ORS 249.013
Candidacy for more than one office

  • effect of filing petition or declaration for more than one office without prior withdrawal
  • district board and city offices

(1)

A person may not be a candidate for more than one lucrative office to be filled at the same election.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A person may not file a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for more than one lucrative office or more than one office of precinct committeeperson before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office unless the person first files a written withdrawal, under ORS 249.170 (Withdrawal of candidacy), of the person’s initial filing.

(b)

Notwithstanding ORS 249.170 (Withdrawal of candidacy), if a person files a declaration of write-in candidacy for an office of precinct committeeperson under ORS 248.019 (Write-in candidate for precinct committeeperson), any prior declaration of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson that was filed for that election by the same person is considered withdrawn.

(3)

If at any time before the date of the election at which a person will be nominated or elected to each office it is determined that a person has filed two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for any lucrative office or two or more nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson without written withdrawal or withdrawals intervening, all such filings are invalid and any other filing made by the same person is void.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A person may not be a candidate for more than one position on the same district board to be filled at the same election.

(b)

As used in this subsection, “district board” means the governing body of a district as defined in ORS 255.012 (“District” defined).

(5)

A person may not be a candidate for more than one city office to be filled at the same election.

(6)

Notwithstanding any provision of this section, in the case of a vacancy to be filled by election, the same person is eligible for nomination and election to both the unexpired and the succeeding terms. The name of the candidate may be placed on the ballot in both places. [Formerly 249.750; 1991 c.971 §15; 1995 c.606 §6a; 1995 c.607 §14; 1999 c.318 §49; 2001 c.965 §3; 2013 c.702 §1; 2019 c.675 §29]

Source: Section 249.013 — Candidacy for more than one office; effect of filing petition or declaration for more than one office without prior withdrawal; district board and city offices, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors249.­html.

See annotations under ORS 249.750 in permanent edition.

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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 249.013’s source at oregon​.gov