(2) The remaining two years of the term of the state office shall commence on the second Monday in January following the general election. Any appointment made to fill the vacancy shall expire when a successor to the office is elected and qualified.
(3) Candidates for the remaining two years of the term of the state office under this section shall be nominated as provided in this chapter, with major political parties following the procedure set forth in ORS 249.200, except as follows:
(a) A minor political party, by party rule, or an assembly of electors or individual electors, may select a nominee; and
(b) The Secretary of State shall accept certificates of nomination and notifications of nominees filed with the secretary pursuant to a schedule for filing set by the secretary, but in any case not later than the 62nd day before the first general election.
(4) As used in this section, "state office" means the office of Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [2009 c.511 §22; 2011 c.731 §12; 2018 c.86 §2]
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.