247.290   Registration update requirement; procedure; exceptions.
  (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...
• 247.292   Update of registration of elector changing residence within county; procedure.
  (1)(a) A county clerk shall update the registration of an elector in the county upon receiving written evidence from: (A) The elector indicating a residence...
• 247.294   [1993 c.713 §17c; repealed by 1999 c.410 §67]
• 247.296   Verification of addresses of electors; update of registration; notice; cancellation prohibited during certain periods.
  (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...
• 247.298   Extension of time for automatic updates under ORS 247.292.
  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...
• 247.300   [1957 c.608 §44; 1961 c.115 §2; repealed by 1975 c.678 §25]
• 247.302   Effective date of registration automatically updated by county clerk.
  The effective date of a voter registration updated under ORS 247.292 or 247.296 is the date that the county clerk changes the address information on...
• 247.303   Deadline for updating registration.
  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...
• 247.304   [1993 c.713 §18; 1995 c.712 §9; 1995 c.742 §16; 1999 c.410 §15; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 247.306   [1993 c.713 §20; repealed by 1999 c.410 §67]
• 247.307   Issuance of ballot to elector who updates registration after registration deadline.
  (1) 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...
• 247.310   [1961 c.62 §2; 1967 c.25 §1; 1971 c.241 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431 and 1979 c.519 §38]
• 247.320   [1987 c.733 §9; 1989 c.20 §5; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.330   [1987 c.733 §10; 1989 c.20 §6; 1993 c.713 §21; 1995 c.607 §11; 1995 c.742 §7; repealed by 1999 c.410 §67]
• 247.340   [1987 c.733 §11; 1993 c.713 §22; repealed by 1995 c.742 §20]
• 247.410   Eligibility to vote for President or Vice President, or electors, only.
  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...
• 247.420   Special ballot for voting under ORS 247.410.
  (1) A county clerk shall give a ballot marked “Presidential only” to any person eligible under ORS 247.410 who personally appears in the office of...
• 247.430   [1961 c.114 §4; 1971 c.241 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.435   Eligibility of elector who moves to another state to vote in presidential elections.
  An elector of this state who moves to another state after the 31st day before a primary or general election for President or for electors...
• 247.440   [1961 c.114 §5; 1971 c.241 §8; 1975 c.678 §20; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.450   [1961 c.114 §6; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.460   [1961 c.114 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.470   [1961 c.114 §8; 1975 c.678 §21; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.510   [1957 c.608 §46; renumbered 247.910]
• 247.520   [1957 c.608 §47; 1961 c.48 §1; renumbered 247.920]
• 247.550   [1963 c.346 §2; 1977 c.508 §2; 1979 c.190 §57; 1985 c.808 §8; 1991 c.107 §1; 1993 c.713 §23; 1999 c.410 §18; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 247.555   Cancellation of registration.
  (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;...
• 247.560   [1963 c.346 §3; 1965 c.583 §2; 1971 c.241 §4; 1977 c.508 §3; 1979 c.190 §58; 1979 c.519 §10a; 1981 c.173 §14; 1985 c.471 §5; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.563   Notice to elector whose registration appears invalid; contents; effect of notice; exceptions.
  (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...
• 247.565   [Formerly 247.600; 1981 c.173 §17; 1987 c.719 §§15,16; 1989 c.503 §4; 1993 c.493 §2; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.567   [1989 c.979 §4; 1993 c.741 §21; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.570   Notice of deaths to Secretary of State and county clerk; effect of notice.
  (1) Not later than five business days after receiving a certificate of death under ORS 432.307, a county registrar designated under ORS 432.035 shall furnish...
• 247.575   [1975 c.766 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.580   County clerk to retain notices or elector listings for two years.
  (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...
• 247.585   [1989 c.173 §4; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.590   [Formerly 247.280; 1985 c.808 §8c; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.595   [1985 c.808 §8a; repealed by 1993 c.713 §43]
• 247.600   [1975 c.766 §1; 1977 c.829 §5; 1979 c.190 §59; 1979 c.519 §11a; renumbered 247.565]
• 247.610   [1963 c.595 §2 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251); repealed by 1975 c.766 §29]
• 247.620   [1963 c.595 §3 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251); 1967 c.64 §1; repealed by 1975 c.766 §29]
• 247.625   [1967 c.64 §§3,4,5,6; repealed by 1975 c.766 §29]
• 247.630   [1963 c.595 §4 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251); repealed by 1967 c.64 §7]
• 247.640   [1963 c.595 §7 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251); repealed by 1967 c.64 §7]
• 247.650   [1963 c.595 §8 (247.610, 247.620, 247.630 to 247.650, 250.365 and 250.375 enacted in lieu of 247.251); repealed by 1975 c.766 §29]
• 247.905   [1969 c.421 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.910   [Formerly 247.510; 1971 c.241 §9; 1975 c.678 §22; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.915   [1969 c.421 §§3,4,6; 1971 c.32 §1; 1975 c.779 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.920   [Formerly 247.520; repealed by 1969 c.421 §11]
• 247.925   [1969 c.421 §5; 1971 c.32 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.935   [1969 c.421 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 247.940   List of active electors; delivery without charge to political parties.
  (1) Not later than the 21st day before any primary election, general election or special congressional election, a major political party qualified under ORS 248.006...
• 247.945   List of county or statewide electors; delivery to any person; charges.
  (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...
• 247.955   Use of lists of electors for commercial purposes prohibited; exceptions.
  (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...
• 247.965   When residence address of elector exempt from disclosure as public record; request for exemption.
  (1) Any elector may request the county clerk to keep the residence address of the elector exempt from disclosure as a public record under ORS...
• 247.967   Conditions where disclosure of elector’s residence address required; procedure; exception.
  Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 192.410 to 192.505: (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the county clerk may disclose the residence...
• 247.971   [1993 c.787 §7; repealed by 1995 c.607 §91]
• 247.973   Status of signature on voter registration card as public record; copies of signature prohibited; voter registration documents or information exempt from disclosure.
  (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...
• 247.990   [Amended by 1955 c.695 §4; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 247.991   [1957 c.608 §48; 1961 c.114 §9; 1975 c.678 §23; 1979 c.190 §66; 1985 c.808 §9; 1985 c.833 §5; 1987 c.719 §13; 1987 c.733 §6; 1995 c.742 §10; repealed by 1999 c.318 §55]

Last modified: August 7, 2008