Oregon Statutes - Chapter 246 - Administration of Election Laws; Vote Recording Systems

• 246.010   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.011   [1957 c.608 §1; 1975 c.675 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.012   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “Ballot” means any material on which votes may be cast for candidates or measures. (2) “County clerk” means the...
• 246.015   [1999 c.410 §2; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.020   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.021   Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer; electronic facsimile transmissions; electronic campaign finance statements.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 247.012 and subsection (2) of this section, an election document and an accompanying payment of fees required to be...
• 246.025   Use of signature stamp by person with disability.
  (1) A person with a disability who is unable because of the disability to sign any election document, including a voter registration card or ballot...
• 246.030   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.035   [1965 c.527 §4; repealed by 1971 c.267 §16]
• 246.040   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.045   [1967 c.338 §§2,3; 1975 c.675 §2; 1979 c.190 §391; renumbered 260.705]
• 246.046   Secretary of State and county clerks to seek out evidence of violations.
  The Secretary of State and each county clerk shall diligently seek out any evidence of violation of any election law. [Formerly 260.325]
• 246.050   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.055   [1973 c.154 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.060   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.070   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.080   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.090   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.100   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.110   Secretary of State as chief elections officer.
  The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of this state, and it is the secretary’s responsibility to obtain and maintain uniformity in the...
• 246.120   Directives, instructions and assistance to county clerks.
  In carrying out the responsibility under ORS 246.110, the Secretary of State shall prepare and distribute to each county clerk detailed and comprehensive written directives,...
• 246.130   [1957 c.608 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.140   Election law conferences for county clerks.
  (1) In carrying out the responsibility under ORS 246.110, the Secretary of State, not later than December 31 following the date of adjournment of the...
• 246.150   Rules.
  The Secretary of State may adopt rules the secretary considers necessary to facilitate and assist in achieving and maintaining a maximum degree of correctness, impartiality...
• 246.160   Compilations and digests of election laws; distribution of supplies and materials to county clerks and others.
  The Secretary of State shall: (1) Prepare and print, in appropriate and convenient form, periodic compilations and digests of the state election statutes. (2) Distribute...
• 246.170   Deposit of moneys received under ORS 246.160 in Secretary of State Miscellaneous Receipts Account.
  All moneys received by the Secretary of State under ORS 246.160 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Miscellaneous Receipts Account established under ORS...
• 246.179   Reimbursement of county clerk for special elections for United States Senator or Representative and for recall elections involving state office.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 246.250, the Secretary of State shall reimburse each county clerk for necessary expenses of an election described in subsection (2) of this...
• 246.180   [1973 c.283 §9; 1979 c.190 §98; renumbered 249.009]
• 246.185   Elections Fund.
  (1) The Elections Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund of the State Treasury. Moneys in the Elections Fund may be invested...
• 246.190   Help America Vote Act complaint procedures; rules.
  (1) The Secretary of State by rule shall establish administrative complaint procedures that meet the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002...
• 246.200   County clerk to conduct elections; exceptions.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the county clerk is the only elections officer who may conduct an election in this state. For purposes...
• 246.210   County clerk to supervise local elections officials.
  (1) Subject to the directives and instructions prepared and distributed or given by the Secretary of State under ORS 246.120 or 246.140, a county clerk...
• 246.220   [1957 c.608 §10; 1979 c.190 §12; repealed by 1985 c.448 §5]
• 246.230   [1957 c.608 §11; 1965 c.527 §1; 1971 c.660 §1; 1975 c.675 §3; 1979 c.190 §13; repealed by 1985 c.448 §5]
• 246.235   [1965 c.527 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.240   [1957 c.608 §12; repealed by 1965 c.527 §5]
• 246.245   Notification to county clerk when city boundary changed.
  If the boundary of a city is changed, the city governing body immediately shall send a certified copy of the order, resolution or other action...
• 246.250   Personnel; equipment, materials and facilities; payment of expenses; administering oaths.
  (1) The county clerk may employ personnel and procure equipment, supplies, materials, books, papers, records and facilities of every kind as the clerk considers necessary...
• 246.260   [1957 c.608 §15; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.265   [1977 c.829 §12; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.270   Office hours of county clerk on election days.
  On the day of any primary election, general election or special election held throughout the county, the county clerk’s office shall remain open for business...
• 246.300   [1957 c.608 §17; repealed by 1975 c.675 §36]
• 246.310   [1957 c.608 §22; 1959 c.317 §1; 1963 c.37 §1; 1963 c.159 §1; 1975 c.675 §4a; 1979 c.190 §17; 1983 c.514 §2; 1985 c.471 §1; 1991 c.69 §1; 1995 c.712 §4; 2005 c.797 §53; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.320   [1957 c.608 §23; 1979 c.190 §18; 1993 c.797 §20; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.330   [1957 c.608 §24; 1973 c.588 §1; 1975 c.675 §5; 1975 c.678 §3; 1979 c.190 §19; 1979 c.519 §1a; 1995 c.607 §2; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.335   [1979 c.749 §2 (enacted in lieu of 246.340); 1991 c.719 §20; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.340   [1957 c.608 §25; 1959 c.89 §1; 1979 c.190 §20; repealed by 1979 c.749 §1 (246.335 enacted in lieu of 246.340)]
• 246.350   [1975 c.678 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 246.410   Establishment and modification of precincts; maximum number of electors in precinct.
  The county clerk, not later than the 30th day before an election, may create, combine or divide one or more precincts. The number of electors...
• 246.420   [1957 c.608 §21; 1961 c.49 §1; 1961 c.174 §1; 1975 c.675 §6; 1977 c.179 §1; 1979 c.190 §22; 1989 c.224 §36; 1993 c.503 §11; 1999 c.410 §5; repealed by 2007 c.154 §67]
• 246.510   [1955 c.246 §1; renumbered 246.021]
• 246.520   Applicable laws; conflicting laws and ordinances inapplicable.
  All the provisions of the election laws and of any county or city charter or ordinance not inconsistent with ORS 246.520 to 246.600 apply to...
• 246.530   Adoption, purchase or procurement of equipment; use thereafter.
  A governing body may adopt, purchase or otherwise procure, and provide for the use of, any voting machine or vote tally system approved by the...
• 246.540   Joint purchase, maintenance and use.
  (1) In purchasing voting machines or vote tally systems, a governing body of any county and the governing bodies of any incorporated cities, districts or...
• 246.550   Examination and approval of equipment by Secretary of State.
  (1) The Secretary of State shall publicly examine all makes of voting machines or vote tally systems submitted to the secretary and determine whether the...
• 246.560   Requirements for approval of equipment.
  (1) A voting machine may not be approved by the Secretary of State unless the voting machine is constructed so that it: (a) Secures to...
• 246.565   Audit of computerized voting system by Secretary of State; copy of instructions for operation and maintenance; maintenance log.
  (1) Any voting machine or vote tally system involving the use of computers, a computer network, computer program, computer software or computer system shall be...
• 246.570   Sale of vote recording systems to counties; security interest.
  (1) The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement, for a term of not more than five years, with any county within the state...
• 246.580   Content of vote recording system sale agreement.
  The sale agreement shall provide for: (1) Annual payments of not less than 20 percent of the cost of the voting machines or vote tally...
• 246.590   Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers; Voting Machine Account.
  (1) The State Treasurer, in the capacity of investment officer for the Oregon Investment Council, may lend moneys in the investment funds as provided in...
• 246.600   Deposits in Voting Machine Account; repayment to State Treasurer.
  All payments collected from the counties from the sale of voting machines, computers or vote tally or computer systems shall be deposited in the Voting...
• 246.610   [Formerly 258.445; 1995 c.144 §19; repealed by 2005 c.755 §59]
• 246.810   [1957 c.608 §6; 1979 c.190 §35; repealed by 1985 c.448 §5]
• 246.820   Order to compel county clerk, city elections officer or elections official to comply with interpretation, rule, directive or instruction.
  (1) Whenever it appears to the Secretary of State that a county clerk, city elections officer or a local elections official has failed to comply...
• 246.830   [1957 c.608 §13; 1979 c.190 §37; repealed by 1985 c.448 §5]
• 246.910   Appeal from Secretary of State, county clerk or other elections official to courts; deadline for filing.
  (1) A person adversely affected by any act or failure to act by the Secretary of State, a county clerk, a city elections officer or...
• 246.990   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 246.991   [1967 c.338 §4; 1975 c.675 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

Last modified: August 7, 2008