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OR Rev Stat § 249.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 vacancy occurs on or before the 70th day before a nominating election, by selecting a nominee at the next nominating election; or (b) If the vacancy occurs after the 70th day before the nominating election and on or before the 62nd day before the general election, by selecting a nominee as provided by party rule. (2) The procedure under subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in any case in which one of the following specific procedures for filling a vacancy applies: (a) The procedure specified in ORS 188.120 for the offices of Representative in Congress and United States Senator. (b) The appointment procedure specified in ORS 171.051 to 171.064 for state legislative office. (c) The procedure specified in ORS chapter 236 for county office. (d) The procedure specified in ORS chapter 221 for city office. (3) A party that selects a nominee under subsection (1)(b) of this section, immediately after the nomination, shall notify the filing officer with whom a declaration of candidacy for the office is filed of the name of the nominee by the most expeditious means practicable. (4) The Secretary of State by rule may adopt a schedule specifying the period following a vacancy within which a major political party that selects a nominee under subsection (1)(b) of this section must notify the filing officer of the name of the nominee under subsection (3) of this section. [1979 c.190 §123; 1985 c.586 §3; 1985 c.808 §16; 1987 c.267 §22; 1987 c.380 §4; 1987 c.549 §5; 1995 c.607 §17; 1995 c.712 §31; 2018 c.70 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 249.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 the 70th day before the nominating election and on or before the 62nd day before the general election, a candidate for the office may file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided for nonpartisan office or shall be nominated by nominating petition in the manner provided for nonpartisan office. (2) The Secretary of State by rule may adopt a schedule for filing nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy under this section. The schedule may specify the period within which nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy must be filed after a vacancy occurs. [Formerly 252.060; 1981 c.173 §25; 1983 c.7 §2; 1983 c.567 §8; 1985 c.808 §17; 1995 c.607 §18; 1999 c.318 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 249.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.215 - Filling vacancy in state office at general election; remaining term of office.

(1) If a vacancy occurs in a state office before the 61st day before the first general election to be held during that term of office, the remaining two years of the term of the state office shall be filled by the electors at that general election. (2) The remaining two years of the term of the state office shall commence on the second Monday in January following the general election. Any appointment made to fill the vacancy shall expire when a successor to the office is elected and qualified. (3) Candidates for the remaining two years of the term of the state office under this section shall be nominated as provided in this chapter, with major political parties following the procedure set forth in ORS 249.200, except as follows: (a) A minor political party, by party rule, or an assembly of electors or individual electors, may select a nominee; and (b) The Secretary of State shall accept certificates of nomination and notifications of nominees filed with the secretary pursuant to a schedule for filing set by the secretary, but in any case not later than the 62nd day before the first general election. (4) As used in this section, "state office" means the office of Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [2009 c.511 §22; 2011 c.731 §12; 2018 c.86 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 249.271 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 249.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.280

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §81; 1961 c.76 §1; renumbered 249.150]
OR Rev Stat § 249.354 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 249.362 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.362

[Formerly 249.570; 1979 c.190 §239; renumbered 254.155]
OR Rev Stat § 249.364 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.364

[Formerly 249.580; 1979 c.190 §388; renumbered 260.675]
OR Rev Stat § 249.366 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.366

[Formerly 249.510; 1979 c.190 §259; renumbered 254.365]
OR Rev Stat § 249.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.420

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §92; 1979 c.190 §109; renumbered 249.048]
OR Rev Stat § 249.491 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.491

[1957 c.608 §99; 1979 c.190 §278; renumbered 254.565]
OR Rev Stat § 249.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.510

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §100; renumbered 249.366]
OR Rev Stat § 249.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.530

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §101; renumbered 249.352]
OR Rev Stat § 249.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.540

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §102; renumbered 249.358]
OR Rev Stat § 249.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.550

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §104; renumbered 249.354]
OR Rev Stat § 249.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.570

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §105; renumbered 249.362]
OR Rev Stat § 249.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.580

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §106; renumbered 249.364]
OR Rev Stat § 249.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.600

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §108; renumbered 249.368]
OR Rev Stat § 249.654 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.654

[1973 c.527 §§6,7,8; 1975 c.779 §25; 1979 c.190 §394; renumbered 188.120]
OR Rev Stat § 249.680 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.680

[1961 c.73 §2; 1975 c.779 §26; 1979 c.190 §121; renumbered 249.180]
OR Rev Stat § 249.705 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 election by preparing and filing a certificate of nomination as provided in ORS 249.712 to 249.850. [1979 c.190 §125]
OR Rev Stat § 249.712 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 and signed by the nominee, or it may be indorsed by a letter or telegram from the nominee attached to the certificate and filed with it. If the acceptance does not accompany the certificate of nomination, the nominee, at any time after the certificate is filed and before the time for filing nominations for the office has expired, may file an acceptance in the same manner and in the same office where the certificate is filed. The officer with whom the acceptance is filed shall indorse it and attach it to the certificate of nomination to which it refers. [Formerly 249.760]
OR Rev Stat § 249.715 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.715

[1977 c.324 §2; 1979 c.190 §130; renumbered 249.735]
OR Rev Stat § 249.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 in connection with the full name. (b) Address information as required by the Secretary of State by rule. (c) The office, and department or position number if any, for which the candidate is nominated. (d) The name of the minor political party, if any, that nominated the candidate. (e) If the candidate is nominated for a partisan office by an assembly of electors or individual electors, the word "nonaffiliated" and a statement that the candidate has not been a member of a major or minor political party during at least 180 days before the deadline for filing the certificate of nomination. (f) A statement that the candidate will qualify if elected. (g) The signature of the candidate. (h) A statement of the candidate’s occupation, educational and occupational background and prior governmental experience. (2) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the template for a certificate of nomination provides the candidate with the option to provide the candidate’s race and ethnicity. (3) For certificates of nomination of candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the names of the candidates for President and Vice President the candidates represent may be added to the name of the minor political party or the word "nonaffiliated," as the case may be. The names of all the candidates of a minor political party, or nonaffiliated candidates, for electors of President and Vice President may be upon the same certificate of nomination. (4) A certificate of nomination made by an assembly of electors shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the nominating convention of the assembly. A certificate of nomination made by a minor political party shall be signed by an officer of the party. An affidavit shall be made on the certificate by the presiding officer and secretary of the nominating convention of the assembly or by the officer of the minor political party and signed and acknowledged by them before a notary public. The affidavit shall be that the statements in the certificate of nomination and related documents are true. With respect to an assembly of electors, the affidavit shall state that the assembly satisfied the requirements of ORS 249.735. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §110; 1961 c.336 §3; 1973 c.841 §2; 1975 c.678 §24; 1979 c.190 §127; 1981 c.142 §1; 1991 c.719 §8; 1993 c.797 §13; 1995 c.607 §19; 2005 c.797 §35; 2019 c.449 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 249.722 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 than the 15th day after the date of the primary election and not later than the 70th day before the date of the general election. (2) A certificate of nomination of a candidate for: (a) State office, United States Senator or Representative in Congress shall be filed with the Secretary of State. (b) County office shall be filed with the county clerk. (c) City office shall be filed with the chief city elections officer. (3) For a special election, including an election to fill a vacancy that occurs after the 70th day before the general election, the Secretary of State by rule may adopt a schedule specifying the period within which a certificate of nomination must be filed. If the Secretary of State does not adopt a rule under this subsection, a certificate of nomination must be filed before the 61st day preceding the election. [1979 c.190 §128; 1987 c.267 §23; 1993 c.493 §§8,9; 1995 c.607 §20; 1995 c.712 §32; 1999 c.999 §39; 2001 c.145 §2; 2005 c.593 §3; 2005 c.797 §33]
OR Rev Stat § 249.737 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 convention. The filing officer shall insure that when the assembly of electors makes a nomination, the number of electors required to be present at the nominating convention for the purpose of constituting an assembly is at least equal to each of the following: (a) The number of signatures of assembly members in the minutes of the assembly. (b) The number of electors present at the nominating convention. (2) If an assembly of electors will consider nominations for an office for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer and an office for which the county clerk or chief city elections officer is the filing officer, the Secretary of State shall be the supervising officer under subsection (1) of this section. (3) If an assembly of electors will consider nominations for an office for which the county clerk is the filing officer and an office for which the chief city elections officer is the filing officer, the county clerk shall be the supervising officer under subsection (1) of this section. [1983 c.567 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 249.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.750

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §113; 1979 c.190 §100; renumbered 249.013]
OR Rev Stat § 249.760 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.760

[Amended by 1979 c.190 §126; renumbered 249.712]
OR Rev Stat § 249.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 filed. (b) The name of each candidate. (c) The office for which the candidate is nominated. (d) When applicable, the name of the minor political party or identification of the assembly of electors making the nomination, and the names of the chairperson and secretary certifying it. (e) If the certificate of nomination is made by individual electors, the total number of certified signatures contained in the certificate. (2) As soon as an acceptance or withdrawal of a candidate is filed with a filing officer, it shall be entered in the register of nominations. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §116; 1979 c.190 §132]
OR Rev Stat § 249.830 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 with whom the certificate of nomination was filed a written statement declining the nomination and stating the reason for withdrawal. (2) The statement must be: (a) Signed by the person withdrawing from the nomination; and (b) Filed not later than the 67th day before the general election. (3) The statement may be sent to the Secretary of State through a county clerk, as provided by ORS 249.850. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §117; 1967 c.86 §1; 1979 c.190 §133; 2007 c.155 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 249.842 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 party may be filled as provided by party rule. (2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, before the date of the general election, a vacancy in a nomination made by an assembly of electors may be filled by: (a) Reconvening the assembly that made the original nomination to select a new nominee; or (b) A committee to whom the assembly at its convention delegated the authority to fill vacancies. (3) An assembly of electors may reconvene under subsection (2) of this section only at the call of the chairperson of the original assembly. An assembly will be considered the assembly that made the original nomination if the chairperson and secretary are the same as those of the original assembly. (4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, before the date of the general election, a vacancy in a nomination made by individual electors may be filled by filing a new certificate of nomination. The certificate of nomination to fill the vacancy shall conform with the requirements of ORS 249.720 and 249.740. (5) The Secretary of State by rule may adopt a schedule specifying the period after a vacancy in a nomination occurs within which a certificate of nomination filling the vacancy must be filed. [1979 c.190 §134; 1985 c.808 §19; 1993 c.797 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 249.850 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 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 of the original candidate was filed, or it may be presented in duplicate to any county clerk who shall file one of the certificates in the clerk’s office, immediately notify the appropriate filing officer of the nomination and send the duplicate certificate to the officer by the most expeditious method practicable. (2) Upon receipt of notification that a vacancy has been filled, the filing officer shall certify the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy to be included on the ballot. If the certification of candidates has already been sent to the county clerk, the Secretary of State or city filing officer immediately shall give written certification of the new candidate to each county clerk responsible for preparing ballots on which the office will appear. The certification shall state the name and residence of the candidate nominated to fill the vacancy, the office for which the nomination was made, the name of the minor political party the candidate represents or the name of the chairperson of the assembly nominating the candidate, and the name of the person for whom the candidate is substituted. Upon receipt of the certification, the county clerk shall place the new candidate’s name on the ballot. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §119; 1975 c.675 §19; 1979 c.190 §135]
OR Rev Stat § 249.865 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall|Section 249.865 - Filing prospective petition; contents of petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets; effect of violation.

(1) Pursuant to Article II, section 18, of the Oregon Constitution, an elector of the electoral district from which the public officer is elected may file a petition demanding the recall of the public officer. The production and circulation of the petition must conform to the requirements governing recall petitions set forth in ORS 250.048 and 250.052. Before the petition is circulated for signatures, the chief petitioner of the petition shall file with the officer authorized to order the recall election a copy of the prospective petition signed by the chief petitioner. (2) The chief petitioner shall include with the prospective petition a statement declaring whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures of electors on the recall petition. After the prospective petition is filed, the chief petitioner shall notify the filing officer not later than the 10th day after the chief petitioner first has knowledge or should have had knowledge that: (a) Any person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the prospective petition declared that no such person would be paid. (b) No person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the prospective petition declared that one or more such persons would be paid. (3) Each sheet of the recall petition must contain: (a) The words "Petition for recall of," (name and title of officer) and the date of the filing under subsection (1) of this section; and (b) The name and city and state of residence of the chief petitioner. (4) Not more than 20 signatures on each sheet of the recall petition shall be counted. The circulator shall certify on each signature sheet that the circulator: (a) Witnessed the signing of the signature sheet by each individual whose signature appears on the signature sheet; and (b) Believes each individual is an elector. (5) Any intentional or willful violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section by a chief petitioner of the recall petition listed on the statement of organization filed under ORS 260.118 invalidates the prospective petition before it is circulated for signatures. [1979 c.190 §136; 1981 c.142 §2; 1981 c.173 §26; 1983 c.756 §8; 1985 c.471 §7; 1987 c.210 §1; 1999 c.318 §26; 2005 c.797 §22; 2007 c.155 §7; 2007 c.848 §25; 2009 c.818 §20; 2017 c.749 §52; 2019 c.675 §14; 2021 c.473 §16]