2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall
Section 249.720 - Information to be contained in certificate of nomination.


(a) The name by which the candidate is commonly known. A candidate may use a nickname in parentheses in connection with the full name.
(b) Address information as required by the Secretary of State by rule.
(c) The office, and department or position number if any, for which the candidate is nominated.
(d) The name of the minor political party, if any, that nominated the candidate.
(e) If the candidate is nominated for a partisan office by an assembly of electors or individual electors, the word "nonaffiliated" and a statement that the candidate has not been a member of a major or minor political party during at least 180 days before the deadline for filing the certificate of nomination.
(f) A statement that the candidate will qualify if elected.
(g) The signature of the candidate.
(h) A statement of the candidate’s occupation, educational and occupational background and prior governmental experience.
(2) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the template for a certificate of nomination provides the candidate with the option to provide the candidate’s race and ethnicity.
(3) For certificates of nomination of candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the names of the candidates for President and Vice President the candidates represent may be added to the name of the minor political party or the word "nonaffiliated," as the case may be. The names of all the candidates of a minor political party, or nonaffiliated candidates, for electors of President and Vice President may be upon the same certificate of nomination.
(4) A certificate of nomination made by an assembly of electors shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the nominating convention of the assembly. A certificate of nomination made by a minor political party shall be signed by an officer of the party. An affidavit shall be made on the certificate by the presiding officer and secretary of the nominating convention of the assembly or by the officer of the minor political party and signed and acknowledged by them before a notary public. The affidavit shall be that the statements in the certificate of nomination and related documents are true. With respect to an assembly of electors, the affidavit shall state that the assembly satisfied the requirements of ORS 249.735. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §110; 1961 c.336 §3; 1973 c.841 §2; 1975 c.678 §24; 1979 c.190 §127; 1981 c.142 §1; 1991 c.719 §8; 1993 c.797 §13; 1995 c.607 §19; 2005 c.797 §35; 2019 c.449 §8]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

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 249.008 - Verification of signatures by county clerk or Secretary of State; removal of signatures prohibited after submittal; rules.

Section 249.009 - Exclusive form of signature sheets for petitions; numbering of signature sheets; rules.

Section 249.013 - Candidacy for more than one office; effect of filing petition or declaration for more than one office without prior withdrawal; district board and city offices.

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 249.052 - Determination of inhabitancy of candidate for Legislative Assembly; verification of residence.

Section 249.056 - Filing fees.

Section 249.061 - One candidate per petition; prospective petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.

Section 249.064 - Information required on petition; certification of petition.

Section 249.068 - Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing partisan petitions.

Section 249.072 - Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions.

Section 249.076 - Qualifications of signers of petitions.

Section 249.078 - Printing name of candidate for presidential nomination of major party on ballot; discretion of Secretary of State; nominating petition; petition requirements.

Section 249.088 - Nomination or election of candidate at nominating election.

Section 249.091 - Nomination of certain nonpartisan candidates or candidates to fill a vacancy in nonpartisan office.

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 249.205 - Filling vacancy in nomination to nonpartisan office; nomination procedure to fill vacancy in nonpartisan office; 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 249.740 - Certificates of nomination made by individual electors; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.

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 249.850 - Filing of certificate to fill vacancy in nomination; notifying proper officials to make changes in general election ballots.

Section 249.865 - Filing prospective petition; contents of petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets; effect of violation.

Section 249.875 - Time for completing filing; verification of signatures.

Section 249.877 - Statement of justification by public officer.