ORS 246.021
Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer

electronic facsimile and electronic mail transmissions
electronic campaign finance statements

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Annotations 1

(1)

Except as provided in ORS 247.012 (Method of registering or updating a registration) and subsection (2) of this section, an election document and an accompanying payment of fees required to be filed with the Secretary of State, county clerk or other filing officer must be delivered to and actually received at the office of the designated officer not later than 5 p.m. of the day the document or fee is due or, if the day due is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on the next business day.

(2)

If, at 5 p.m. of the day an election document is due, an individual is physically present in the office of the secretary, county clerk or other filing officer and in line waiting to deliver the document, the individual is considered to have begun the act of delivering the document and is permitted to file it.

(3)

Except as provided in ORS 253.540 (Application for ballot by military or overseas elector), 253.565 (Application for special ballot by military or overseas elector) and 253.690 (Casting ballot using facsimile machine or by electronic mail), any election document required to be filed with the filing officer other than ballots, voter registration cards or petitions requiring signatures of electors may also be filed by means of an electronic facsimile transmission machine or electronic mail. If an election document is required to be filed by a specified time, the entire document must be received at the office of the filing officer not later than 5 p.m. of the day the document is due or, if the day due is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on the next business day.

(4)

Notwithstanding any provision of subsections (1) to (3) of this section, if a statement is required to be filed electronically under ORS 260.057 (Electronic campaign finance filing system):

(a)

The statement must be received electronically at the office of the Secretary of State not later than 11:59 p.m. of the day the statement is due or, if the day due is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on the next business day; and

(b)

The Secretary of State may not accept the filing of the statement in any form other than an electronic format.

(5)

As used in this section, “election document” includes, but is not limited to, a declaration of candidacy for nomination for public or political party office, completed nominating petitions, statements and portraits for voters’ pamphlets, statements of election campaign contributions and expenditures, and initiative, referendum or recall petitions. [Formerly 246.510; 1967 c.228 §1; 1979 c.190 §2; 1991 c.719 §4; 1993 c.713 §27; 1999 c.824 §9; 2005 c.809 §46; 2007 c.570 §5; 2008 c.41 §2; 2009 c.619 §3; 2017 c.749 §2; 2019 c.675 §4]

Source: Section 246.021 — Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer; electronic facsimile and electronic mail transmissions; electronic campaign finance statements, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors246.html.

Notes of Decisions

Legislative intent is that filing of properly certified statement must be timely in order for statement to be included in Voters’ Pamphlet, and lack of certification could not be cured by submission of certification after filing deadline. State ex rel Anderson v. Paulus, 283 Or 241, 583 P2d 531 (1978)

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ORS 246.021 Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer

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Notes of Decisions

ORS 246.021
Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer