(1) No person shall be a candidate for more than one lucrative office to be filled at the same election.
(2) No person shall file a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for more than one lucrative office or more than one office of precinct committeeperson before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office unless the person first files a written withdrawal, under ORS 249.170, of the person’s initial filing.
(3) If at any time before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office it is determined that a person has filed two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for any lucrative office or two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson without written withdrawal or withdrawals intervening, all such filings shall be invalid and any other filing made by the same person shall be void.
(4)(a) No person shall be a candidate for more than one district office to be filled at the same election. This paragraph does not apply to a district that has fewer than 10,000 electors residing within the district.
(b) No person shall be a candidate for more than one position on the same district board to be filled at the same election.
(c) As used in this subsection, “district” means a district as defined in ORS 255.012.
(5) No person shall be a candidate for more than one city office to be filled at the same election.
(6) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, in the case of a vacancy to be filled by election, the same person is eligible for nomination and election to both the unexpired and the succeeding terms. The name of the candidate may be placed on the ballot in both places. [Formerly 249.750; 1991 c.971 §15; 1995 c.606 §6a; 1995 c.607 §14; 1999 c.318 §49; 2001 c.965 §3]
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