Chapter 482
Oregon Laws 2011
AN ACT
HB 3148
Relating to
voters’ pamphlet; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 251.095 and
251.115.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 251.095 is amended to
read:
251.095. (1) For space in the voters’
pamphlet:
(a) Each candidate for nomination or
election to the office of President or Vice President of the United States
shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $3,500
to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the
secretary containing the signatures of 500 active electors of the
state.
(b) Each candidate for nomination or
election to the office of United States Senator or any state office to be voted
for in the state at large shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS
251.065, pay a fee of $3,000 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition
in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 500
active electors of the state.
(c) Each candidate for nomination or
election to the office of Representative in Congress shall, at the time
materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $2,500 to the Secretary of
State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing
the signatures of 300 active electors of the candidate’s electoral
district.
(d) Each candidate for nomination or
election to the office of state Senator or state Representative shall, at the
time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $750 to the Secretary
of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary
containing the signatures of [300]
200 active electors of the candidate’s electoral district.
(e) Each candidate for nomination or
election to any other office shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS
251.065, pay a fee of $600 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition
in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of [300] 200 active electors of
the candidate’s electoral district.
(2) The signatures on a petition
submitted under subsection (1) of this section shall be certified by the county
clerk in the manner provided in ORS 249.008 or by the Secretary of State.
The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
(3) The space allotted to each
candidate shall be used for materials filed under ORS 251.065, including the
portrait and statement of reasons the candidate should be nominated or elected
and the information required under ORS 251.085. If a portrait is not filed, the
statement may cover the entire allotted space. The length of the statement
shall not exceed 325 words. All candidates shall be allowed the same amount of
space. The Secretary of State by rule shall prescribe the size of the space
allotted to each candidate, except that the space may not be smaller than 30
square inches.
SECTION 2. ORS 251.115 is amended to
read:
251.115. (1) Not later than the 70th
day before the general election, the party officers as designated in the
organizational documents of any statewide political party or assembly of
electors having nominated candidates may file with the Secretary of State a
printed or typewritten statement of arguments for the success of its principles
and election of its candidates on a statewide basis and opposing the principles
and candidates of other political parties or organizations on a statewide
basis.
(2) Not later than the 70th day before
the general election, the party officers as designated in the organizational
documents of any less than statewide political party or assembly of electors
having nominated candidates may file with the Secretary of State a typewritten
statement of arguments for the success of its principles and election of its
candidates on a county basis and opposing the principles and candidates of
other political parties or organizations on a county basis.
(3)(a) Any statewide political party
or assembly of electors having nominated candidates shall pay a fee of $1,200
to the Secretary of State when the statement is filed or may submit a petition
in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 500 active
electors.
(b) Any less than statewide political
party or assembly of electors having nominated candidates shall pay a fee of
$600 to the Secretary of State when the statement is filed or may submit a
petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 300
active electors.
(c) The signatures on a petition
submitted under this subsection shall be certified by the county clerk in the
manner provided in ORS 249.008 or by the Secretary of State. The
petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
(4) The Secretary of State by rule
shall prescribe the size of the statements permitted under this section, except
that any statewide political party or assembly of electors having nominated
candidates shall be allotted more space than any less than statewide political
party or assembly of electors having nominated candidates.
(5) For purposes of this section,
an “active elector” is a person whose registration is considered active as
described in ORS 247.013.
SECTION 3. The amendments to ORS
251.095 and 251.115 by sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act apply to space in
voters’ pamphlets prepared on or after the effective date of this 2011 Act.
Approved by
the Governor June 23, 2011
Filed in the
office of Secretary of State June 23, 2011
Effective date
January 1, 2012
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