Oregon Statutes - Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall

249.002 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) �Candidate� means an individual whose name is or is expected to be printed on the official ballot. (2) �County...
249.004 Verification of documents.
(1) A filing officer may verify the validity of the contents of the documents filed with the officer under this chapter. (2) When a copy...
249.005 Acceptance of petition or minutes without original signatures.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 249.008 and 249.875, a petition or minutes for which original signatures are otherwise required may be accepted by the county clerk for...
249.006 Official dating of petitions and declarations.
Immediately upon filing, a nominating petition, declaration of candidacy, withdrawal, certificate of nomination or other document required to be filed under this chapter shall be...
249.007 [1985 c.508 §4; repealed by 1995 c.607 §91]
249.008 Verification of signatures by county clerk; removal of signatures prohibited after submittal.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before a nominating petition, minutes of an assembly of electors, or petition by individual electors...
249.009 Exclusive form of signature sheets for petitions; numbering of signature sheets; rules.
(1) The Secretary of State by rule shall: (a) Design the form of nominating or recall petitions, certificates of nomination by individual electors, minutes of...
249.010 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.011 [1957 c.608 §65(1); repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.012 Preservation of certain records.
Certificates of nomination, acceptances and withdrawals shall be preserved for two years after the election to which they relate. [1979 c.190 §99]
249.013 Candidacy for more than one office; effect of filing petition or declaration for more than one office without prior withdrawal; district and city offices.
(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...
249.014 [1961 c.64 §2; 1971 c.749 §76; 1979 c.190 §95; renumbered 249.004]
249.015 [1979 c.190 §101; 1983 c.514 §6; repealed by 2005 c.797 §73]
249.016 Nomination of candidates of major political party or for nonpartisan office.
A candidate of a major political party for public office or a candidate for nonpartisan office shall be nominated only in the manner provided in...
249.020 Filing of candidates� nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.
(1) An eligible elector may become a candidate for nonpartisan office, or for the nomination to an office by the major political party of which...
249.023 Nomination of major political party candidates who attain age of 18 years after deadline for filing nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, and except as provided in section 8, Article IV, Oregon Constitution, and section 2, Article V, Oregon Constitution, an...
249.025 [1973 c.283 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.030 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.031 Contents of petition or declaration.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy shall contain: (a) The name by which the...
249.035 Filing officer.
A nominating petition or declaration of candidacy relating to a candidate for: (1) State office, United States Senator or Representative in Congress shall be filed...
249.037 Time for filing petition or declaration.
(1) A nominating petition or declaration of candidacy shall be filed not sooner than the 250th day and not later than the 70th day before...
249.040 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.041 [1957 c.608 §69; 1975 c.779 §19; 1979 c.190 §113; renumbered 249.068]
249.042 Declaration or petition as evidence of candidacy.
When an elector files with the appropriate filing officer the statement and prospective petition under ORS 249.061, or a declaration of candidacy, it is conclusive...
249.046 Party membership required for nomination of party; effect of inactive registration; exceptions.
If a candidate has not been a member of the major political party for at least 180 days before the deadline for filing a nominating...
249.048 Unsuccessful candidate not eligible as candidate.
A candidate for nomination of a major political party to a public office who fails to receive the nomination may not be the candidate of...
249.050 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.051 [1957 c.608 §70; 1979 c.190 §115; renumbered 249.076]
249.055 [1957 c.608 §71; 1959 c.177 §1; 1977 c.508 §4; 1979 c.190 §97; renumbered 249.008]
249.056 Filing fees.
(1) At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy a candidate for the following offices shall pay to the officer with whom the declaration...
249.060 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §72; 1971 c.749 §77; 1973 c.827 §24c; 1979 c.190 §106; renumbered 249.037]
249.061 One candidate per petition; prospective petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.
(1) A petition for nomination may not contain the name of more than one candidate. (2) Before circulating a nominating petition, the candidate shall deliver...
249.064 Information required on petition; certification of petition.
(1) A nominating petition of a candidate seeking the nomination of a major political party shall contain a statement that each elector whose signature appears...
249.068 Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing partisan petitions.
(1) Except as otherwise provided for a candidate for nonpartisan office in ORS 249.072: (a) A nominating petition for an office to be voted for...
249.070 [1957 c.608 §73; 1979 c.190 §231; renumbered 254.076]
249.072 Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions.
(1) If the nonpartisan office is to be voted for in the state at large, the nominating petition shall contain at least 1,000 signatures of...
249.076 Qualifications of signers of petitions.
(1) A person who is not a member of the same major political party as the candidate for nomination by the major political party may...
249.078 Printing name of candidate for presidential nomination of major party on ballot; discretion of Secretary of State; nominating petition; petition requirements.
(1) The name of a candidate for a major political party nomination for President of the United States shall be printed on the ballot only:...
249.080 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.085 [1979 c.190 §117; 1979 c.451 §4; 1979 c.587 §2; 1985 c.808 §14; repealed by 1989 c.218 §4]
249.088 Determining number of nominees; nomination or election of candidate at nominating election.
(1) Unless otherwise provided by a home rule charter, at the nominating election held on the date of the primary election, two candidates shall be...
249.090 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §74; 1975 c.766 §5; 1977 c.829 §6; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.091 Nomination of certain nonpartisan candidates without election.
Unless otherwise provided by a home rule charter, if a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy is filed by no more than two candidates for...
249.100 [Amended by 1975 c.675 §11; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.110 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §75; 1961 c.121 §1; 1975 c.675 §12; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.120 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.130 [1967 c.126 §3; 1979 c.190 §96; renumbered 249.006]
249.150 [Formerly 249.280; 1973 c.827 §24d; 1975 c.675 §13; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.160 [1967 c.126 §§2,4; 1979 c.190 §119; 1987 c.267 §19; repealed by 1995 c.607 §91]
249.170 Withdrawal of candidacy; refund of filing fee.
(1) A candidate who has filed a declaration of candidacy or a nominating petition may withdraw not later than the 67th day before the date...
249.180 Withdrawal of candidacy by nominee.
Any person who has been nominated at a primary election, or any person who has been nominated to fill a vacancy as provided in ORS...
249.190 Filling vacancy in nomination of major party; rules.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 254.650, a vacancy in the nomination of a major political party candidate may be filled before the date of...
249.200 Nomination by major party to fill vacancy in partisan office; exceptions; rules.
(1) A major political party may nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy in a partisan elective office in the following manner: (a) If the...
249.205 Filling vacancy in nomination to nonpartisan office; nomination procedure to fill vacancy in nonpartisan office; rules.
(1) If the only candidate nominated to a nonpartisan office dies, withdraws or becomes ineligible, or if a vacancy occurs in the nonpartisan office after...
249.210 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §76; 1975 c.675 §14; 1975 c.779 §20a; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.220 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.221 [1957 c.608 §78; 1961 c.336 §2; 1961 c.667 §6; 1969 c.245 §2; 1975 c.779 §21; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.230 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.240 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.250 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.260 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §79; 1971 c.749 §78; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.270 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.271 [1957 c.608 §80; 1973 c.152 §1; 1975 c.779 §22; 1977 c.665 §9; 1979 c.190 §110; renumbered 249.056]
249.280 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §81; 1961 c.76 §1; renumbered 249.150]
249.310 [Repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.320 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §87; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.330 [Amended by 1955 c.726 §7; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.340 [Amended by 1965 c.417 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.350 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §88; 1961 c.121 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.352 [Formerly 249.530; 1961 c.121 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.354 [Formerly 249.550; 1963 c.174 §1; subsection (7) enacted as 1967 c.26 §2; 1969 c.245 §3; 1973 c.154 §2; 1975 c.779 §23; 1977 c.508 §5; 1979 c.190 §235; 1979 c.409 §1; renumbered 254.115]
249.356 [1957 c.608 §103; 1961 c.68 §1; 1975 c.675 §15; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.358 [Formerly 249.540; 1961 c.74 §1; 1967 c.340 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.360 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.362 [Formerly 249.570; 1979 c.190 §239; renumbered 254.155]
249.364 [Formerly 249.580; 1979 c.190 §388; renumbered 260.675]
249.366 [Formerly 249.510; 1979 c.190 §259; renumbered 254.365]
249.367 [1969 c.101 §3; 1977 c.829 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.368 [Formerly 249.600; 1959 c.390 §1; 1961 c.170 §1; 1969 c.101 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.369 [1957 c.608 §107; 1961 c.114 §10; 1977 c.352 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.370 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §89; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.375 [1963 c.345 §§2,3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.380 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §90; 1961 c.139 §1; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.385 [1963 c.337 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.390 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.400 [Amended by 1955 c.498 §12; repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.410 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §91; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.420 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §92; 1979 c.190 §109; renumbered 249.048]
249.430 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §93; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.440 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §94; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.450 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §95; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.460 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §96; 1969 c.81 §1; 1975 c.675 §16; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.470 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §97; 1975 c.675 §17; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.480 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §98; 1975 c.675 §18; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.490 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.491 [1957 c.608 §99; 1979 c.190 §278; renumbered 254.565]
249.505 [1971 c.29 §3; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1]
249.510 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §100; renumbered 249.366]
249.515 [1971 c.29 §4; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1]
249.520 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.525 [1971 c.29 §5; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.530 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §101; renumbered 249.352]
249.535 [1971 c.29 §6; repealed by 1973 c.125 §1]
249.540 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §102; renumbered 249.358]
249.545 [1971 c.29 §2; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.550 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §104; renumbered 249.354]
249.560 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.570 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §105; renumbered 249.362]
249.580 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §106; renumbered 249.364]
249.590 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.600 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §108; renumbered 249.368]
249.610 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]
249.640 [1975 c.779 §24; 1977 c.829 §8; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.650 [1957 c.608 §82; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.652 [1973 c.527 §5; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.654 [1973 c.527 §§6,7,8; 1975 c.779 §25; 1979 c.190 §394; renumbered 188.120]
249.655 [1957 c.608 §83; repealed by 1973 c.527 §10]
249.656 [1973 c.527 §9; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.660 [1957 c.608 §84; 1973 c.773 §6; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.665 [1957 c.608 §85; 1973 c.773 §7; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.670 [1957 c.608 §86; repealed by 1975 c.799 §28]
249.680 [1961 c.73 §2; 1975 c.779 §26; 1979 c.190 §121; renumbered 249.180]
249.705 Nomination by other than major party.
A minor political party, assembly of electors or individual electors may nominate one candidate for each partisan public office to be filled at the general...
249.710 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §109; 1963 c.176 §1; 1977 c.829 §9; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.712 Acceptance of nomination.
(1) To complete a nomination, the nominee must accept the nomination. (2) The acceptance of the nominee may be indorsed upon the certificate of nomination...
249.715 [1977 c.324 §2; 1979 c.190 §130; renumbered 249.735]
249.720 Information to be contained in certificate of nomination.
(1) A certificate of nomination shall contain: (a) The name by which the candidate is commonly known. A candidate may use a nickname in parentheses...
249.722 Time for filing certificate; filing officers; rules.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a certificate of nomination of a candidate for public office shall be filed not sooner...
249.730 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §111; 1963 c.176 §2; 1977 c.324 §3; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.732 [1979 c.190 §129; 1983 c.756 §6; 1989 c.923 §28; repealed by 1993 c.493 §113 and 1993 c.797 §33]
249.735 Qualification as assembly of electors; records; notice; nomination by assembly.
(1) An assembly of electors is an organized body: (a) Of not fewer than 1,000 electors of the state for a statewide nomination. (b) Of...
249.737 Filing officer for nomination by assembly of electors.
(1) The filing officer for the office for which nominations will be considered by an assembly of electors shall supervise the conduct of the nominating...
249.740 Certificates of nomination made by individual electors; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.
(1) A certificate of nomination made by individual electors shall contain a number of signatures of electors in the electoral district equal to not less...
249.750 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §113; 1979 c.190 §100; renumbered 249.013]
249.760 [Amended by 1979 c.190 §126; renumbered 249.712]
249.770 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §114; 1971 c.749 §79; 1977 c.324 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.780 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §115; 1961 c.49 §2; 1971 c.749 §80; 1977 c.324 §5; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.790 [Amended by 1977 c.829 §11; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.810 Entries in register of nominations upon filing certificates.
(1) Immediately after each certificate of nomination is filed, the filing officer shall enter in the register of nominations: (a) The date the certificate was...
249.820 [Repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.830 Procedure for withdrawing nomination.
(1) A person who has been nominated and has accepted the nomination under ORS 249.712 may withdraw from the nomination by filing with the officer...
249.840 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §118; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.842 Filling vacancy in nomination; rules.
(1) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, before the date of the general election, a vacancy in a nomination made by a minor political...
249.850 Filing of certificate to fill vacancy in nomination; notifying proper officials to make changes in general election ballots.
(1) The certificate of nomination to fill the vacancy under ORS 249.842, may be filed directly with the officer with whom the certificate of nomination...
249.860 [1963 c.176 §4; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]
249.865 Filing prospective petition; contents of petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets; effect of violation.
(1) Pursuant to section 18, Article II of the Oregon Constitution, an elector of the electoral district from which the public officer is elected may...
249.870 Number of signers on recall petition.
The requisite number of signers on a recall petition is 15 percent of the total votes cast in the electoral district for all candidates for...
249.875 Time for completing filing; verification of signatures.
(1) A recall petition shall be void unless completed and filed not later than the 100th day after filing the prospective petition described in ORS...
249.876 Removal of signature after petition submitted for verification.
After a recall petition is submitted for signature verification, no elector who signed the petition may remove the signature of the elector from the petition....
249.877 Statement of justification by public officer.
(1) A public officer against whom a recall petition has been filed may submit to the filing officer, in not more than 200 words, a...
249.880 [Formerly 254.460; 1985 c.808 §23; repealed by 1987 c.210 §3]
249.990 [Repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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