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

  • electronic facsimile and electronic mail transmissions
  • electronic campaign finance statements

(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)

246.012
Definitions
246.021
Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer
246.025
Use of signature stamp by person with disability
246.046
Secretary of State and county clerks to seek out evidence of violations
246.110
Secretary of State as chief elections officer
246.120
Directives, instructions and assistance to county clerks
246.140
Election law conferences for county clerks
246.150
Rules
246.160
Compilations and digests of election laws
246.170
Deposit of moneys received under ORS 246.160 in Secretary of State Miscellaneous Receipts Account
246.179
Reimbursement of county clerk for special elections for United States Senator or Representative and for recall elections involving state office
246.185
Elections Fund
246.190
Help America Vote Act complaint procedures
246.200
County clerk to conduct elections
246.210
County clerk to supervise local elections officials
246.245
Notification to county clerk when city boundary changed
246.250
Personnel
246.270
Office hours of county clerk on election days
246.410
Directives for fixing precinct and other electoral district boundaries
246.520
Applicable laws
246.530
Adoption, purchase or procurement of equipment
246.540
Joint purchase, maintenance and use
246.550
Examination and approval of equipment by Secretary of State
246.560
Requirements for approval of equipment
246.565
Audit of computerized voting system by Secretary of State
246.570
Sale of vote recording systems to counties
246.580
Content of vote recording system sale agreement
246.590
Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers
246.600
Deposits in Voting Machine Account
246.710
Declaring county elections emergency
246.820
Order to compel county clerk, city elections officer or elections official to comply with interpretation, rule, directive or instruction
246.910
Appeal from Secretary of State, county clerk or other elections official to courts
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