Chapter 247
Qualification and Registration of Electors

Sections

When ballot considered legally cast

Qualification to vote in political subdivision

Method of registering or updating a registration

Where person considered registered

Transfer of voter registration information by Department of Transportation

Other registration procedures

Registration of person who is 16 or 17 years of age

Transfer of voter registration materials to Secretary of State from Department of Transportation

Electronic voter registration

Registration deadline

Rules to consider in determining residence of person for voting purposes

Registration of person who is homeless or resides in identifiable location

Alteration of registration card prohibited

State and federal voter registration cards

Determining if person qualified to register or update registration

Request for delivery of registration card

Distribution of registration cards

Voter notification card

Correction of registration and voter notification cards when precinct boundaries changed

Inquiry into validity of registration

Change, termination or adoption of party affiliation before primary election

Voter registration agencies

Limits on considering registration of elector inactive

Notice to elector of inactive registration

Registration update requirement

Update of registration of elector changing residence

Verification of addresses of electors

Verification of addresses of electors

Extension of time for automatic updates under ORS 247.292

Effective date of registration automatically updated by county clerk

Deadline for updating registration

Issuance of ballot when registration updated after registration deadline

Eligibility to vote for President or Vice President, or electors, only

Special ballot for voting under ORS 247.410

Cancellation of registration

Notice to elector whose registration appears invalid

Notice of deaths to Secretary of State and county clerk

County clerk to retain notices or elector listings for two years

Statewide list of electors

List of county or statewide electors

Information required for or prohibited from inclusion in lists of electors

Use of lists of electors for commercial purposes prohibited

When residence address of elector exempt from disclosure as public record

Conditions where disclosure of elector’s residence address required

Definition of “personal safety” for purposes of ORS 247.965

Status of signature on voter registration card as public record

Up to date

Current through early 2024

Chap. 247’s source at oregon.gov

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Location: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_chapter_247

Original Source: Chapter 247 — Qualification and Registration of Electors, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors247.html (last accessed Jun. 16, 2023).