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OR Rev Stat § 255.175 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.175 - Filing officer; filing requirements; verification of signatures.

(1) An initiative or referendum petition relating to a district measure shall be filed with the elections officer for signature verification. The filed petition shall contain only original signatures. (2) An initiative or referendum petition relating to a district measure shall not be accepted for filing if it contains less than 100 percent of the required number of signatures. (3) For any petition requiring a number of signatures exceeding 4,500, the Secretary of State by rule shall designate a statistical sampling technique to verify whether a petition contains the required number of signatures of electors. A petition may not be rejected for the reason that it contains less than the required number of signatures unless two separate sampling processes both establish that the petition lacks the required number of signatures. The second sampling must contain a larger number of signatures than the first sampling. (4) The Secretary of State may employ professional assistance to determine the sampling technique referred to in subsection (3) of this section. [1979 c.190 §296; 1989 c.68 §9; 1991 c.580 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 255.185 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.185 - Date of election on measure initiated or referred by electors.

(1) In a district that holds regular district elections, if an initiative or referendum petition contains the required number of verified signatures, the election on the district measure shall be held on the third Tuesday in May, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or the date of the next scheduled regular district election. The election date may not be sooner than the next available date listed in this subsection for which the filing deadline may be met and may not be later than the first regular district election following the 40th day after the date of the order calling the election. (2) In a district that does not hold regular district elections, if an initiative or referendum petition contains the required number of verified signatures, the election on the district measure shall be held at the next available date listed in subsection (1) of this section for which the filing deadline may be met. [1979 c.190 §297; 1983 c.350 §76; 1985 c.808 §44; 1991 c.107 §13; 2015 c.44 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 255.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.205 - Retention of petition materials.

The elections officer shall retain the signature sheets of a filed initiative or referendum petition with a copy of the district measure. If the measure is approved by the district electors, a copy of the measure shall be preserved as a permanent public record, and the signature sheets shall be preserved for six years. [1979 c.190 §299]
OR Rev Stat § 255.211 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.211

[1957 c.608 §197; 1961 c.49 §3; 1971 c.94 §3; 1971 c.733 §5; 1973 c.658 §2; 1975 c.766 §11; 1979 c.190 §181; renumbered 251.115]
OR Rev Stat § 255.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.215 - Notice by mail in lieu of or in addition to newspaper publication.

In lieu of or in addition to publication of notice under ORS 255.085, if it is expedient to do so the elections officer may give notice by mail to each elector of the district. The notice shall have postage prepaid and shall be considered given when mailed. Mailed notice of a district election under ORS 255.085 shall be made not later than three days after receipt of the ballot title. Proof of mailing shall be by affidavit of the elections officer. The affidavit shall state the time and place the notice was mailed. [Formerly 259.110; 1981 c.173 §33; 1981 c.639 §7; 1985 c.808 §45; 1991 c.107 §14; 2007 c.154 §51]
OR Rev Stat § 255.235 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.235 - Nomination of candidates for election to district boards; withdrawal.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) A candidate for election as a member of a district board shall be nominated by filing with the elections officer either: (a) A petition for nomination signed by at least 25 electors, or 10 percent of the electors, residing in the election district for the office, whichever number is less; or (b) A declaration of candidacy accompanied by a filing fee of $10. (2) A petition for nomination or a declaration of candidacy shall be filed with the elections officer not sooner than the 40th day before the deadline specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection and: (a) Not later than the 61st day before the date of the district election if the election is a regular district election or the first election at which members of the district board are elected. (b) Not later than the 70th day before the date of the district election if the election is held on the date of a primary election or general election. (3) A nominating petition or declaration of candidacy shall contain the information specified in ORS 249.031. (4) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the templates for a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy provide the candidate with the option to provide the candidate’s race and ethnicity. (5) In a district in which a position or zone number is assigned to each office on the district board, each petition for nomination or declaration of candidacy for election to the district board shall state the position or zone number of the office to which the candidate seeks election. (6) The provisions of ORS 249.009 (1)(b) and 249.061 do not apply to nominating petitions filed under this section. (7) A nominee for election to the district board may withdraw the nomination not later than 5 p.m. of the last day specified for filing a petition or declaration under this section by filing with the elections officer a written withdrawal of candidacy. The withdrawal shall be signed by the nominee and state the reasons for withdrawal. [Formerly 259.070; 1981 c.173 §34; 1983 c.350 §77; 1983 c.567 §17; 1985 c.808 §46; 1989 c.503 §17; 1989 c.923 §15; 1991 c.107 §15; 1995 c.607 §50; 1995 c.712 §70; 2013 c.1 §23; 2019 c.449 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 255.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.245 - Nominations to fill certain vacancies; Secretary of State to adopt rules.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, if a vacancy occurs in the office of district board member after the deadline for notice in ORS 255.069 (2) and on or before the 62nd day before the regular district election, the Secretary of State by rule shall provide a nominating schedule when practicable so that candidates’ names may be printed on the regular election ballot. With regard to this vacancy, requirements of publication of notice and sample ballots may be waived. The rule shall require notice of the vacancy and nominating procedure to the district electors by the most reasonable and expeditious means practicable under the circumstances, including but not limited to single publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. [Formerly 259.075; 1999 c.410 §65; 2019 c.449 §42]
OR Rev Stat § 255.288 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.288 - Methods of providing map of proposed boundaries for election on boundary question.

At any election in which the question of establishing or changing the exterior boundaries of a district or the question of establishing or changing boundaries of electoral zones or subdistricts within a district is submitted to a vote, the elections officer shall provide a map indicating the proposed boundaries. The elections officer shall provide the map by: (1) Printing the map in any voters’ pamphlet prepared for the district election; or (2) Including the map with the ballot. [1983 c.350 §74; 1993 c.493 §47; 2007 c.154 §52]
OR Rev Stat § 255.291 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.291 - Ballot to state position or zone number of candidate.

In a district in which a position or zone number is assigned to each office on the district board, the ballot shall state the position or zone number of the office to which the candidate seeks election. The candidate’s name shall appear on the ballot only for the designated position or zone. [1983 c.350 §79]
OR Rev Stat § 255.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.295 - Preparing abstract; notification of results.

(1) Not later than the 27th day after the date of an election, the elections officer shall prepare an abstract of the votes and deliver it to the district elections authority. Not later than the 45th day after the date of an election, the district elections authority shall determine from it the result of the election. (2) Subject to ORS 254.548, the elections officer may issue a certificate of election only after the district elections authority has notified the elections officer in writing of the result of the election. [Formerly 259.200; 1989 c.221 §1; 1993 c.493 §102; 1995 c.712 §72; 1999 c.318 §50; 1999 c.999 §57; 2005 c.157 §5; 2014 c.67 §5; 2014 c.112 §5; 2017 c.749 §30; 2018 c.70 §10; 2021 c.551 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 255.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.305 - Election expenses paid by district; exceptions; apportionment of expenses; rules.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by ORS 198.775, 261.210 and 568.542, the expenses incurred for a district election shall be paid by that district. (2) When two or more districts hold an election on the same day, the expenses of the election shall be equitably apportioned among the districts. (3) The Secretary of State by rule: (a) May designate a formula for the apportionment of expenses under subsection (2) of this section; and (b) Designate categories of election expenses that are chargeable to a district. [Formerly 259.230; 1983 c.514 §14; 1995 c.243 §3; 2019 c.450 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 255.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.325 - Legislative intent to promote regularity of special district elections; rulemaking and enforcement by Secretary of State.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the Secretary of State by rule shall require the districts that are not in compliance with ORS 255.335 to so comply. For this purpose, the rule may require adjusting or staggering terms of board members. [Formerly 259.235; 1981 c.173 §36; 2019 c.449 §43]
OR Rev Stat § 255.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.335 - Regular district election; terms of board members; organizational meeting.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) The regular district election shall be held by each district for the purpose of electing members of the district board to succeed a member whose term expires the following June 30 and to elect members to fill any vacancy which then may exist. The election shall be held in each such district in each odd-numbered year on the third Tuesday in May. (2) A district shall not conduct more than one election of board members in any year. (3) The first regular district election in a district shall be held on the regular district election date next following the year in which the first members of the district board were elected or appointed. (4) The term of a board member elected at the regular district election shall commence on the first day of July next following the election and shall expire June 30 next following the regular district election at which a successor is elected. (5) Each district board shall hold a regular organizational meeting following the regular district election and not later than the last day of July of that year. [Formerly 259.240; 1981 c.639 §8; 1983 c.350 §80; 1983 c.379 §4; 1989 c.923 §16; 1995 c.258 §1; 1995 c.712 §115a; 2001 c.73 §1; 2019 c.449 §44]
OR Rev Stat § 255.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.345 - Special election dates.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a special election called by a district elections authority shall not be held on any date other than: (a) The second Tuesday in March; (b) The third Tuesday in May; (c) The fourth Tuesday in August; or (d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. (2) A special election may be held on a date other than that provided in subsection (1) of this section, if the district elections authority by resolution finds that an election sooner than the next available election date is required on a measure to finance repairs to property damaged by fire, vandalism or a natural disaster. (3) As used in this section, "district elections authority" means the body or officer authorized or required to call an election for a public corporation formed under, and deriving its powers solely from, the statutes of this state, but does not include a city or county. [Formerly 259.260; 1981 c.639 §9; 1989 c.923 §17; 1991 c.71 §4; 1993 c.713 §53; 1995 c.607 §51; 1995 c.712 §116; 2021 c.551 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 255.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.400 - Definitions for ORS 255.400 to 255.424.

As used in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, "board of a qualifying district" means: (A) A district school board as defined in ORS 332.002; (B) The board of directors of an education service district as defined in ORS 334.003; or (C) A board as defined in ORS 341.005. (b) "Board of a qualifying district" does not include the board of directors of a pilot education service district described in ORS 334.108 to 334.115. (2) "Polarized voting" means voting in which there is a difference in the choice of candidates or other electoral choices that are preferred by electors in a protected class, and in the choice of candidates or electoral choices that are preferred by electors in the rest of the electorate. (3) "Protected class" means a class of electors who are distinguished by race or color or are members of a language minority group, as the class of electors is referenced and defined in the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), as amended, or its successors. (4)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, "qualifying district" means: (A) A school district as defined in ORS 332.002; (B) An education service district as defined in ORS 334.003; or (C) A community college district as defined in ORS 341.005. (b) "Qualifying district" does not include a pilot education service district described in ORS 334.108 to 334.115. (5) "Qualifying district election" means the nomination and election of members of the board of a qualifying district. [2019 c.449 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 255.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.405 - Requirements for qualifying district elections; information required in manuals produced by Secretary of State.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 332, 334 or 341 or any other provision of law: (a) A qualifying district election may not be conducted in a manner that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice or an equal opportunity to influence the outcome of an election as a result of the dilution or abridgment of the rights of electors who are members of that protected class; and (b) The board of a qualifying district, in consultation with the county clerk that administers the electoral system of the qualifying district, may authorize a change to the electoral system used by the qualifying district in order to comply with ORS 255.400 to 255.424. Prior to authorizing a change under this paragraph, the board must take into consideration any recommendations made by the county clerk that administers the electoral system of the qualifying district. (2) The Secretary of State shall include information regarding ORS 255.400 to 255.424 both in any manuals that provide a summary of all election law in this state that are compiled by the secretary and made publicly available on the secretary’s Internet website and in any other publications the secretary considers appropriate. In addition, the secretary shall develop and make publicly available on the secretary’s Internet website a guide describing: (a) The process for an elector to notify the board of a qualifying district and bring an action alleging that a qualifying district’s electoral system fails to comply with this section; and (b) The options and applicable timelines available to a board and qualifying district that receive a notice described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [2019 c.449 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 255.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.410

[Amended by 1953 c.359 §4; 1957 c.608 §201; 1961 c.532 §3; 1969 c.83 §3; 1975 c.766 §14; 1977 c.516 §4; 1979 c.190 §188; renumbered 251.185]
OR Rev Stat § 255.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.415

[1975 c.766 §25; 1977 c.460 §1; 1977 c.508 §12; 1979 c.190 §195; renumbered 251.255]
OR Rev Stat § 255.418 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.418

[1975 c.766 §18; 1979 c.190 §197; renumbered 251.275]
OR Rev Stat § 255.435 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.435

[1975 c.766 §2a; 1977 c.460 §2; 1979 c.190 §196; renumbered 251.265]
OR Rev Stat § 255.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.440

[Amended by 1953 c.359 §4; 1953 c.647 §2; 1957 c.608 §205; 1973 c.712 §7; 1979 c.190 §189; renumbered 251.195]
OR Rev Stat § 255.455 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.455

[1977 c.516 §3; 1979 c.190 §198; 1979 c.749 §4; renumbered 251.285]
OR Rev Stat § 255.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.465

[1975 c.766 §27; 1979 c.190 §194; renumbered 251.245]
OR Rev Stat § 255.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.510

[1967 c.63 §2; 1979 c.190 §199; renumbered 251.295]
OR Rev Stat § 255.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 255 - Special District Elections|Section 255.990

[Amended by 1973 c.155 §6; 1979 c.190 §200; renumbered 251.991]
OR Rev Stat § 258.006 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts|Section 258.006 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter: (1) "Candidate" means a candidate for nomination or election to any elective office. (2) "Contestant" means any person who files a petition of contest under ORS 258.036. (3) "Contestee" means: (a) In a contest of the nomination of a person for an office or the election of a person to an office, all candidates for the nomination or office, other than a candidate who is a contestant. (b) In a contest of the approval or rejection of a measure proposed by initiative petition, the chief petitioner of the petition, unless the chief petitioner is a contestant, and any other person involved in the cause of the contest. (c) In a contest of the result of a recall election, the public officer subject to the recall. (d) If the cause of the contest is ORS 258.016 (6) or (7), the county clerk. (4) "County clerk" means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. (5) "Elector" means an individual qualified to vote under section 2, Article II, Oregon Constitution. (6) "Full recount" means a recount of all the precincts in which votes were cast for the nomination or office for which a candidate received a vote or on any measure that appeared on the ballot. (7) "Measure" includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election: (a) A proposed law. (b) An Act or part of an Act of the Legislative Assembly. (c) A revision of or amendment to the Oregon Constitution. (d) Local, special or municipal legislation. (e) A proposition or question. (8) "Partial recount" means a recount conducted in a number of precincts equal to the greater of: (a) Five percent of the precincts in which votes were cast for the nomination or office for which a candidate received a vote or on any measure that appeared on the ballot; or (b) Three specified precincts in which votes were cast for the nomination or office for which a candidate received a vote or on any measure that appeared on the ballot. [Formerly 251.015; 1983 c.392 §7; 1985 c.186 §1; 1995 c.607 §52; 2001 c.965 §28; 2009 c.511 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 258.016 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts|Section 258.016 - Grounds for contest; persons authorized to contest.

The nomination or election of a person, the result of a recall election or the approval or rejection of a measure may be contested by any elector entitled to vote for the person, recall or measure, by any person who was a candidate at the election for the same nomination or office, by the public officer subject to the recall, by the Secretary of State if the contest involves a state measure, the recall of a state officer or a candidate for whom the Secretary of State is the filing officer, or by the county clerk who conducted the election, only for the following causes: (1) Deliberate and material violation of any provision of the election laws in connection with the nomination, election, recall election or approval or rejection of a measure. (2) Ineligibility of the person elected to the office to hold the office at the time of the election. (3) Illegal votes. (4) Mistake or fraud in the canvass of votes. (5) Fraud in the count of votes. (6) Nondeliberate and material error in the distribution of the official ballots by a local elections official, as that term is defined in ORS 246.012, or a county clerk. (7) A challenge to the determination of the number of electors who were eligible to participate in an election on a measure conducted under section 11 (8), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. [Formerly 251.025; 1983 c.170 §1; 1993 c.493 §48; 1997 c.541 §313a; 2001 c.965 §29; 2009 c.511 §13]