71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1636
 
                         Senate Bill 158
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senator Bill Fisher for
  Richard Hake)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Directs county clerk to tally write-in votes to show total
votes cast for each person whose name was not printed on ballot.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to elections; amending ORS 254.500.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 254.500 is amended to read:
  254.500.   { - (1) This section governs the tally of votes cast
for persons whose names were not printed on the ballot but are
written in by electors. All such write-in votes for each office
on the ballot shall be tallied together, except as follows: - }
    { - (a) If the total number of write-in votes for candidates
for the same nomination or office equals or exceeds the number of
votes cast for any candidate for the same nomination or office on
the ballot who appears to have been nominated or elected, the
county clerk shall tally all write-in votes cast for the office
to show the total number of votes cast for each write-in
candidate. - }
    { - (b) If no names of candidates are printed on the ballot
for an office, the county clerk shall tally the votes cast for
each candidate for the office who received a vote. - }
   { +  (1) The county clerk shall tally all write-in votes cast
for persons whose names were not printed on the ballot to show
the total number of votes cast for each write-in candidate. + }
  (2) No person other than the county clerk, a member of a
counting board or any other elections official designated by the
county clerk may tally write-in votes.
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