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ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.280. (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall order a full recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to a public office for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer, and the county clerk who conducted the election shall order a full recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to any other public office if the canvass of votes of the election reveals that: (A) Two or more candidates for that nomination or office have an equal and the highest number of votes; or (B) The difference in the number of votes cast for a candidate apparently nominated or elected to the office and the votes cast for the closest apparently defeated opponent is not more than one-fifth of one percent of the total votes for both candidates. (b) The Secretary of State by rule shall establish when a full recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to a public office is required for an election in which ranked choice voting is conducted in the manner set forth in section 4, chapter 220, Oregon Laws 2023, and the secretary is the filing officer. Any rules adopted under this paragraph shall, to the extent practicable, comply with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (2)(a) Unless otherwise provided by a home rule charter, at an election described in ORS 249.088, the Secretary of State shall order a full recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer, and the county clerk who conducted the election shall order a full recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to any other nonpartisan office, if the canvass of votes of the election reveals that the number of votes cast for a candidate differs from a majority of votes cast for the office by not more than one-fifth of one percent of the total votes cast for the office. (b) This subsection does not apply to the office of sheriff, the office of county clerk, the office of county treasurer or a candidate to fill a vacancy, as described in ORS 249.091. (3) The cost of a full recount conducted under this section shall be paid by the county for a county office, by the city for a city office, by the special district for a special district office or by the state for any other office.
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.290. Automatic full recount required in certain elections on measures; costs of recount to be paid by governmental unit; exception. (1) If the official canvass of votes of an election reveals that the difference in the number of votes cast for or against any measure is not more than one-fifth of one percent of the total votes cast for and against the measure, the Secretary of State, in the case of a measure for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer, and the county clerk who conducted the election in the case of any other measure shall order a full recount of all votes cast for the measure. (2) The cost of a full recount conducted under this section shall be paid by the state, county, city or special district for which the measure was proposed. (3) This section does not apply if the election on the measure is an election at which at least 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election must cast a ballot under sections 11 and 11k, Article XI, Oregon Constitution, and less than 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election cast ballots.
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.300. Elections officials to notify Secretary of State when automatic full recount required. Immediately following the completion of the official canvass of votes for any election, the elections officer who prepared the canvass shall notify the Secretary of State of any election subject to an automatic full recount under ORS 258.280 and 258.290.
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.335. [1965 c.586 30,31; repealed by 1979 c.190 431]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.740. [1963 c.530 4,8,26; repealed by 1965 c.586 34]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.790. [1963 c.530 7,15; repealed by 1965 c.586 34]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.840. [1963 c.530 12,18; repealed by 1965 c.586 34]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.910. [1963 c.530 20,22; repealed by 1965 c.586 34]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.970. [1963 c.530 29,30,31; repealed by 1965 c.586 34]
ORS Chapter 258 — Election Contests; Recounts

ORS 258.995. [1965 c.586 33; repealed by 1979 c.190 431] _______________
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.011. Prohibition on using cryptocurrency to make contribution. (1) A person may not make a contribution to a political candidate, a political committee or a petition committee using cryptocurrency. (2) As used in this section, cryptocurrency means digital or virtual currency that relies on cryptography to effect transfers and a decentralized network to record transactions.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.012. Prohibition on acceptance of physical currency over $100 as contribution. A candidate, political committee or a petition committee may not accept aggregate contributions from a single source of more than $100 per calendar year in the form of physical currency of the United States or of any other country.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.020. [Amended by 1957 c.643 2; repealed by 1971 c.749 82]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.030. [Amended by 1957 c.643 3; 1971 c.749 26; renumbered 260.315] (Treasurers, Statements of Organization and Accounts)
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.035. Treasurer and statement of organization for political committees and candidates; change in information. (1) Not later than the third business day after a political committee first receives a contribution or makes an expenditure, the political committee shall: (a) Appoint a treasurer who shall be an elector of this state; (b) Certify the name and address of the treasurer to the filing officer; and (c) File a statement of organization under ORS 260.039 or 260.042. (2) A candidate may serve as the candidates own treasurer or may appoint and certify to the filing officer the name and address of a treasurer. A candidates treasurer shall perform all the duties prescribed for the candidate under ORS
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.037. Liability of candidate or treasurer for default or violation of treasurer obligations. (1) The candidate is personally responsible for the performance of the duties referred to in ORS 260.035 (2). Any default or violation by the treasurer shall be conclusively considered a default or violation by the candidate. Any default or violation by the individual designated by the candidate or treasurer under ORS 260.039 or 260.057 is conclusively considered a default or violation by the candidate. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1) of this section, the treasurer of a political committee or the treasurer of a petition committee is personally responsible for the performance of the duties referred to in ORS 260.035 (3) or
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.038. Treasurer of more than one candidate or committee; replacement of treasurer. (1) An individual may be appointed and serve as treasurer of a candidate, a political committee or petition committee or of two or more candidates, political committees or petition committees. (2) A candidate, political committee or petition committee may remove a treasurer. (3) In event of the death, resignation or removal of a treasurer before compliance with all obligations of a treasurer under ORS 260.035 to 260.156, no later than 14 days after the death, resignation or removal of the treasurer: (a) A candidate shall appoint a successor and certify the name and address of the successor in the manner of an original appointment or certify to the filing officer that the candidate serves as the candidates own treasurer. (b) A committee director shall appoint a successor and certify the name and address of the successor in the manner of an original appointment. (c) A chief petitioner shall appoint a successor and certify the name and address of the successor in the manner of an original appointment.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.040. [Amended by 1957 c.643 4; repealed by 1971 c.749 82]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.041. Principal campaign committee. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 260.005 (18) and except as provided in ORS 260.043, a candidate shall designate a political committee as the candidates principal campaign committee. A candidate may designate only one political committee as the candidates principal campaign committee. (2) A political committee may not be designated as the principal campaign committee of more than one candidate.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.043. Exemptions for candidate who expects neither contributions nor expenditures to exceed $750 or $3,500; exemptions; rules. (1) A candidate who serves as the candidates own treasurer and who expects neither the aggregate contributions to be received nor the aggregate expenditures to be made by or on behalf of the candidate to exceed $750 in total amount during a calendar year is not required to: (a) File a statement of organization under ORS 260.039; (b) Establish a single exclusive campaign account under ORS 260.054; or (c) File statements under ORS 260.057. (2) A candidate described in subsection (1) of this section must keep contribution and expenditure records for the previous 24 months. (3)(a) If at any time during the calendar year either the aggregate contributions or aggregate expenditures exceed $750, the candidate must file a statement of organization under ORS 260.039, establish a single exclusive campaign account as required under ORS 260.054 and file statements as required in paragraph (b) of this subsection. (b)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, if at any time during the calendar year either the aggregate contributions or aggregate expenditures exceed $750, the candidate must file a statement under ORS 260.057 showing all contributions received and expenditures made. After aggregate contributions or aggregate expenditures exceed $750 during a calendar year, the statement shall be filed under the time frames established in ORS 260.057 (3). (B) If the candidate expects neither the aggregate contributions to be received nor the aggregate expenditures to be made by or on behalf of the candidate to exceed $3,500 during the calendar year, the candidate may file a statement to that effect under ORS 260.112, rather than file statements under ORS 260.057. Notwithstanding ORS 260.112 (2), the statement shall be filed not later than seven calendar days after aggregate contributions or aggregate expenditures exceed $750 during a calendar year. (4)(a) For purposes of this section, a fee paid under ORS 251.095, a fee paid for a candidate to be included in a county voters pamphlet or de minimis costs associated with printing and circulating a petition in lieu of a candidate paying a fee for inclusion in a voters pamphlet are exempt and may not be considered when calculating: (A) The expected aggregate amount of contributions received or expenditures made; or (B) The actual aggregate amount of contributions received or expenditures made. (b) The Secretary of State by rule shall define de minimis costs for purposes of this subsection. (5) This section does not apply to candidates for federal office.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.044. Statement of independent expenditures; when person considered political committee or principal campaign committee; electronic filing; time frames; rules. (1) If a person makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year, the person shall use the electronic filing system adopted under ORS 260.057 to file with the Secretary of State a statement of independent expenditures not later than seven calendar days after the total amount of independent expenditures exceeds $250 in a calendar year. (2) A person who files a statement of independent expenditures under subsection (1) of this section shall use the electronic filing system adopted under ORS
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.046. Discontinuance of statement of organization; rules. (1) A filing officer, in accordance with rules adopted by the Secretary of State, may discontinue the statement of organization of a candidate, principal campaign committee, political committee or petition committee if the candidate or committee has not filed a statement of contributions received or expenditures made under this chapter. (2) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules prescribing conditions and procedures under which a filing officer may discontinue a statement of organization under this section. (3) If a filing officer discontinues a statement of organization under this section, the filing officer shall provide written notice to the candidate, principal campaign committee, political committee or petition committee that the statement has been discontinued.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.049. Reports to be filed by certain corporations; rules. (1) If the major source of revenue of a corporation is paid-in-capital and the primary purpose of the corporation is to support or oppose any candidate, measure or political party, and the corporation has made a contribution or an expenditure for that purpose, the corporation shall report to the Secretary of State the names, addresses and occupations of its shareholders and shall report the amount of paid-in-capital attributable to each shareholder. (2) The information required under subsection (1) of this section, including information on the nature and amount of all expenditures of money and in-kind contributions made by the corporation, shall be filed not later than seven calendar days after the contribution or expenditure is made. (3) The secretary shall adopt by rule a form for the filing of the information required under this section.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.050. [Amended by 1957 c.643 5; repealed by 1971 c.749 82]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.052. Political committee identification number. The Secretary of State shall assign an identification number to each political committee required to file a statement with the secretary under ORS 260.057. The political committee shall include the identification number with each contribution made by the political committee.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.054. Political committee campaign account; petition committee petition account. (1) Each political committee shall establish a single exclusive campaign account and each petition committee organized under ORS 260.118 shall establish a single exclusive petition account in a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008. The financial institution must be located in this state and must ordinarily conduct business with the general public in this state. (2) A political committee shall maintain the campaign account in the name of the political committee. A petition committee shall maintain the petition account in the name of the petition committee. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section: (a) All expenditures made by the political committee shall be drawn from the campaign account and: (A) Issued on a check signed by the candidate on whose behalf the account is established, by the treasurer of the political committee or by an individual designated by the candidate or treasurer; or (B) Paid using a debit card or other form of electronic transaction. (b) All expenditures made by the petition committee shall be drawn from the petition account and: (A) Issued on a check signed by the chief petitioner or treasurer of the petition committee or by an individual designated by the chief petitioner or treasurer; or (B) Paid using a debit card or other form of electronic transaction. (4) Subsection (3) of this section does not prohibit a person from making a cash or other expenditure on behalf of the political committee or petition committee and receiving reimbursement from the campaign or petition account. (5)(a) Not later than seven business days after the date the contribution is received: (A) A contribution received by a candidate or the treasurer of a political committee, directly or indirectly, shall be deposited into the campaign account. (B) A contribution received by a chief petitioner or treasurer of a petition committee, directly or indirectly, shall be deposited into the petition account. (b) This subsection does not apply to in-kind contributions received by a candidate, political committee or petition committee. (6) This section does not prohibit the transfer of any amount deposited in a campaign or petition account into a certificate of deposit, stock fund or other investment instrument. (7) A campaign or petition account may not include any private moneys, other than contributions received by the political committee or petition committee. (8) A political committee or petition committee shall retain a copy of each financial institution account statement from the campaign or petition account described in this section for not less than two years after the date the statement is issued by the financial institution. (9) This section does not apply to candidates described in ORS 260.043. (10) As used in this section, contribution and expenditure include a contribution or expenditure to or on behalf of an initiative, referendum or recall petition.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.055. Accounts of contributions and expenditures; inspection; preservation. (1)(a) Each candidate, the treasurer of each political committee, the treasurer of each petition committee and each person that makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year shall keep detailed accounts. The accounts shall be current as of not later than the seventh business day after the date of receiving a contribution or making an expenditure or independent expenditure with respect to all contributions received and all expenditures or independent expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate or committee that are required to be reported under ORS 260.044, 260.057,
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.056. Written loan agreements. (1) A loan made by or to a candidate, political committee or petition committee must be by written agreement. (2) A candidate, political committee or petition committee shall keep a copy of any written loan agreement with the detailed accounts of the candidate or committee required under ORS 260.055. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 260.055, a candidate, political committee or petition committee shall preserve a written loan agreement for at least two years after the statement of the loan is filed under ORS 260.057 or until the loan is repaid, whichever is later. [2005 c.809 19; 2009 c.818 27; 2011 c.652 8] (Statements of Contributions and Expenditures)
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.064. In-kind contribution from candidate, political committee or petition committee; insufficient filing; updated information. (1) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee receives updated information that an in-kind contribution received from another candidate, political committee or petition committee reported in a statement filed under ORS 260.057, 260.076 or 260.118 is inaccurate or otherwise insufficient, the candidate, political committee or petition committee that received the in-kind contribution shall, without penalty, file an updated statement with the Secretary of State: (a) Not later than the date that the statement is required to be filed under ORS
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.070. [Amended by 1961 c.75 1; repealed by 1965 c.289 1 (260.067, 260.075 and 260.077 enacted in lieu of 260.070)]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.072. [1971 c.749 7; 1973 c.744 8; 1975 c.683 7; 1977 c.678 2; 1979 c.190 348; repealed by 1981 c.234 2 (260.058, 260.063, 260.068, 260.073 and 260.078 enacted in lieu of
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.078. Reporting contributions and expenditures not previously reported. If the first statement filed by a candidate, a candidates principal campaign committee, a petition committee or a political committee under ORS 260.057 shows an unexpended balance of contributions not previously reported on hand, the statement shall list all contributions and expenditures giving rise to the unexpended balance of contributions in accordance with ORS 260.083.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.080. [Repealed by 1971 c.749 82]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.083. sufficient. The filing officer shall examine statements under this section not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar quarter for statements filed during the previous calendar quarter. (2) The filing officer may require any person to answer in writing and upon oath or affirmation before a judge, justice of the peace, county clerk or notary public any question within the knowledge of that person concerning the source of any contribution. The filing officer shall advise the person of the penalty for failure to answer.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.085. Listing of occupation of contributor; procedure when occupation is unknown. (1) An account required by ORS 260.055 and a statement required by ORS 260.083 to list the occupation of a contributor must list the occupation of the contributor in the account and on the first statement filed under ORS 260.057 or 260.076 after the contribution is received if the occupation is known to the candidate, political committee or petition committee filing the statement. (2) If an account required by ORS 260.055 or a statement required by ORS 260.083 to list the occupation of a contributor does not list the occupation of the contributor as required by ORS 260.055 or on the first statement filed under ORS 260.057 or 260.076 after the contribution is received, the candidate, political committee or petition committee shall file with the account and with the statement filed under ORS 260.057 documentation of a written request to the contributor to furnish the contributors occupation. (3) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee receives a contribution that does not identify the occupation of the contributor, the candidate or committee shall make a written request to the contributor to furnish the occupation of the contributor within seven calendar days after receiving the contribution. A written request under this subsection may be sent by electronic mail. (4) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee receives information identifying the occupation of a contributor after making a written request under subsection (3) of this section, the candidate or committee, within seven calendar days after receiving the information, shall include the contributors occupation in the account kept under ORS 260.055 and in the contributors entry filed under ORS 260.057.
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.090. [Repealed by 1971 c.749 82]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.095. Reporting expenditures that are both in-kind contributions and expenditures; notice to candidate or committee; process; rules. (1) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee under ORS 260.057 or
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.100. [Repealed by 1957 c.643 9]
ORS Chapter 260 — Campaign Finance Regulation;

ORS 260.110. [Amended by 1957 c.643 7; repealed by 1971 c.749 82]