(1) "Candidate" means an individual whose name is or is expected to be printed on the official ballot or a write-in candidate.
(2) "County clerk" means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections.
(3) "Elector" means an individual qualified to vote under section 2, Article II, Oregon Constitution.
(4) "Judge" means judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit court or the Oregon Tax Court, or any county judge who exercises judicial functions.
(5) "Member" means an individual who is registered as being affiliated with the political party.
(6) "Minor political party" means a political party that has qualified as a minor political party under ORS 248.008.
(7) "Nonpartisan office" means the office of judge, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, any elected office of a metropolitan service district under ORS chapter 268, justice of the peace, county clerk, county assessor, county surveyor, county treasurer, sheriff, district attorney or any office designated nonpartisan by a home rule charter.
(8) "Prospective petition" means the information, except signatures and other identification of petition signers, required to be contained in a completed petition.
(9) "Public office" means any national, state, county, city or district office or position, except a political party office, filled by the electors.
(10) "State office" means Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, judge, state Senator, state Representative or district attorney. [1979 c.190 §94; 1983 c.350 §64; 1985 c.324 §1; 1987 c.707 §6; 1993 c.493 §5; 1995 c.92 §1; 1995 c.107 §1; 1995 c.607 §76; 2001 c.430 §1; 2009 c.491 §6; 2010 c.18 §2; 2011 c.731 §10; 2017 c.749 §51]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections
Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall
Section 249.002 - Definitions.
Section 249.004 - Verification of documents.
Section 249.005 - Acceptance of petition or minutes without original signatures.
Section 249.020 - Filing of candidates’ nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.
Section 249.031 - Contents of petition or declaration.
Section 249.035 - Filing officer.
Section 249.037 - Time for filing petition or declaration.
Section 249.056 - Filing fees.
Section 249.064 - Information required on petition; certification of petition.
Section 249.076 - Qualifications of signers of petitions.
Section 249.088 - Nomination or election of candidate at nominating election.
Section 249.170 - Withdrawal of candidacy; refund of filing fee.
Section 249.190 - Filling vacancy in nomination of major party; rules.
Section 249.200 - Nomination by major party to fill vacancy in partisan office; exceptions; rules.
Section 249.215 - Filling vacancy in state office at general election; remaining term of office.
Section 249.712 - Acceptance of nomination.
Section 249.720 - Information to be contained in certificate of nomination.
Section 249.722 - Time for filing certificate; filing officers; rules.
Section 249.735 - Qualification as assembly of electors; records; notice; nomination by assembly.
Section 249.737 - Filing officer for nomination by assembly of electors.
Section 249.810 - Entries in register of nominations upon filing certificates.
Section 249.830 - Procedure for withdrawing nomination.
Section 249.842 - Filling vacancy in nomination; rules.
Section 249.875 - Time for completing filing; verification of signatures.
Section 249.877 - Statement of justification by public officer.