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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.411 - Voting after name change.

(1) Any elector whose name has been changed may vote once in the county in which the elector is registered under the elector’s former name.
(2) Following the election, the registration of the elector shall be considered inactive. The provisions of ORS 247.281 apply to an elector whose registration becomes inactive under this section.
(3) In order to vote at subsequent elections the elector whose name has changed must update the elector’s registration. [1987 c.733 §12; 1993 c.713 §32; 1999 c.410 §54; 2007 c.154 §36; 2021 c.233 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.415 - Challenging ballot of person offering to vote; statement of challenge.

(1) The county clerk, an elections official or any elector shall challenge the ballot of any person offering to vote whom the clerk, official or elector knows or suspects not to be qualified as an elector.
(2) The clerk, official or elector challenging the ballot shall make, under oath or affirmation before a county clerk or other elections official, a written and numbered statement of challenge. The statement shall contain the name and residence address of the challenger, the name of the person challenged and a statement of the facts upon which the challenge is based.
(3) A person’s ballot may be challenged at any time before the ballot is removed from its return envelope for processing. [Formerly 250.350; 1981 c.142 §4; 1985 c.808 §38; 1991 c.14 §1; 1995 c.607 §81; 1999 c.410 §55; 2007 c.154 §37]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.426 - Procedure on challenged ballot.

(1) Whenever any person offers to vote a ballot challenged under ORS 254.415, the county clerk shall ensure that the ballot offered by the person includes the number of the written statement of challenge so that the ballot may be identified in any future contest of the election.
(2) The county clerk shall examine the challenge and determine if the person is validly registered to vote and if the vote was properly cast. The ballot shall be counted only if the county clerk determines the person is validly registered.
(3) The county clerk shall ensure that the information on the numbered written statement is treated as confidential so that in the event of a recount of votes it cannot be determined how any challenged person voted.
(4) The county clerk shall mail to each person offering to vote a ballot challenged under ORS 254.415 a written statement that describes the nature of the challenge. If the person does not provide evidence sufficient to verify the person’s registration by the deadline described in subsection (5) of this section, the registration of the person shall be considered inactive until the person updates or verifies the registration, the registration is canceled or the county clerk determines that the person is validly registered.
(5) The registration of each person offering to vote a ballot challenged under ORS 254.415 shall be verified not later than the 14th calendar day after the date of the election in order for the vote of the person to be counted. [1991 c.14 §3; 1993 c.713 §33; 1995 c.607 §82; 2009 c.511 §9; 2013 c.695 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.431 - Special procedure for ballots challenged due to failure to sign return envelope or nonmatching signature; public record limitation.

(1) If a ballot is challenged because it is returned in an unsigned return identification envelope or because the signature of an elector on a return identification envelope does not match the signature in the voter registration record for the elector, the county clerk shall mail to the elector a notice that describes the nature of the challenge. The Secretary of State shall design a standard form to be used in all notifications sent by county clerks under this subsection.
(2)(a) In order for the vote of the elector to be counted, the elector must provide evidence sufficient to disprove the challenge not later than the 21st calendar day after the date of the election. In the case of an unsigned return identification envelope, providing sufficient evidence may include completing a certified statement on a form provided by the county clerk. The Secretary of State shall design a standard form to be used for certified statements made under this paragraph.
(b) If the elector does not provide evidence sufficient to disprove a challenge alleging that the signature of the elector on a return identification envelope does not match the signature in the voter registration record for the elector by the 21st calendar day after the date of the election, the registration of the elector shall be considered inactive.
(3)(a) The filing officer may not release as a public record any information that could be used to identify an elector whose ballot has been challenged under this section until the 15th calendar day after the date of an election.
(b) Following the 14th calendar day after the date of an election, the filing officer may disclose as a public record under ORS 192.311 to 192.478 the following information about each elector whose ballot was challenged under this section:
(A) The name of the elector;
(B) The residence addresses of the elector; and
(C) The reason the elector’s ballot is being challenged.
(4) The provisions of ORS 247.281 apply to an elector whose registration becomes inactive under this section.
(5) As used in this section, "filing officer" means:
(a) The Secretary of State, for federal or statewide elections and for elections to the office of state Senator or Representative; or
(b) The county clerk, for county, city or district elections. [2013 c.695 §3; 2014 c.67 §3; 2014 c.112 §3; 2015 c.169 §5; 2017 c.749 §49; 2021 c.233 §4; 2021 c.551 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.445 - Assistance in marking ballot; use of sample ballot as aid in voting.

(1) If an elector is within the county and, because of a physical disability or an inability to read or write, is unable to mark the ballot, the elector may request and shall receive the assistance of two persons of different parties provided by the clerk or of some other person chosen by the elector in marking the ballot. The persons assisting the elector shall ascertain the wishes of the elector and assist the elector in voting the ballot accordingly, and thereafter may give no information regarding the vote.
(2) A person may not assist an elector under subsection (1) of this section if the person:
(a) Is an employer of the elector or an agent of the employer; or
(b) Is an officer or agent of the union of which the elector is a member.
(3) In preparing the ballot, an elector may use or copy a sample ballot, which may be marked in advance to assist the elector in marking the official ballot. [Formerly 250.690; 1985 c.471 §11; 1999 c.410 §56; 2007 c.154 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.458 - Alternatives to secrecy envelope procedures.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 254.470:
(a) A county clerk may apply to the Secretary of State for approval of any procedure to be used in lieu of the secrecy envelope procedures described in ORS 254.470; and
(b) Upon receiving an application under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the secretary may approve a procedure to be used in lieu of the secrecy envelope procedures described in ORS 254.470 if the secretary determines that the procedure will provide substantially the same degree of secrecy as ORS 254.470.
(2) A procedure approved by the secretary under this section must comply with the prohibitions set forth in ORS 254.470 (13). [1995 c.607 §84; 2007 c.154 §39; 2019 c.508 §5; 2021 c.551 §14; 2022 c.84 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.465 - Elections to be conducted by mail; rules.

(1) County clerks shall conduct all elections in this state by mail.
(2) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to:
(a) Provide for uniformity in the conduct of state elections by mail; and
(b) Govern the procedures for conducting elections by mail. [1981 c.805 §1; 1983 c.199 §1; 1985 c.575 §1; 1987 c.267 §80; 1987 c.357 §2; 1991 c.719 §12; 1993 c.493 §§41,42; 1995 c.712 §64; 1999 c.3 §1; 1999 c.999 §53; 2007 c.154 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.471 - Extension of deadline for returning ballots in case of emergency.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 171.185, 203.085, 221.230, 221.621, 254.056, 254.470, 254.655, 255.335, 255.345, 258.075, 545.135 and 568.520, the Governor by written proclamation may extend the deadline for returning ballots in any state, county, city or district election if the Governor receives a written request for the extension from the Secretary of State. The secretary may request the Governor to extend the deadline for returning ballots under this section if, after consultation with affected county clerks, the secretary determines that it would be impossible or impracticable for electors to return ballots or for elections officials to tally ballots due to an emergency as defined in ORS 401.025.
(2) The Governor may not extend the deadline for returning ballots in any state, county, city or district election under subsection (1) of this section for more than seven calendar days after the date of the election.
(3) The written proclamation required under subsection (1) of this section shall state:
(a) The determination of the Governor;
(b) The reason the deadline for returning ballots was extended; and
(c) The date and time by which ballots must be returned in the election.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the Governor extends the deadline for returning ballots under subsection (1) of this section, a county clerk in any county in this state may not order a tally report from any vote tally machine in the election until the date and time set by the Governor by which ballots must be returned in the election. [2007 c.183 §2; 2009 c.718 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.472 - Compartments for marking ballots.

The county clerk shall provide, at any location where ballots are issued, at least three suitable compartments, shelves or tables at which electors may mark their ballots. The arrangement of the compartments, shelves or tables shall ensure that the elector may conveniently mark the ballot with absolute secrecy. The compartments, shelves or tables shall be available during the entire time that ballots may be issued. [1999 c.410 §42]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.473 - State payment for return of ballots by mail.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, for each election held in this state, electors shall be provided with a return identification envelope that may be returned by business reply mail. The state shall bear the cost of complying with this subsection.
(2) The Secretary of State may require that the return identification envelopes provided to electors be returned by mail by using a method other than business reply mail if the secretary determines that an alternative method is more cost effective or efficient. The state shall bear the cost of returning ballots by mail under any method adopted by the secretary under this subsection.
(3) As used in this section, "business reply mail" means a mailing service allowing a preaddressed return identification envelope to be mailed by an elector without charge, with the state paying the mailing fee for a return identification envelope that is returned by United States mail but not for a return identification envelope that is not returned by United States mail. [2019 c.638 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.474 - Voting booths for primary and general elections.

(1) At each primary election and general election, the county clerk shall maintain voting booths in the county as follows:
(a) In each county with 35,000 or more electors in the county, the county clerk shall maintain a number of voting booths equal to at least one voting booth for every 20,000 electors in the county; and
(b) In each county with fewer than 35,000 electors in the county, the county clerk shall maintain at least one voting booth.
(2) The county clerk may determine the location of the voting booths required under this section. [1999 c.1002 §4; 1999 c.999 §54b; 2007 c.154 §41]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.476 - Personnel for counting ballots.

(1) The county clerk may employ personnel as necessary to open envelopes, handle ballots, prepare ballots for counting and count ballots. The personnel may not all be members of the same political party. A candidate on the ballot at an election, other than an incumbent candidate for county clerk, or a person who is a member of the household, spouse, domestic partner, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sibling, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepparent or stepchild of any candidate on the ballot may not be employed and may not serve as a volunteer in the capacity described in this section.
(2) As used in this section, "member of the household" has the meaning given that term in ORS 244.020. [1999 c.410 §41; 2009 c.511 §10; 2023 c.266 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.478 - Preparation for counting ballots; scanning ballots into vote tally system.

(1) Subject to ORS 260.705, upon receipt of ballots, the county clerk may:
(a) Begin opening return identification envelopes of ballots and any used secrecy envelopes of ballots; and
(b) In accordance with a security plan approved by the Secretary of State under ORS 254.074, begin scanning ballots into a vote tally system.
(2) The county clerk may take any other actions that are necessary to count ballots. [1999 c.1002 §2; 2001 c.965 §15; 2009 c.592 §1; 2021 c.473 §15; 2021 c.551 §22]
Note:
Sections 1 and 2, chapter 589, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:
Sec. 1. Pilot program for live video feed of ballot tally; rules.
(1) The Secretary of State may apply to the federal government for grant moneys to fund a pilot project for the purpose of providing a live video feed that may be publicly accessed over the Internet of:
(a) Rooms in which ballots are tallied; and
(b) Official ballot drop sites.
(2) The secretary may adopt rules that establish the requirements for the location and operation of any video cameras installed or operated under this section. The rules shall ensure that a video camera is not installed or operated in a manner that would:
(a) Violate an election security plan adopted under ORS 254.074; or
(b) Identify the manner in which any individual elector cast the elector’s ballot for or against any candidate or ballot measure. [2023 c.589 §1]
Sec. 2.
Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on July 1, 2026. [2023 c.589 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.480 - Replacement ballots.

(1) An elector may obtain a replacement ballot described in ORS 254.470. To vote a replacement ballot, the elector must complete and sign a replacement ballot request form. The request for a replacement ballot may be made electronically, by telephone, in writing, in person or by other means designated by the Secretary of State by rule.
(2) The replacement ballot request form shall be mailed or made available to the elector along with the replacement ballot.
(3) Upon receiving a request for a replacement ballot, the county clerk shall:
(a) Verify the registration of the elector and ensure that another ballot has not been returned by the elector;
(b) Note in the list of electors that the elector has requested a replacement ballot;
(c) Mark the return identification envelope clearly so that it may be readily identified as a replacement ballot; and
(d) Issue the replacement ballot by mail or other means.
(4) The completed and signed replacement ballot request form and the voted replacement ballot must be received at the office of the county clerk, a place of deposit designated by the county clerk or any location described in ORS 254.472 or 254.474 not later than the end of the period determined under ORS 254.470 (1) on the date of the election.
(5) Upon receiving a voted replacement ballot, the county clerk shall verify that a completed and signed replacement ballot request form has been received by the county clerk or is included with the voted replacement ballot. If a request form has been completed and signed by the elector and received by the county clerk, the county clerk shall process the ballot. If the request form is not completed or signed by the elector or received by the county clerk, the county clerk may not process the ballot. [2001 c.965 §27; 2007 c.154 §42; 2008 c.53 §6; 2009 c.511 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.482 - Persons authorized to watch receiving and counting of votes.

After the date that ballots are mailed as provided in ORS 254.470, the county clerk, if requested, shall permit authorized persons to be at the office of the county clerk to watch the receiving and counting of votes. The authorization shall be in writing, shall be signed by an officer or its county affiliate of a political party, a candidate or the county clerk and shall be filed with the county clerk. The county clerk shall permit only so many persons as watchers under this section as will not interfere with an orderly procedure at the office of the county clerk. [2001 c.805 §3; 2005 c.797 §56]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.483 - Ballot security; destruction of unused ballots.

(1) Each county clerk is responsible for the safekeeping, disposition and security of all ballots.
(2) As soon as practicable after the final day permitted for a contest of the election or for filing a demand for a recount, the county clerk shall destroy all unused ballots. [Formerly 254.475; 2007 c.154 §43; 2013 c.679 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.495 - Tally and return sheets; counting and tallying ballots.

(1) To tally ballots by hand, the counting board shall use the tally sheets and two copies of the return sheet.
(2) The completed tally and return sheets shall contain:
(a) The offices on the ballot;
(b) The number and name of each candidate who received a vote;
(c) The total number of votes cast for each candidate and each measure voted upon; and
(d) The total number of votes cast for and against the measure.
(3) The tally and return sheets, when completed, shall be certified correct by the counting board that kept them. [Formerly 250.471; 2007 c.154 §45]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.500 - Tally of write-in votes.

(1) This section governs the tally of votes cast for persons whose names were not printed on the ballot but are written in by electors. All such write-in votes for each office on the ballot shall be tallied together, except as follows:
(a) If the total number of write-in votes for candidates for the same nomination or office equals or exceeds the number of votes cast for any candidate for the same nomination or office on the ballot who appears to have been nominated or elected, the county clerk shall tally all write-in votes cast for the office to show the total number of votes cast for each write-in candidate.
(b) If no names of candidates are printed on the ballot for an office, the county clerk shall tally the votes cast for each candidate for the office who received a vote.
(2) No person other than the county clerk, a member of a counting board or any other elections official designated by the county clerk may tally write-in votes. [1985 c.508 §2; 1993 c.493 §45; 1995 c.607 §46; 1999 c.318 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.505 - Ballots to be counted; void ballots; partially void ballots.

(1) Only official ballots may be counted. Any vote from which it is impossible to determine the elector’s choice for the office or measure may not be counted. An elector may not place on the ballot a sticker bearing the name of a person to vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot. Any ballot that has a sticker or other device is void and may not be counted. Counting board clerks shall disregard misspelling or abbreviations of the names of candidates if it can be ascertained from the ballot for whom the vote was intended.
(2) When ballots are counted by counting boards, the board chairperson, using ink, immediately shall initial the back of the wholly or partially void ballot and write on it "Not counted for______" (stating the office or measure). The counting board shall seal the wholly void ballots in an envelope. [Formerly 250.510; 1999 c.410 §59; 2007 c.154 §46; 2023 c.600 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.515 - Counting ballots marked "Federal only."

Ballots marked "Federal only" may be counted only for the offices for which the elector is entitled to vote. Votes on the ballot for other offices may not be counted. [Formerly 250.520; 1999 c.410 §60; 2005 c.797 §57; 2017 c.749 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.525 - Test of vote tally system.

If a vote tally system is used, the county clerk shall repeat the public certification test described under ORS 254.235 (1) for the vote tally system used to conduct the election. The test shall be conducted after all the ballots are tallied but before the final results of the election are certified or before the vote tally system is shut down. The test may be observed by persons described in ORS 254.235 (2). The county clerk shall certify the results of the test. [1979 c.190 §274; 1993 c.713 §36; 1999 c.410 §61; 2001 c.965 §24; 2007 c.154 §47]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.532 - Risk-limiting audit; procedures; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Incorrect election outcome" means an election outcome that differs from the election outcome that would result from an accurate hand count of all validly cast ballots.
(b) "Risk" means the probability that an audit procedure would fail to detect an incorrect election outcome.
(c) "Risk limit" means the largest acceptable risk.
(d) "Risk-limiting audit" means a set of procedures to ensure that the risk does not exceed the risk limit.
(2) At each primary election, general election or special election, the county clerk for each county shall make a determination on whether to conduct a hand count of ballots in the manner described in ORS 254.529 or to conduct a risk-limiting audit in the manner described in this section.
(3) If the county clerk makes a determination under subsection (2) of this section to conduct a risk-limiting audit, the county clerk shall conduct a risk-limiting audit for one or more single-county election contests. For an election contest involving more than one county, the county clerk may request that the Secretary of State or the county clerks in the other counties holding the election coordinate for the purpose of conducting a multicounty risk-limiting audit.
(4) A risk-limiting audit conducted under this section must:
(a) Permit members of the public to observe the procedures and verify the results of the audit;
(b) Ensure that the entity directly involved in tabulating or examining ballots during the audit does not have the sole authority to establish the policies and regulations for the audit or to judge whether an audit has satisfied those policies and regulations;
(c) Ensure that all ballots tabulated or examined during an audit are protected from loss, substitution, alteration or addition;
(d) Ensure that the audit takes into account all forms of validly cast ballots, including accepted provisional ballots;
(e) Include mechanisms that permit the entity conducting the audit to respond to particular allegations regarding election irregularities;
(f) Be conducted in a timely manner that permits the initially reported outcome to be corrected before an election contest is certified;
(g) Ensure that no change or error in technology used to assist with the audit could result in an undetected change in the results of the audit; and
(h) Be based on direct visual human examination of elector-marked ballots.
(5) A risk-limiting audit conducted under this section may not rely on a scanned image of a ballot or a machine interpretation of marks on a ballot to determine elector intent.
(6) The Secretary of State, in consultation with county clerks and individuals or entities with significant statistical expertise in conducting audits, shall establish rules for the implementation of this section, including:
(a) Setting the risk limit; and
(b) Establishing the procedures to be used for conducting a risk-limiting audit. [2019 c.562 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.535 - Preservation of certain materials; retention of records.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, each tally sheet, return sheet, record relating to a risk-limiting audit conducted under ORS 254.532, record relating to a hand count of ballots conducted under ORS 254.529 and ballot return identification envelope shall be preserved for two years after the election to which it relates.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the county clerk shall destroy the ballots and written challenge statements not sooner than the 90th day after the final day permitted for a contest of the election, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
(3) In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1974, any ballot, voter registration records and any other materials relating to any election at which a candidate is nominated or elected to federal office shall be retained for not less than 22 months following the date of the election. [1979 c.190 §275; 1999 c.410 §62; 2007 c.154 §48; 2019 c.562 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.545 - Duties of county clerk after election.

Subject to ORS 254.548, the county clerk:
(1) As soon as possible after any election, shall prepare abstracts of votes. The abstract for election of Governor shall be on a sheet separate from the abstracts for other offices and measures.
(2) On completion of the abstracts, shall record a complete summary of votes cast in the county for each office, candidate for office and measure. The county clerk shall sign and certify this record.
(3) Not later than the 27th day after the election, shall deliver a copy of the abstracts for other than county offices to the appropriate elections officials. The abstract for election of Governor shall be delivered separately to the Secretary of State as provided in Article V, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution.
(4) Not later than the 35th day after the election, shall proclaim which county measure is paramount, if two or more approved county measures contain conflicting provisions.
(5) Shall prepare and deliver a certificate of nomination or election to each candidate having the most votes for nomination for or election to county or precinct offices.
(6) Shall prepare, and file with the county governing body, a certificate stating the compensation to which the board clerks are entitled. The county governing body shall order the compensation paid by county funds.
(7) As soon as possible after any election, shall send electronically the results of the election in each precinct to the Secretary of State. [1979 c.190 §276; 1987 c.267 §52; 1995 c.712 §66; 1999 c.410 §63; 1999 c.999 §55; 2005 c.157 §2; 2005 c.797 §48; 2009 c.720 §4; 2021 c.551 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.546 - Duties of county clerk after recall election; official declaration of result of recall election.

(1) In the case of a recall election held on a date other than the date of the primary election or general election, the county clerk shall prepare an abstract of the votes and deliver it to the elections official authorized to order the recall election not later than the 27th day after the election.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, for purposes of Article II, section 18, of the Oregon Constitution, the result of the recall election referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be considered officially declared on the date the abstract of the votes is delivered.
(3) If the elections official authorized to order the recall election is the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall officially declare the result of the election not later than the 35th day after the election. [1999 c.318 §36; 2005 c.797 §49; 2021 c.551 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.548 - Individual nominated or elected by write-in votes; form; rules.

(1) An individual nominated or elected to a public office by write-in votes shall sign and file a form indicating that the individual accepts the nomination or office before the filing officer may issue a certificate of nomination or election. The Secretary of State by rule shall prescribe the form to be used under this section.
(2) In the case of an individual nominated or elected by write-in votes to a public office:
(a) Not later than the 38th day after the election, the filing officer shall:
(A) Prepare and deliver by regular mail the form described in subsection (1) of this section to the individual; or
(B) If the filing officer has the electronic mail address of the individual, prepare and deliver by electronic mail the form described in subsection (1) of this section to the individual;
(b) Not later than the 43rd day after the election, if the individual accepts the nomination or office, the individual shall sign and file the form with the filing officer; and
(c) Not later than the 45th day after the election, if the individual files the form by the deadline specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the filing officer shall prepare and deliver a certificate of nomination or election to the individual and, if applicable, issue a proclamation declaring the election of the candidate to the office. [1991 c.719 §56; 2005 c.157 §1; 2014 c.67 §4; 2014 c.112 §4; 2015 c.43 §1; 2018 c.70 §9; 2021 c.551 §9; 2022 c.84 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.555 - Secretary of State’s duties after election; Governor’s proclamation.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 254.548, not later than the 37th day after any election, the Secretary of State, regarding offices for which the secretary receives filings for nomination, shall:
(a) Canvass the votes for the offices, except the office of Governor after the general election.
(b) Enter in a register of nominations after the primary election the name and, if applicable, major political party of each candidate nominated, the office for which the candidate is nominated and the date of entry.
(c) Prepare and deliver a certificate of nomination or election to each candidate having the most votes for nomination for or election to the office. The Secretary of State shall sign the certificate under the seal of the state.
(d) Issue a proclamation declaring the election of candidates to the offices.
(2) Not later than the 30th day after the election:
(a) The Secretary of State, regarding measures for which the secretary is the filing officer, shall canvass the votes for each measure.
(b) The Governor shall issue a proclamation giving the number of votes cast for or against each such measure, and declaring the approved measures as the law on the effective date of the measure. If two or more approved measures contain conflicting provisions, the Governor shall proclaim which is paramount. [1979 c.190 §277; 1987 c.267 §53; 1995 c.712 §67; 1997 c.249 §76; 1999 c.999 §56; 2005 c.157 §3; 2011 c.9 §32; 2021 c.551 §7; 2023 c.600 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.565 - Duties of city elections officer after election.

Subject to ORS 254.548, the chief city elections officer:
(1) After the primary election, shall enter in a register of nominations:
(a) The name of each candidate for city office nominated at the primary election.
(b) The office for which the candidate is nominated.
(c) If applicable, the name of the major political party nominating the candidate.
(d) The date of the entry.
(2) After the general election, shall prepare and deliver a certificate of election to each qualified candidate having the most votes for election to a city office.
(3) Not later than the 40th day after any election, shall canvass the vote on each city measure, and if two or more of the approved measures contain conflicting provisions, proclaim which is paramount. [Formerly 249.491; 1987 c.267 §54; 1995 c.712 §68; 1999 c.318 §39; 2005 c.157 §4; 2017 c.749 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.568 - Certificate of election required before taking oath of office.

When a candidate elected to public office is required by law to take, file, subscribe or indorse an oath of office before entering upon the duties of the office, the candidate shall not take, file, subscribe or indorse the oath until the candidate has been granted a certificate of election. [1993 c.493 §101]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.575 - Procedure when tie vote.

When two or more candidates for the same office, after a full recount of votes, have an equal and the highest number of votes:
(1) For election to state Senator or Representative, a party office, or a public office for which the elections officer is other than the Secretary of State, the elections officer shall have the candidates meet publicly to decide by lot who is elected.
(2) For election to a public office other than Governor or those referred to in subsection (1) of this section, the Secretary of State by proclamation shall order a new election to fill the office.
(3) For election to Governor, the Legislative Assembly at the beginning of the next regular session shall meet jointly and elect one of the candidates.
(4) For nomination by one major political party to an office, the elections officer who receives filings for nomination to the office shall have the candidates meet publicly to decide by lot who is nominated. [1979 c.190 §279; 2001 c.965 §43]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.650 - Special election in case of death of nominee of major political party within 47 days of general election.

(1) If the Secretary of State determines that a vacancy exists in the nomination of a candidate of a major political party for state office, that the vacancy is due to the death of the candidate and that the vacancy occurred after the 47th day before the date of the general election:
(a) The election for that state office may not be held at the general election;
(b) The county clerks may not count ballots cast for candidates for that state office at the general election; and
(c) The Secretary of State shall order a special election as provided in ORS 254.655.
(2) The candidates listed on the ballot at the special election shall be:
(a) The candidates who were listed on the general election ballot, other than the candidate whose nomination became vacant; and
(b) The candidate selected to fill the vacancy in the nomination as provided in ORS 249.190 or 249.205.
(3) As used in this section "state office" means the office of Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, state Senator or state Representative. [2003 c.542 §2; 2009 c.366 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.655 - Order calling special election; date.

(1) If the Secretary of State determines that a special election is necessary under ORS 254.650, the secretary shall issue an order calling the election. The secretary shall issue the order not later than the fifth business day after the date of the general election.
(2) The date of the special election shall be determined by the Secretary of State by rule. The special election shall be held not sooner than January 2 of the odd-numbered year following the date of the general election and not later than the Friday before the second Monday in January of the odd-numbered year.
(3) A state voters’ pamphlet may not be prepared for any special election called under this section. [2003 c.542 §3; 2007 c.154 §49]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections › Section 254.660 - Conduct of special election; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 253.065, for a special election called under ORS 254.655, ballots shall be mailed to military or overseas electors not later than the 30th day before the date of the election. County clerks shall make ballots available to other absent electors not later than the 28th day before the date of the special election.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 254.545, not later than 5 p.m. of the third day after the date of the special election, the county clerk shall deliver to the Secretary of State a copy of the abstracts for the offices voted upon at the special election. The abstract for election of Governor shall be delivered separately to the secretary as provided in section 4, Article V of the Oregon Constitution.
(3) Not later than 5 p.m. of the first day after the date of the special election, a county clerk who received a ballot originating in another county shall forward the ballot by overnight mail or delivery or by the most expeditious means available to the county clerk of the county from which the ballot originated.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 254.555, not later than 5 p.m. of the fourth business day after the date of the special election, the Secretary of State shall issue a proclamation declaring the election of candidates to offices or shall order recounts of the votes cast as provided in ORS 258.280.
(5)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 258.161, a recount may not be conducted for any special election under this section unless the recount is required by ORS 258.280.
(b) If a recount for any special election is required by ORS 258.280, the Secretary of State shall complete the recount as expeditiously as possible to minimize disruption to the sessions of the Legislative Assembly and shall issue a proclamation declaring the election of a candidate to office upon completion of the recount.
(6) The cost of all special elections called under ORS 254.655 shall be paid by the state.
(7) The ballot at a special election described in this section may not contain:
(a) Any measure; or
(b) Any candidate other than those candidates for which a special election is necessary.
(8) If there is a vacancy in the nomination of a candidate at a special election called under ORS 254.655, the vacancy in the nomination shall be filled in the manner provided in ORS chapter 249 and the special election shall be held as scheduled.
(9) When the office of state Senator or state Representative is vacant at the beginning of a session of the Legislative Assembly due to a special election called under ORS 254.655, the vacancy may not be filled as provided in ORS 171.051 unless, before entering upon the duties of the office to which the person was elected, the person elected at the special election dies, resigns or is declared disqualified by the house to which the person was elected.
(10) The Secretary of State may adopt rules governing the procedures for conducting a special election required by ORS 254.650. [2003 c.542 §4; 2013 c.520 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) "County clerk" means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections.
(2) "District board" means the governing body of a district.
(3) "District election" means any election authorized or required to be held by a district.
(4) "District elections authority" means the county court or board of county commissioners, district board or other body or officer authorized or required to call a district election.
(5) "Elections officer" means the:
(a) County clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the district is located regarding a measure, or a candidate for an office, to be voted on in a district located in more than one county.
(b) County clerk regarding a measure, or a candidate for an office, to be voted on in a district situated wholly within the county.
(6) "Elector" means an individual qualified to vote under section 2, Article II, Oregon Constitution.
(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) "Regular district election" means the election held each year for the purpose of electing members of any district board as defined in subsection (2) of this section.
(9) "School district" means a common school district, a union high school district, an education service district or a community college district. [Formerly 259.010; 1983 c.392 §6; 1985 c.808 §39; 1987 c.707 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.012 - "District" defined.

As used in this chapter, "district" means:
(1) A domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264.
(2) A cemetery maintenance district organized under ORS chapter 265.
(3) A park and recreation district organized under ORS chapter 266.
(4) A mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.394.
(5) A transportation district organized under ORS 267.510 to 267.650.
(6) A metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268.
(7) A translator district organized under ORS 354.605 to 354.715.
(8) A library district organized under ORS 357.216 to 357.286.
(9) A county road district organized under ORS 371.055 to 371.110.
(10) A special road district organized under ORS 371.305 to 371.360.
(11) A road assessment district organized under ORS 371.405 to 371.535.
(12) A highway lighting district organized under ORS chapter 372.
(13) A health district organized under ORS 440.305 to 440.410.
(14) A sanitary district organized under ORS 450.005 to 450.245.
(15) A sanitary authority, water authority or joint water and sanitary authority organized under ORS 450.600 to 450.989.
(16) A county service district organized under ORS chapter 451.
(17) A rural fire protection district organized under ORS chapter 478.
(18) An airport district organized under ORS chapter 838.
(19) A geothermal heating district organized under ORS chapter 523.
(20) A water improvement district organized under ORS chapter 552.
(21) A water control district organized under ORS chapter 553.
(22) A weather modification district organized under ORS 558.200 to 558.440.
(23) A livestock district organized under ORS 607.005 to 607.051.
(24) A port organized under ORS 777.005 to 777.725 and 777.915 to 777.953.
(25) The Port of Portland established by ORS 778.010.
(26) A school district.
(27) Territory, other than territory within a city, proposed to be created, formed or incorporated into a district or to be annexed or otherwise added to a district.
(28) A soil and water conservation district organized under ORS 568.210 to 568.808 and 568.900 to 568.933.
(29) A heritage district organized under ORS 358.442 to 358.474.
(30) A radio and data district organized under ORS 403.500 to 403.542.
(31) A sand control district organized under ORS 555.500 to 555.535.
(32) A community college district formed under ORS chapter 341.
(33) A 9-1-1 communications district organized under ORS 403.300 to 403.380.
(34) An urban flood safety and water quality district created under ORS 550.150 to 550.410. [Formerly 259.020; 1981 c.226 §16; 1983 c.238 §1; 1983 c.350 §70; 1993 c.577 §18; 2007 c.562 §24; 2009 c.584 §23; 2015 c.560 §14; 2019 c.13 §38; 2019 c.621 §31; 2019 c.675 §10; 2021 c.473 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.022 - Procedures for district elections; metropolitan service district candidates.

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section or by the law under which the district is formed or is operating, a district election shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, district elections shall be subject to the election laws, excluding ORS chapter 251 providing for voters’ pamphlets unless specifically applicable, and shall be conducted as nearly as practicable as are general elections.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by the law under which the district is formed or is operating, candidates for any elected office of a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268 shall be nominated and elected in accordance with ORS chapter 249. [Formerly 259.040; 1995 c.607 §47]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.031

[1957 c.608 §192; 1959 c.457 §1; 1963 c.144 §1; 1969 c.82 §1; 1971 c.94 §6; 1973 c.658 §1; 1975 c.766 §8; 1975 c.779 §29; 1979 c.190 §177; 1979 c.533 §1; renumbered 251.065]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.035 - Authority of elections officer to obtain advice and assistance.

In performing functions under this chapter, the elections officer may request the advice and assistance of the district elections authority or the officers of the district. Upon receipt of a request, a district elections authority or the officer of a district shall furnish advice and assistance to the maximum extent practicable. [Formerly 259.160]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 255 - Special District Elections › Section 255.051

[1957 c.608 §194; 1959 c.457 §3; 1969 c.329 §1; 1975 c.766 §9; 1975 c.779 §30; 1979 c.190 §180; 1979 c.533 §3; renumbered 251.095]