(2)(a) A person may not file a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for more than one lucrative office or more than one office of precinct committeeperson before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office unless the person first files a written withdrawal, under ORS 249.170, of the person’s initial filing.
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 249.170, if a person files a declaration of write-in candidacy for an office of precinct committeeperson under ORS 248.019, any prior declaration of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson that was filed for that election by the same person is considered withdrawn.
(3) If at any time before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office it is determined that a person has filed two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for any lucrative office or two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson without written withdrawal or withdrawals intervening, all such filings are invalid and any other filing made by the same person is void.
(4)(a) A person may not be a candidate for more than one position on the same district board to be filled at the same election.
(b) As used in this subsection, "district board" means the governing body of a district as defined in ORS 255.012.
(5) A person may not be a candidate for more than one city office to be filled at the same election.
(6) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, in the case of a vacancy to be filled by election, the same person is eligible for nomination and election to both the unexpired and the succeeding terms. The name of the candidate may be placed on the ballot in both places. [Formerly 249.750; 1991 c.971 §15; 1995 c.606 §6a; 1995 c.607 §14; 1999 c.318 §49; 2001 c.965 §3; 2013 c.702 §1; 2019 c.675 §29]
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.