2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections
Section 254.415 - Challenging ballot of person offering to vote; statement of challenge.


(2) The clerk, official or elector challenging the ballot shall make, under oath or affirmation before a county clerk or other elections official, a written and numbered statement of challenge. The statement shall contain the name and residence address of the challenger, the name of the person challenged and a statement of the facts upon which the challenge is based.
(3) A person’s ballot may be challenged at any time before the ballot is removed from its return envelope for processing. [Formerly 250.350; 1981 c.142 §4; 1985 c.808 §38; 1991 c.14 §1; 1995 c.607 §81; 1999 c.410 §55; 2007 c.154 §37]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 254 - Conduct of Elections

Section 254.005 - Definitions.

Section 254.025 - Construction of statutes applicable to primary elections.

Section 254.035 - Time and place of elections for city officers.

Section 254.056 - Date and purpose of general election and primary election.

Section 254.065 - Person receiving most votes nominated or elected; measure adopted by majority of votes; when measure conflicts.

Section 254.074 - County elections security plan; submission of ballot information to Secretary of State.

Section 254.076 - Register of candidates for nomination.

Section 254.085 - Secretary of State’s statement of offices, candidates and measures.

Section 254.095 - City elections officers’ statements of offices, candidates and measures.

Section 254.103 - Filing of measures referred by county governing body.

Section 254.108 - Numbering county, city and district measures; rules.

Section 254.115 - Official primary election ballot.

Section 254.125 - Nominating ballot for candidates to nonpartisan office; listing of candidates for judge at primary and general elections; use of term "incumbent."

Section 254.135 - Official general or special election ballots.

Section 254.145 - Design and contents of official ballots.

Section 254.155 - Order of candidate names on ballot.

Section 254.165 - Adjusting ballot when vacancy occurs; notice to Secretary of State; exception.

Section 254.175 - Providing ballot title and financial estimates in lieu of printing on ballot; ballot in recall elections.

Section 254.195 - Ballot specifications.

Section 254.235 - Testing of voting machines and vote tally systems; notice of test.

Section 254.321 - Providing map of proposed boundaries for election on establishing or changing county or city boundaries.

Section 254.365 - Voting at primary election by major party members and nonaffiliated electors.

Section 254.370 - Record of nonaffiliated electors; record of voting in primary election of major political party and in general election.

Section 254.408 - Procedure for voting by person for whom no evidence of registration is found.

Section 254.411 - Voting after name change.

Section 254.415 - Challenging ballot of person offering to vote; statement of challenge.

Section 254.426 - Procedure on challenged ballot.

Section 254.431 - Special procedure for ballots challenged due to failure to sign return envelope or nonmatching signature; public record limitation.

Section 254.445 - Assistance in marking ballot; use of sample ballot as aid in voting.

Section 254.458 - Alternatives to return identification envelope procedures.

Section 254.465 - Elections to be conducted by mail; rules.

Section 254.470 - Procedures for conducting election by mail; rules.

Section 254.471 - Extension of deadline for returning ballots in case of emergency.

Section 254.473 - State payment for return of ballots by mail.

Section 254.474 - Voting booths for primary and general elections.

Section 254.478 - Preparation for counting ballots; scanning ballots into vote tally system.

Section 254.480 - Replacement ballots.

Section 254.483 - Ballot security; destruction of unused ballots.

Section 254.485 - Tally of ballots; test of vote tally system; rules.

Section 254.495 - Tally and return sheets; counting and tallying ballots.

Section 254.500 - Tally of write-in votes.

Section 254.505 - Ballots to be counted; void ballots; partially void ballots.

Section 254.529 - Choice of conducting hand recount of ballots or risk-limiting audit; procedures for hand recount.

Section 254.532 - Risk-limiting audit; procedures; rules.

Section 254.535 - Preservation of certain materials; retention of records.

Section 254.545 - Duties of county clerk after election.

Section 254.546 - Duties of county clerk after recall election; official declaration of result of recall election.

Section 254.548 - Individual nominated or elected by write-in votes; form; rules.

Section 254.555 - Secretary of State’s duties after election; Governor’s proclamation.

Section 254.565 - Duties of city elections officer after election.

Section 254.575 - Procedure when tie vote.

Section 254.650 - Special election in case of death of nominee of major political party within 47 days of general election.

Section 254.655 - Order calling special election; date.

Section 254.660 - Conduct of special election; rules.