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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.150 - Authority of Secretary of State over recounts; county clerk to provide notice to Secretary of State.

(1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for ensuring that the procedures to be used in conducting election recounts assure an accurate recount in the shortest time at the least expense. Whenever demands are filed for a recount of a vote for both a measure and a nomination or office, or for more than one measure, nomination or office, the Secretary of State may determine the most appropriate procedure to be used in conducting the recounts simultaneously.
(2)(a) In all election recounts for the office of President and Vice President of the United States, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, Circuit Court, Oregon Senate, Oregon House of Representatives and statewide measures, the Secretary of State shall ensure that county elections officials conduct the recount in a manner that is consistent, transparent, accurate and in accordance with all applicable laws.
(b) The county clerk in each county involved in a recount described in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall provide notice to the Secretary of State of the date, time and location of the recount and information regarding all aspects of the recount process, including:
(A) The appointment of counting boards;
(B) The conditions for recount observers;
(C) The manner in which voter intent is determined; and
(D) The counting of ballots.
(c) The Secretary of State shall review the notices and actual recount processes described in paragraph (b) of this subsection to ensure consistency across counties involved in the recount to the degree reasonably practicable. The Secretary of State shall be responsible for the certification of the results of the election or nomination as reported by the county clerks in the counties involved in the recount.
(d) The Secretary of State may adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection. [Formerly 251.625; 2022 c.84 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.171 - Full recount required to change results; exception for recount demand made by county clerk.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the person making a demand for a recount shall be bound by the original official returns unless the person demands a full recount.
(2) If a demand for a partial recount is made by a county clerk under ORS 258.161 (3), votes recounted in the precincts specified by the county clerk may be combined with votes in other precincts that were not recounted to determine the official returns of the election. [1979 c.190 §325; 1999 c.318 §41; 2001 c.965 §33]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.181 - One recount only; two or more recount demands.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, only one recount shall be made for any measure, nomination or office for which a recount may be demanded.
(2) If two or more demands for the recount of the same measure are filed with the Secretary of State the demand first received by the Secretary of State shall be considered the demand for a recount.
(3) If two or more demands for the recount of the same nomination or office are filed with the Secretary of State the demand received from or on behalf of the losing candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be considered the demand for a recount.
(4) If the demand for a recount under subsection (2) or (3) of this section specifies a partial recount, any elector may file a supplemental demand as provided in ORS 258.161. [Formerly 251.540; 1985 c.808 §48; 2001 c.965 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.190 - Secretary of State ordering recount after demand; notice.

(1) After a recount demand is filed, the Secretary of State shall direct the official who conducted the election or the clerk of any county containing precincts in which ballots were cast on the measure or for the nomination or office specified in the demand for a recount to conduct a recount in the precincts specified in the demand.
(2) If the demand for a recount of votes cast for a nomination or office is filed, the Secretary of State, not later than the third day after the filing of the first demand, shall notify the affected candidates that a recount is to be made in the precincts specified in the demand. The notice shall be sent by electronic mail or, if an electronic mail address for the affected candidate is unavailable, by certified or registered mail.
(3) The official who is to conduct the recount, within a reasonable time before the recount, shall notify the affected candidates or the individual filing the demand for recount for a measure of the date, time and place of the recount. [Formerly 251.550; 2022 c.84 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.200 - Counting boards; appointment; compensation.

(1) After receiving notice from the Secretary of State that a recount is to be made, the official directed to conduct the recount shall appoint counting boards from the list of electors qualified to vote in the county in which the recount is demanded. The official shall appoint as many counting boards as may be necessary to complete the recount within the shortest practicable time after the demand is filed. No member of the counting boards shall have been a candidate for any office voted upon at the election. The members of a counting board shall not all be members of the same political party.
(2) Each member of the counting board shall be compensated at a rate not less than the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher. [Formerly 251.560; 1981 c.173 §38; 1993 c.493 §49; 1999 c.410 §66]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.211 - Opening ballot boxes; conduct of recount by hand; persons permitted to be present.

(1) The ballot boxes containing the ballots to be recounted shall be opened by the official directed to make the recount only in the presence of the counting board and the persons referred to in this section.
(2) The counting board shall conduct the recount by hand and, if requested, permit:
(a) In the instance of a nomination or office, an affected candidate or an elector authorized in writing by an affected candidate, and an elector authorized in writing by each major or minor political party to be present to watch the recount.
(b) In the instance of a measure, one elector advocating and one elector opposing the measure to be present to watch the recount.
(3) For ballots cast using a voting machine:
(a) The county clerk shall deposit the paper record copy recorded by the machine into the ballot box; and
(b) The paper record copies are the ballots to be recounted under this section. [Formerly 251.570; 2001 c.965 §35; 2005 c.731 §6; 2005 c.797 §69]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.221 - Completion of recount; certification of votes and cost; notification of person demanding recount.

(1) The recount shall be completed as soon as practicable after the demand is filed.
(2) In the case of a full recount, the official directed to conduct the recount, as soon as practicable after completion of the recount, shall:
(a) Certify the abstract of votes recounted to the Secretary of State.
(b) Certify the abstract of votes recounted to the official issuing certificates of nomination or election regarding a nomination or office, or to the official responsible for issuing a proclamation regarding a measure. The official then shall issue the appropriate certificate or proclamation.
(c) Notify by mail the person who filed the demand for the recount of the result and the cost of the recount.
(3) Not later than the 30th day after the completion of the recount the official directed to conduct the recount shall certify the cost of the recount to the Secretary of State. [Formerly 251.590; 2001 c.965 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.231 - Costs to be included and excluded from recount costs.

(1) The certification of costs of a recount required in ORS 258.221 (3) may include:
(a) Compensation of recount boards.
(b) Compensation of additional employees required to conduct the recount and overtime payment to regular employees who are eligible to receive such payments.
(c) Postage and telephone charges directly related to the recount.
(d) The costs for security.
(2) The certification of costs of a recount required in ORS 258.221 (3) shall not include:
(a) General administrative costs.
(b) Allowances for meals or lodging. [Formerly 251.630; 2001 c.965 §37]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.241 - Official return of election after recount.

(1) In the case of a full recount, the abstract of votes resulting from the recount shall be the official return of the election.
(2) Except as provided in ORS 258.171 (2), in the case of a partial recount, the abstract of votes recounted shall not be certified and the abstract of votes resulting from the original count shall be the official return of the election. [Formerly 251.600; 2001 c.965 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.250 - Payment of cost of recount.

(1) If the abstract of votes resulting from a full recount shows that the outcome of the election on the measure was changed or that a candidate for whose benefit the recount was demanded received a plurality of the votes, the deposit required by ORS 258.161 shall be refunded by the Secretary of State to the person who filed the demand.
(2) The Secretary of State shall transfer the deposit required by ORS 258.161 and any additional amount paid pursuant to subsection (5) of this section to a special account in the General Fund if:
(a) A full recount was not conducted; or
(b) The abstract of votes resulting from a full recount shows that:
(A) The outcome of the election on the measure was not changed; or
(B) A candidate for whose benefit the recount was demanded did not receive a plurality of the votes.
(3) Moneys deposited in the special account under subsection (2) of this section are continuously appropriated for the purpose of reimbursing the county, city or other political subdivision or public corporation for the cost of the recount and paying any refunds required by subsection (4) of this section.
(4) Upon receipt from the official directed to conduct the recount of a signed certificate itemizing the cost of the recount, the Secretary of State shall request the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to issue warrants for the amount so certified. Any portion of the deposit required by ORS 258.161 remaining after the cost of the recount has been paid shall be refunded to the person who filed the demand upon receipt of a warrant from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services showing the amount of the refund to which the person is entitled.
(5) If the cost of the recount exceeds the amount of the deposit required by ORS 258.161, and if the person who filed the demand does not qualify for a refund under subsection (1) of this section, the person shall pay to the Secretary of State the amount of the excess cost. [Formerly 251.610; 1983 c.740 §66; 2001 c.965 §39; 2005 c.755 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.260 - Costs to be collected for multicounty or statewide election recounts.

If the demand for recount is made for a multicounty or statewide election, the Secretary of State also may collect those costs allowed in ORS 258.231 (1) which the secretary incurs as a result of the recount. [Formerly 251.635]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 258.270 - Payment of costs where more than one recount conducted simultaneously.

If two or more recounts are conducted simultaneously, payment of the costs of the recount in counties where the same precinct or precincts are designated for recount by more than one person shall be equitably apportioned among those persons. With the advice of the official directed to conduct the recount, the Secretary of State shall determine the apportionment of costs. [Formerly 251.615]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 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. [Formerly 251.645; 1993 c.493 §51; 1997 c.541 §313e; 2001 c.965 §41; 2010 c.9 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 258 - Election Contests; Recounts › Section 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. [Formerly 251.650; 2001 c.965 §42]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.020

[1971 c.647 §2; 1973 c.796 §4; 1975 c.286 §13; 1975 c.598 §1; 1975 c.782 §§50,50a; 1979 c.108 §6; 1979 c.190 §281; renumbered 255.012]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.100

[1971 c.647 §8; 1975 c.647 §5; 1977 c.301 §8; 1979 c.190 §289; 1979 c.519 §30; renumbered 255.095]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.120

[1971 c.647 §10; 1973 c.796 §8; 1977 c.301 §10; 1979 c.190 §306; 1979 c.317 §20b; 1979 c.519 §31a; renumbered 255.285]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.200

[1971 c.647 §16; 1975 c.647 §8; 1977 c.301 §11; 1979 c.190 §308; 1979 c.317 §24c; 1979 c.519 §32a; renumbered 255.295]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.240

[1973 c.796 §5; 1974 c.45 §1; 1975 c.647 §10; 1977 c.103 §1; 1977 c.149 §1; 1977 c.301 §12; 1977 c.681 §1; 1979 c.190 §311; 1979 c.316 §5b; renumbered 255.335]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 259 - Campaign Finance › Section 259.260

[1973 c.796 §7; 1974 c.45 §3; 1975 c.647 §11; 1977 c.254 §2; 1977 c.301 §13a; 1979 c.190 §312; 1979 c.316 §5; renumbered 255.345]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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. [2019 c.50 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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. [2023 c.600 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 candidate’s own treasurer or may appoint and certify to the filing officer the name and address of a treasurer. A candidate’s treasurer shall perform all the duties prescribed for the candidate under ORS 260.035 to 260.156.
(3) Contributions shall be received and expenditures made by or through the treasurer of the political committee or the candidate or the treasurer of a principal campaign committee.
(4) Any change in information required under this section shall be indicated in an amended certification filed not later than the 10th day after the change in information. [1971 c.749 §3; 1973 c.744 §2; 1977 c.829 §20; 1979 c.190 §340; 1991 c.719 §62; 1999 c.999 §3; 2011 c.652 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 260.118. Any default or violation by the individual designated by the treasurer under ORS 260.042 or 260.057 is conclusively considered a default or violation by the treasurer. [1973 c.744 §4; 1979 c.190 §341; 1993 c.493 §53; 2007 c.570 §2; 2013 c.758 §2; 2017 c.517 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 candidate’s 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. [1979 c.190 §342; 1993 c.493 §54; 2011 c.652 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 candidate’s principal campaign committee. A candidate may designate only one political committee as the candidate’s principal campaign committee.
(2) A political committee may not be designated as the principal campaign committee of more than one candidate. [1979 c.190 §343; 1999 c.999 §7; 2005 c.809 §23; 2009 c.818 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 candidate’s 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. [1999 c.999 §6; 2005 c.809 §§6,24; 2009 c.818 §5; 2010 c.9 §7; 2017 c.80 §1; 2017 c.749 §33; 2023 c.600 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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. [2005 c.797 §5; 2011 c.652 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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. [1991 c.911 §3; 2005 c.809 §30]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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. [1991 c.719 §64; 2005 c.809 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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, 260.076 or 260.078. Subject to ORS 260.085, the accounts shall list all information required to be reported under ORS 260.083.
(b) This subsection does not apply to candidates for political party office.
(2) Accounts kept by a candidate, a treasurer of a political committee, a treasurer of a petition committee or a person that makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year may be inspected under reasonable circumstances at any time before the election to which the accounts refer or during the period specified for retention of the accounts under subsection (3) of this section by any opposing candidate or the treasurer of any political committee for the same electoral contest. The right of inspection may be enforced by writ of mandamus issued by any court of competent jurisdiction. The treasurers of political committees supporting a candidate may be joined with the candidate as defendants in a mandamus proceeding.
(3) Accounts kept by a candidate, a treasurer of a political committee, a treasurer of a petition committee or a person that makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year shall be preserved by the candidate, treasurer or person for at least two years after the date the statement of the contribution or expenditure is filed under ORS 260.057 or the independent expenditure is made. [1971 c.749 §5; 1973 c.744 §6; 1977 c.268 §2; 1979 c.190 §347; 1981 c.234 §10; 1991 c.719 §14; 1991 c.911 §9; 1993 c.493 §59; 2001 c.82 §4; 2003 c.542 §12; 2005 c.809 §32; 2009 c.818 §21; 2010 c.9 §8; 2013 c.758 §4; 2017 c.749 §35; 2019 c.637 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 260.057, 260.076 or 260.118; or
(b) If the filing deadline has passed, not later than 30 calendar days after the candidate, political committee or petition committee received the updated information.
(2) This section does not apply to a candidate, political committee or petition committee that knew or reasonably should have known that the information reported in the statement originally filed under ORS 260.057, 260.076 or 260.118 was inaccurate or insufficient at the time of filing. [2009 c.818 §26]
Note:
260.064 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 260 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.078 - Reporting contributions and expenditures not previously reported.

If the first statement filed by a candidate, a candidate’s 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. [1981 c.234 §7 (enacted in lieu of 260.072); 2003 c.542 §13; 2005 c.797 §12; 2005 c.809 §33; 2017 c.749 §37]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 contributor’s 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 contributor’s occupation in the account kept under ORS 260.055 and in the contributor’s entry filed under ORS 260.057. [1989 c.80 §3; 1991 c.719 §16; 1993 c.493 §69; 2001 c.82 §6; 2003 c.542 §15; 2005 c.797 §14; 2005 c.809 §34; 2008 c.41 §4; 2009 c.818 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 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 260.118 makes an expenditure that must be reported as both an in-kind contribution and an expenditure by the candidate, political committee or petition committee for whose benefit the expenditure was made as provided in ORS 260.083 (3), the candidate, political committee or petition committee making the original expenditure shall:
(a) Notify the candidate or committee for whose benefit the expenditure was made in writing that the expenditure was made; and
(b) Deliver the notice not later than 48 hours after the time that the candidate, political committee or petition committee making the original expenditure includes the expenditure in a statement under ORS 260.057.
(2) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules requiring expenditures that must be reported as both an in-kind contribution and an expenditure by the candidate, political committee or petition committee for whose benefit the expenditure was made to be highlighted in an identifiable color in the electronic filing system required under ORS 260.057. [2013 c.756 §7]
Note:
260.095 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 260 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.156 - Rules for reporting expenditures and contributions.

(1) The Secretary of State may adopt rules for the manner of determining and reporting expenditures and contributions under this chapter, including but not limited to rules for allocation of contributions and expenditures and for determination of fair market value of contributions other than money. Rules adopted under this section shall provide for proportional reporting of expenditures and contributions that benefit more than one candidate or political committee.
(2) The valuation or allocation of any contribution or expenditure under a rule adopted by the Secretary of State before the contribution or expenditure was made or, if it is a continuing contribution or expenditure, the valuation or allocation of that part available to and used on behalf of the candidate after the adoption of the rule, shall be presumed to be the fair market value or allocation of it. [1973 c.744 §11; 1975 c.683 §10; 1975 c.684 §7a; 1979 c.190 §355; 2001 c.965 §64]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.162

[1971 c.749 §16; 1973 c.744 §16; 1975 c.675 §34a; 1975 c.683 §11; 1979 c.190 §349; renumbered 260.083]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.200 - Secretary of State rules for accounts, forms, material to be retained and material not subject to disclosure.

The Secretary of State by rule shall:
(1) Prescribe a uniform system for accounts required by ORS 260.055.
(2) Prescribe forms for statements and other information required under this chapter to be filed with filing officers, and furnish those forms to persons required to file those statements and other information.
(3) Prescribe materials, including financial institution account statements and copies of checks, that a candidate, political committee or petition committee must retain or provide to the secretary for purposes of administering or enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The secretary shall prescribe personal or confidential information that is not required to be disclosed under this subsection. [1971 c.749 §17; 1979 c.190 §356; 1985 c.808 §58; 1993 c.493 §72; 1999 c.999 §12; 2005 c.809 §7; 2009 c.818 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.205 - Inspection of statements; notice of failure to file correct statements; complaints; sufficiency of response.

(1) A filing officer shall inspect each statement filed under ORS 260.057, 260.083, 260.112 or 260.118 not later than the 10th business day after the filing deadline or the 10th business day after the statement is filed, whichever is later.
(2) A filing officer immediately shall notify a person required to file a statement with the filing officer under ORS 260.057, 260.083, 260.112 or 260.118 if:
(a) Upon examination of relevant materials, it appears to the filing officer that the person has failed to file a required statement or that a statement filed with the filing officer by the person is insufficient; or
(b) A complaint is filed with the filing officer under subsection (3) of this section.
(3) An elector may file with a filing officer a complaint that a statement filed with the filing officer is insufficient or that a person has failed to file a required statement. The complaint shall be in writing, shall state in detail the reasons for complaint and shall be filed with the filing officer not later than the 90th day after the date the statement of which it complains is filed or should have been filed.
(4) If upon receiving notification under subsection (2) of this section a person responds by filing a statement or submitting information to correct an insufficient statement, the filing officer shall confirm whether the person’s response is sufficient not later than 90 days after receiving the response. If, within 90 days, the filing officer does not confirm whether a response is sufficient under this subsection, the person is not subject to civil penalty under ORS 260.232 for failure to file or failure to include the required information in the statement. [1971 c.749 §18; 1979 c.190 §357; 1981 c.142 §6; 1985 c.808 §59; 1991 c.719 §18; 1993 c.493 §73; 1999 c.999 §13; 2001 c.732 §6; 2003 c.542 §16; 2005 c.797 §25; 2005 c.809 §38a; 2009 c.818 §22; 2013 c.758 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.215 - Periodic examination and investigation of statements.

(1) For statements filed during each calendar year, each filing officer shall examine each statement filed with the filing officer under ORS 260.044, 260.057, 260.083, 260.112 or 260.118 (6) to determine whether the statement is 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. [1971 c.749 §19; 1973 c.744 §19; 1979 c.190 §358; 1981 c.142 §7; 1983 c.71 §7; 1993 c.493 §74; 1995 c.712 §78; 1999 c.999 §14; 2003 c.542 §17; 2005 c.809 §§39,39a; 2007 c.848 §15; 2009 c.818 §13; 2013 c.758 §9; 2017 c.517 §5; 2018 c.70 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.218 - Subpoena authority.

(1) The Secretary of State, or the Attorney General acting under ORS 260.345, may issue subpoenas to compel the production of records, documents, books, papers, memoranda or other information necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) If a person fails to comply with any subpoena issued under subsection (1) of this section, a judge of the circuit court of any county, on application of the Secretary of State or Attorney General, shall compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the circuit court. [1987 c.727 §13; 1993 c.493 §75; 1999 c.999 §15; 2019 c.637 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.225 - Court proceedings to compel filing of correct statements; attorney fees.

(1) Upon the petition of the Secretary of State or an elector, or of any other filing officer with whom a statement is required to be filed, the circuit court for the county in which the principal office of the filing officer is located may compel a candidate, treasurer or person who fails to file a statement required to be filed with the filing officer under ORS 260.044, 260.057, 260.076, 260.083, 260.112 or 260.118, or who files with the filing officer an insufficient statement, to file with the filing officer a proper statement. The petition shall be filed with the circuit court not later than the 90th day after the date the statement is filed or should have been filed.
(2) If the court determines that a petition filed under this section is frivolous or the court does not compel the filing of any statement, the candidate, treasurer or person against whom the petition was filed is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal. [1971 c.749 §20; 1973 c.744 §20; 1979 c.190 §359; 1985 c.808 §60; 1989 c.571 §1; 1993 c.493 §76; 1999 c.999 §16; 2001 c.82 §7; 2003 c.542 §18; 2005 c.809 §40; 2009 c.818 §14; 2013 c.758 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.234 - Notice of civil penalty; sufficiency of response; timeline for action by filing officer.

(1) A filing officer having reason to believe that a violation of an election law or rule for which a civil penalty may be imposed under ORS 260.232 has occurred shall proceed promptly as though the officer had received a complaint under ORS 260.345 and, not later than two years following the date the violation is alleged to have occurred, shall:
(a) Determine whether a violation occurred; and
(b) If a penalty is to be imposed, notify the person alleged to have committed the violation in the manner described in ORS 260.232 (2).
(2) Not later than 90 calendar days after receiving payment for a penalty imposed under ORS 260.232 or receiving other information in response to a notification under subsection (1) of this section, the Secretary of State shall send a notice to the person stating whether the response or payment received is sufficient. [2009 c.818 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 260 - Campaign Finance Regulation; Election Offenses › Section 260.241 - Removal from general election ballot for failure to file statement; notice to candidate.

(1) Despite delay in the filing of statements relating to a candidate’s nomination required to be filed under ORS 260.057, or in the filing of a certificate described in ORS 260.112 in lieu of a statement required under ORS 260.057, prior to the nominating election, the candidate’s name shall appear on the general election ballot if those statements or the certificate is filed before the 61st day before the general election.
(2) A candidate’s name may not be placed on the general election ballot if the statements or certificate referred to in subsection (1) of this section is not filed before the 61st day before the general election.
(3) If the statements or certificate referred to in subsection (1) of this section is not filed by the 68th day before the general election, the filing officer by mail or electronically shall notify the candidate that the candidate’s name may not be placed on the general election ballot. The filing officer shall send the notice described in this subsection by first class mail or electronically to the candidate and the candidate’s treasurer or the treasurer of the candidate’s principal campaign committee. The filing officer is not required to send two notices if the candidate serves as the treasurer of the candidate’s principal campaign committee. [1979 c.190 §361; 1981 c.234 §14; 1985 c.808 §61; 1993 c.493 §78; 1999 c.999 §18; 2005 c.809 §42; 2011 c.652 §10; 2017 c.749 §39]