ORS 249.037
Time for filing petition or declaration


(1)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy shall be filed not sooner than the 250th day and not later than the 70th day before the date of the nominating election.

(2)

If a vacancy occurs in a partisan elective office after the 80th day and before the 70th day before the nominating election, a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for that office may be filed not later than the 65th day before the nominating election.

(3)

A declaration of candidacy for the office of precinct committeeperson shall be filed not sooner than the 250th day and not later than the 70th day before the date of the primary election. [Formerly 249.060; 1987 c.267 §16; 1995 c.607 §§16,16a; 1995 c.712 §25; 1999 c.999 §37; 2001 c.145 §1; 2005 c.797 §32; 2011 c.652 §1; 2018 c.70 §8; 2019 c.675 §28]
(Temporary provisions relating to nominating election on May 17, 2022)
Note: Sections 2 and 3, chapter 419, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 2. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 249.037 (Time for filing petition or declaration), for the nominating election held on May 17, 2022:

(a)

A nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for the major political party nomination to the office of state Senator or state Representative shall be filed not later than the 70th day before the date of the nominating election and not sooner than:

(A)

October 26, 2021, if the Legislative Assembly enacts a state legislative reapportionment plan on or before September 27, 2021, and no elector files an objection to the plan with the Oregon Supreme Court by October 25, 2021;

(B)

November 16, 2021, if:
(i)
The Legislative Assembly fails to enact a state legislative reapportionment plan by September 27, 2021;
(ii)
The Secretary of State makes a state legislative reapportionment plan that is filed with the Oregon Supreme Court by October 18, 2021; and
(iii)
No elector files an objection to the plan with the Oregon Supreme Court by November 15, 2021; or

(C)

The day a state legislative reapportionment plan becomes effective for purposes of Article IV, section 6 (6)(b), of the Oregon Constitution, under the revised deadlines established by the Oregon Supreme Court in the court’s opinion dated April 9, 2021, in the case of State ex rel. Kotek v. Fagan, 367 Or. 803 (2021), and the related peremptory writ of mandamus and appellate judgment issued by the court on April 19, 2021.

(b)

A nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for the major political party nomination to the office of Representative in Congress shall be filed not later than the 70th day before the date of the nominating election and not sooner than:

(A)

October 13, 2021, if the Legislative Assembly enacts a congressional reapportionment plan on or before September 27, 2021, and no elector files an objection to the plan with the Marion County Circuit Court in a manner specifically provided by law for challenging a legislatively adopted reapportionment plan; or

(B)

The day a congressional reapportionment plan becomes operative under the laws of this state, if an elector files a petition in Marion County Circuit Court on or before October 12, 2021, in the manner specifically provided by law to either challenge a legislatively adopted reapportionment plan or request a reapportionment of congressional districts.

(2)

Notwithstanding ORS 251.065 (Filing portrait and statement by or for candidate), for the nominating election held on May 17, 2022, a candidate for the major political party nomination to the office of state Senator, state Representative or Representative in Congress may file with the Secretary of State a portrait of the candidate and a statement of the reasons the candidate should be nominated no later than the 68th day before the nominating election and not sooner than the day after the candidate is eligible to file a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy under subsection (1) of this section.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS chapters 246 to 260, the Secretary of State may adopt rules establishing revised deadlines or filing dates for the primary election held on May 17, 2022, or the nominating election held on the same date as the primary election held on May 17, 2022, to the extent necessary to ensure the fair and orderly nomination or election of candidates while:

(A)

Implementing the revised deadlines for state legislative reapportionment established by the Oregon Supreme Court in the opinion, writ and appellate judgment described in subsection (1)(a)(C) of this section; and

(B)

Implementing any revisions enacted by the Eighty-first Legislative Assembly during the 2021 regular session relating to the enactment, judicial review or operative date of a congressional reapportionment plan.

(b)

Rules adopted by the Secretary of State under this subsection may include deadlines or filing dates for a candidate for the major political party nomination to the office of state Senator, state Representative or Representative in Congress in any scenario not otherwise prescribed by this section.

(4)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Candidate” and “elector” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 249.002 (Definitions).

(b)

“Legislatively adopted reapportionment plan” has the meaning given that term in ORS 188.125 (Elector challenge of legislative apportionment of state into congressional districts).

(c)

“Major political party” means a political party that qualifies as a major political party under ORS 248.006 (Qualification and maintenance of status as major political party). [2021 c.419 §2]
Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this 2021 Act are repealed on January 2, 2023. [2021 c.419 §3]

Source: Section 249.037 — Time for filing petition or declaration, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors249.­html.

See annotations under ORS 249.060 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
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