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Section 254.005 - Definitions. - (1) "Ballot" means any material on which votes may be...
Section 254.025 - Construction of statutes applicable to primary elections. - (2) The primary elections shall be conducted as nearly as...
Section 254.035 - Time and place of elections for city officers. - (2) All elections for city officers shall be held at...
Section 254.056 - Date and purpose of general election and primary election. - (2) The primary election shall be held on the third...
Section 254.065 - Person receiving most votes nominated or elected; measure adopted by majority of votes; when measure conflicts. - (2) No measure shall be adopted unless it receives an...
Section 254.074 - County elections security plan; submission of ballot information to Secretary of State. - (A) January 31 of each calendar year; and (B) One...
Section 254.076 - Register of candidates for nomination. - (1) The title of each office for which the major...
Section 254.085 - Secretary of State’s statement of offices, candidates and measures. - (2) The information concerning candidates for the Supreme Court, Court...
Section 254.095 - City elections officers’ statements of offices, candidates and measures. - (2)(a) The chief elections officer of any city shall file...
Section 254.103 - Filing of measures referred by county governing body. - (2) For each local option tax measure or general obligation...
Section 254.108 - Numbering county, city and district measures; rules. - (2) If a district or city is located in more...
Section 254.115 - Official primary election ballot. - (a) The name of the county for which it is...
Section 254.125 - Nominating ballot for candidates to nonpartisan office; listing of candidates for judge at primary and general elections; use of term "incumbent." - (2) At the primary election or general election: (a) The...
Section 254.135 - Official general or special election ballots. - (a) The name of the county for which it is...
Section 254.145 - Design and contents of official ballots. - (b) The names of candidates for the offices of President...
Section 254.155 - Order of candidate names on ballot. - (2) Not later than the 68th day before the date...
Section 254.165 - Adjusting ballot when vacancy occurs; notice to Secretary of State; exception. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply if...
Section 254.175 - Providing ballot title and financial estimates in lieu of printing on ballot; ballot in recall elections. - (2) In lieu of printing the complete ballot title and...
Section 254.195 - Ballot specifications. - (2) The governing body of a city, county or district...
Section 254.235 - Testing of voting machines and vote tally systems; notice of test. - (a) Conduct a preparatory test of the machine and system...
Section 254.321 - Providing map of proposed boundaries for election on establishing or changing county or city boundaries. - (1) Include with every mailed ballot a map indicating the...
Section 254.365 - Voting at primary election by major party members and nonaffiliated electors. - (a) The elector is registered as being affiliated with one...
Section 254.370 - Record of nonaffiliated electors; record of voting in primary election of major political party and in general election. - (1) A monthly registration record of all electors registered as...
Section 254.408 - Procedure for voting by person for whom no evidence of registration is found. - (2) Whenever an elector updates a registration at a county...
Section 254.411 - Voting after name change. - (2) Following the election, the registration of the elector shall...
Section 254.415 - Challenging ballot of person offering to vote; statement of challenge. - (2) The clerk, official or elector challenging the ballot shall...
Section 254.426 - Procedure on challenged ballot. - (2) The county clerk shall examine the challenge and determine...
Section 254.431 - Special procedure for ballots challenged due to failure to sign return envelope or nonmatching signature; public record limitation. - (2)(a) In order for the vote of the elector to...
Section 254.445 - Assistance in marking ballot; use of sample ballot as aid in voting. - (2) A person may not assist an elector under subsection...
Section 254.458 - Alternatives to return identification envelope procedures. - (a) A county clerk may apply to the Secretary of...
Section 254.465 - Elections to be conducted by mail; rules. - (2) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to: (a)...
Section 254.470 - Procedures for conducting election by mail; rules. - (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) to (d) of...
Section 254.471 - Extension of deadline for returning ballots in case of emergency. - (2) The Governor may not extend the deadline for returning...
Section 254.473 - State payment for return of ballots by mail. - (2) The Secretary of State may require that the return...
Section 254.474 - Voting booths for primary and general elections. - (a) In each county with 35,000 or more electors in...
Section 254.478 - Preparation for counting ballots; scanning ballots into vote tally system. - (a) Begin opening return identification envelopes of ballots and any...
Section 254.480 - Replacement ballots. - (2) The replacement ballot request form shall be mailed or...
Section 254.483 - Ballot security; destruction of unused ballots. - (2) As soon as practicable after the final day permitted...
Section 254.485 - Tally of ballots; test of vote tally system; rules. - (2) If a vote tally system is used, the county...
Section 254.495 - Tally and return sheets; counting and tallying ballots. - (2) The completed tally and return sheets shall contain: (a)...
Section 254.500 - Tally of write-in votes. - (a) If the total number of write-in votes for candidates...
Section 254.505 - Ballots to be counted; void ballots; partially void ballots. - (2) When ballots are counted by counting boards, the board...
Section 254.529 - Choice of conducting hand recount of ballots or risk-limiting audit; procedures for hand recount. - (a) A hand count of ballots as described in this...
Section 254.532 - Risk-limiting audit; procedures; rules. - (a) "Incorrect election outcome" means an election outcome that differs...
Section 254.535 - Preservation of certain materials; retention of records. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 254.545 - Duties of county clerk after election. - (1) As soon as possible after any election, shall prepare...
Section 254.546 - Duties of county clerk after recall election; official declaration of result of recall election. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 254.548 - Individual nominated or elected by write-in votes; form; rules. - (2) In the case of an individual nominated or elected...
Section 254.555 - Secretary of State’s duties after election; Governor’s proclamation. - (a) Canvass the votes for the offices, except the office...
Section 254.565 - Duties of city elections officer after election. - (1) After the primary election, shall enter in a register...
Section 254.575 - Procedure when tie vote. - (1) For election to state Senator or Representative, a party...
Section 254.650 - Special election in case of death of nominee of major political party within 47 days of general election. - (a) The election for that state office may not be...
Section 254.655 - Order calling special election; date. - (2) The date of the special election shall be determined...
Section 254.660 - Conduct of special election; rules. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 254.545, not later than 5 p.m. of...