ORS 249.008
Verification of signatures by county clerk or Secretary of State

  • removal of signatures prohibited after submittal
  • rules

(1)

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before a nominating petition, minutes of an assembly of electors or petition by individual electors is offered for filing, the county clerk of each county in which the signatures were secured or the Secretary of State shall compare the signatures of electors on the petition or minutes with the signatures of the electors on the elector registration cards. Any petition or minutes submitted for verification under this section shall contain only original signatures. The county clerk or the secretary shall attach to the petition or minutes a certificate stating the number of signatures believed to be genuine. The certificate is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it. A signature not included in the number certified to be genuine shall not be counted by the officer with whom the petition is filed. No signature in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be counted.

(2)

If the total number of signatures presented to a county clerk or the Secretary of State for verification is 15,000 or more, the county clerk or secretary may use a statistical sampling technique authorized by the secretary to verify the signatures. The sample shall be drawn from at least 100 percent of the number of signatures required for nomination.

(3)

After signatures of electors on a nominating petition, minutes of an assembly of electors or petition by individual electors are submitted for verification, no elector who signed the petition or minutes may remove the signature of the elector from the petition or minutes.

(4)

The Secretary of State by rule shall establish procedures for verifying whether a petition submitted under this section contains the required number of signatures of electors. [Formerly 249.055; 1985 c.808 §10; 1989 c.68 §2; 1993 c.493 §6; 2017 c.749 §43]

Source: Section 249.008 — Verification of signatures by county clerk or Secretary of State; removal of signatures prohibited after submittal; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors249.­html.

See also annotations under ORS 249.055 in permanent edition.

Attorney General Opinions

Failure to re-register as no bar to having signatures verified, (1972) Vol 36, p 117

249.002
Definitions
249.004
Verification of documents
249.005
Acceptance of petition or minutes without original signatures
249.006
Official dating of petitions and declarations
249.008
Verification of signatures by county clerk or Secretary of State
249.009
Exclusive form of signature sheets for petitions
249.012
Preservation of certain records
249.013
Candidacy for more than one office
249.016
Nomination of candidates of major political party or for nonpartisan office
249.020
Filing of candidates’ nominating petition or declaration of candidacy
249.023
Nomination of major political party candidates who attain age of 18 years after deadline for filing nominating petition or declaration of candidacy
249.031
Contents of petition or declaration
249.035
Filing officer
249.037
Time for filing petition or declaration
249.042
Declaration or petition as evidence of candidacy
249.046
Party membership required for nomination of party
249.048
Unsuccessful candidate not eligible as candidate
249.052
Determination of inhabitancy of candidate for Legislative Assembly
249.056
Filing fees
249.061
One candidate per petition
249.064
Information required on petition
249.068
Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing partisan petitions
249.072
Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions
249.076
Qualifications of signers of petitions
249.078
Printing name of candidate for presidential nomination of major party on ballot
249.088
Nomination or election of candidate at nominating election
249.091
Nomination of certain nonpartisan candidates or candidates to fill a vacancy in nonpartisan office
249.170
Withdrawal of candidacy
249.180
Withdrawal of candidacy by nominee
249.190
Filling vacancy in nomination of major party
249.200
Nomination by major party to fill vacancy in partisan office
249.205
Filling vacancy in nomination to nonpartisan office
249.215
Filling vacancy in state office at general election
249.705
Nomination by other than major party
249.712
Acceptance of nomination
249.720
Information to be contained in certificate of nomination
249.722
Time for filing certificate
249.735
Qualification as assembly of electors
249.737
Filing officer for nomination by assembly of electors
249.740
Certificates of nomination made by individual electors
249.810
Entries in register of nominations upon filing certificates
249.830
Procedure for withdrawing nomination
249.842
Filling vacancy in nomination
249.850
Filing of certificate to fill vacancy in nomination
249.865
Filing prospective petition
249.870
Number of signers on recall petition
249.875
Time for completing filing
249.876
Removal of signature after petition submitted for verification
249.877
Statement of justification by public officer
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