2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 246 - Administration of Election Laws; Vote Recording Systems
Section 246.021 - Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer; electronic facsimile and electronic mail transmissions; electronic campaign finance statements.


(2) If, at 5 p.m. of the day an election document is due, an individual is physically present in the office of the secretary, county clerk or other filing officer and in line waiting to deliver the document, the individual is considered to have begun the act of delivering the document and is permitted to file it.
(3) Except as provided in ORS 253.540, 253.565 and 253.690, any election document required to be filed with the filing officer other than ballots, voter registration cards or petitions requiring signatures of electors may also be filed by means of an electronic facsimile transmission machine or electronic mail. If an election document is required to be filed by a specified time, the entire document must be received at the office of the filing officer not later than 5 p.m. of the day the document is due or, if the day due is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on the next business day.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of subsections (1) to (3) of this section, if a statement is required to be filed electronically under ORS 260.057:
(a) The statement must be received electronically at the office of the Secretary of State not later than 11:59 p.m. of the day the statement is due or, if the day due is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on the next business day; and
(b) The Secretary of State may not accept the filing of the statement in any form other than an electronic format.
(5) As used in this section, "election document" includes, but is not limited to, a declaration of candidacy for nomination for public or political party office, completed nominating petitions, statements and portraits for voters’ pamphlets, statements of election campaign contributions and expenditures, and initiative, referendum or recall petitions. [Formerly 246.510; 1967 c.228 §1; 1979 c.190 §2; 1991 c.719 §4; 1993 c.713 §27; 1999 c.824 §9; 2005 c.809 §46; 2007 c.570 §5; 2008 c.41 §2; 2009 c.619 §3; 2017 c.749 §2; 2019 c.675 §4]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 246 - Administration of Election Laws; Vote Recording Systems

Section 246.012 - Definitions.

Section 246.021 - Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer; electronic facsimile and electronic mail transmissions; electronic campaign finance statements.

Section 246.025 - Use of signature stamp by person with disability.

Section 246.140 - Election law conferences for county clerks.

Section 246.160 - Compilations and digests of election laws; distribution of supplies and materials to county clerks and others.

Section 246.179 - Reimbursement of county clerk for special elections for United States Senator or Representative and for recall elections involving state office.

Section 246.185 - Elections Fund.

Section 246.190 - Help America Vote Act complaint procedures; rules.

Section 246.200 - County clerk to conduct elections; exceptions.

Section 246.210 - County clerk to supervise local elections officials.

Section 246.250 - Personnel; equipment, materials and facilities; payment of expenses; administering oaths.

Section 246.410 - Directives for fixing precinct and other electoral district boundaries; maximum number of electors in precinct.

Section 246.540 - Joint purchase, maintenance and use.

Section 246.550 - Examination and approval of equipment by Secretary of State.

Section 246.560 - Requirements for approval of equipment.

Section 246.565 - Audit of computerized voting system by Secretary of State; copy of instructions for operation and maintenance; maintenance log.

Section 246.570 - Sale of vote recording systems to counties; security interest.

Section 246.580 - Content of vote recording system sale agreement.

Section 246.590 - Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers; Voting Machine Account.

Section 246.710 - Declaring county elections emergency; process; resumption of elections.

Section 246.820 - Order to compel county clerk, city elections officer or elections official to comply with interpretation, rule, directive or instruction.

Section 246.910 - Appeal from Secretary of State, county clerk or other elections official to courts; deadline for filing.