Oregon Statutes - Chapter 248 - Political Parties; Presidential Electors

• 248.002   Definitions.
  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...
• 248.004   Powers of political parties; liability of political parties and of officers, employees and members of political parties.
  (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...
• 248.005   Parties to insure widest and fairest representation of members.
  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...
• 248.006   Qualification and maintenance of status as major political party; loss of status as major political party; calculation of number of party members.
  (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...
• 248.007   Organization of major political parties; applicability of ORS 248.012 to 248.315; election of precinct committeepersons; notice to Secretary of State; use of primary election.
  (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...
• 248.008   Qualification as minor political party; party member registration requirement; eligibility to nominate candidates; maintenance of status as minor political party; loss of status as minor party.
  (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...
• 248.009   Process for nominating candidates by minor political party; notice to filing officer; notice of nominating convention.
  (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...
• 248.010   Use of party name.
  Each major political party and minor political party, its nominated candidates and its members and officers shall have the exclusive right to use the whole...
• 248.011   Enforcement of ORS 248.005 or political party rules.
  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...
• 248.012   Notice of committee meetings required.
  The chairperson of a county central committee or state central committee shall notify by mail the entire membership of the committee not later than the...
• 248.015   Precinct committeepersons; qualifications; election; vote required; term.
  (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...
• 248.017   Candidacy for office of precinct committeeperson by person who attains age of 18 years after deadline for filing declaration of candidacy.
  Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 248.015, an otherwise qualified person who will attain the age of 18 years after the deadline for filing a declaration...
• 248.018   [1973 c.827 §24b; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 248.020   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §50; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.023   Certificates of election; acceptance of office; list of precinct committeepersons; offices declared vacant when no committeeperson elected.
  (1) Not later than the 20th day after a primary election, the county clerk shall mail a certificate of election to each newly elected precinct...
• 248.024   Resignation or ineligibility of precinct committeeperson.
  (1) A precinct committeeperson may resign from the office by filing a written notification of resignation with the county clerk. Upon receipt of this notification,...
• 248.025   [1965 c.407 §6; 1979 c.190 §79; renumbered 248.031]
• 248.026   Selection of precinct committeeperson to fill vacancy; effective date of selection; term; powers.
  (1) The members of a county central committee may select a member of the major political party who is registered in the precinct in which...
• 248.027   Committeeperson to continue on central committee despite change in precinct.
  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...
• 248.029   Recall procedure.
  (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...
• 248.030   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §51; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.031   Precinct committeepersons as county central committee; status and functions of committee.
  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...
• 248.033   Organizational meeting; notice.
  (1) The organizational meeting of a county central committee shall be held no less frequently than every 25 months. (2) The retiring county central committee...
• 248.035   Transfer of property; election of officers; notice of election; eligibility to vote.
  (1) At the organizational meeting of a county central committee: (a) The officers of the retiring county central committee shall make available to the committee...
• 248.040   [Repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.043   Procedure if meeting not called; filling vacancies when no precinct committeeperson elected; term of appointee; notice to county clerk.
  If a newly elected county central committee fails to meet or to organize or if no person within a county is elected by a major...
• 248.045   Proxies prohibited; bylaws or rules; executive committee functions; voting privileges.
  Proxies in no instance shall be permitted to participate at any county central committee meeting. At any meeting of the county central committee, the committee...
• 248.047   [1965 c.407 §11; 1967 c.540 §1; 1975 c.779 §8; 1979 c.190 §75; renumbered 248.024]
• 248.049   [1967 c.540 §3 (1), (2); repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 248.050   [Repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.053   [1967 c.540 §4; 1979 c.190 §78; renumbered 248.029]
• 248.055   [1965 c.407 §12; 1967 c.540 §2; 1975 c.779 §9; 1979 c.190 §76; renumbered 248.026]
• 248.057   [1967 c.124 §2; 1979 c.190 §77; renumbered 248.027]
• 248.060   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §52; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.070   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §53; 1961 c.94 §1; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.071   [1965 s.s. c.1 §3 (enacted as 248.070); repealed by 1967 c.227 §1]
• 248.072   Authority of state central committee.
  The state central committee is the highest party authority in the state and may adopt rules or resolutions for any matter of party government which...
• 248.075   State central committee; organizational meeting; notice.
  (1) The state central committee shall consist of at least two delegates from each county central committee and other delegates from each county equal to...
• 248.080   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §54; repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]
• 248.085   Transfer of property; election of officers; bylaws or rules; executive committee functions.
  (1) At the organizational meeting of the state central committee: (a) The officers of the retiring state central committee shall deliver to the newly elected...
• 248.090   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §55; 1965 s.s. c.1 §4; 1971 c.627 §1; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.095   [1989 c.986 §4; repealed by 1993 c.797 §33]
• 248.100   [Amended by 1965 c.407 §15; 1975 c.779 §12; 1979 c.190 §71; renumbered 248.012]
• 248.110   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 248.120   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 248.130   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 248.140   [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
• 248.150   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §56; 1965 c.320 §1; repealed by 1967 c.227 §1]
• 248.160   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §57; 1975 c.779 §12a; 1979 c.190 §87; repealed by 1983 c.567 §22]
• 248.170   [1973 c.773 §8; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.175   [1973 c.773 §9; renumbered 171.062]
• 248.180   [1973 c.773 §10; renumbered 171.064]
• 248.210   [1961 c.667 §2; 1965 c.407 §16; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.220   [1961 c.667 §3; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.310   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §58; 1975 c.779 §13; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
• 248.315   Selection of delegates to national convention.
  (1) After a presidential preference primary election, each major political party whose national affiliate holds a convention to select its nominee for President of the...
• 248.320   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §59; 1969 c.603 §1; subsections (2), (3), (4) enacted as 1969 c.603 §4; 1971 c.685 §1; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.325   [1971 c.590 §2; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.330   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §60; 1969 c.603 §2; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.340   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §61; renumbered 248.355]
• 248.350   [Amended by 1957 c.608 §62; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.352   [1965 c.526 §§2,3,5; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.354   [1965 c.526 §4; repealed by 1975 c.779 §28]
• 248.355   Selection of presidential electors; candidate’s pledge.
  (1) In a year when a President and Vice President of the United States are to be nominated and elected, each political party nominating candidates...
• 248.360   Election time and number of presidential electors to be elected; names of presidential electors not printed on ballot.
  (1) At the general election in a year when a President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected, the electors of...
• 248.370   Convening of electors; vacancies; duties.
  The electors of President and Vice President shall convene at the State Capitol on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their election....
• 248.380   Electors’ mileage expenses.
  An elector of President and Vice President of the United States who attends at the time and place appointed and votes for President and Vice...
• 248.990   [1965 c.407 §17; 1975 c.779 §14; 1979 c.190 §93; repealed by 1987 c.718 §5]

Last modified: August 7, 2008