If the candidate shall be unwilling to sign the above statement, then he may sign the following statement as a part of his petition: STATEMENT NUMBER TWO. During my term of office I shall consider the vote of the people for United States senator in congress as nothing more than a recommendation, which I shall be at liberty to wholly disregard if the reason for doing so seems to me to be sufficient. (Signature of the candidate for nomination.) Every such petition shall be signed as above by the elector seeking such nomination. There shall be a separate leaf or sheet signed as above on every such petition for each precinct in which it is circulated. After the above and on a separate sheet or sheets, shall be the following petition: To... ......... (secretary of state for Oregon), or (to the county clerk for the county of city clerk of the city of .... Oregon), or (to as the case may .... precinct, be): We, the undersigned registered members of the party and qualified electors and residents of .... in the county of .........., state of Oregon, respectfully request that you will cause to be printed on the official nominating ballot for the party at the aforesaid primary nominating election, the name of the above signed cant) as a candidate for nomination to the office of (title of office) by said (name of appli party. Name P. O. Address Street and No., if any Precinct Each and every leaf or sheet of said petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by one or more of the signers of said petition: I, being first duly sworn, say: I am personally acquainted with all the persons who have signed this sheet of the foregoing petition, and I personally know that their signatures thereon are genuine; and I believe that their post-office address and residence are correctly stated, and that they are qualified electors and registered members of the party. (Signature of affiant.) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19.... .. day of (Signature and title of officer before whom oath is made.) Number of Signatures Required-Distribution.-The vote cast by a political party in each precinct for Representative in Congress at the last preceding general election shall be the basis on which the percentage for petitions shall be counted; provided, that if any political party cast 25 per cent of the total votes in the State for Representative in Congress, although less than the required percentage in any one or more electoral districts, county, municipality or precinct, it shall nevertheless be subject to the provisions of this law in making nominations in such electoral districts, county, municipality and precinct. If the nomination is for a municipal office, or an office to be voted for in only one county, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in at least one-fifth of the voting precincts of the county, municipality or district; if it be a State or district office and the district comprises more than one county, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in each of at least one-eighth of the precincts in each of at least two counties in the district; if it be an office to be voted for in the State at large, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in each of at least one-tenth of Where the People Rule-5. 65 the precincts in each of at least seven counties of the State; if it be an office to be voted for in a congressional district, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in at least one-tenth of the precincts in each of at least one-fourth of the counties in such district. The number of signers required on every such petition shall be at least two per cent of the party vote in the electoral district as above stated; provided, that the whole number of signers required on a nominating petition under the provisions of this law for any office to be voted for in the State at large, or in a congressional district, shall not exceed one thousand, nor in any other case shall the whole number required exceed five hundred signers. All the leaves or sheets making one petition shall be fastened together before they are forwarded to the proper officers for filing. There shall not be in any petition the name of more than one candidate for nomination. Any elector may sign more than one nominating petition required by this law for the same office. It shall be unlawful for any person to sign another person's name to any petition required by this law. It shall be unlawful for any person to sign any nominating petition required by this law unless he is a qualified elector and at the time of signing has registered for the ensuing election as a member of the political party represented by the petition. Any names or signatures placed on any petition in violation of the provisions of this law shall not be counted in computing the number of signers necessary to make the same a valid and effective petition. Qualifications of Signers.-No person who is not a qualified elector and a registered member of a party making its nominations under the provisions of this law shall be qualified to join in signing any petition for nomination, or to vote at said primary nominating election, and no person shall be qualified to sign any nominating petition of any other political party for the primary nominating election than that with which he is registered as a member. But this shall not be construed to prevent any registered member of any party from signing a petition for the nomination of any independent or non-partisan candidate after the primary nominating election, nor shall it be construed to prevent any qualified elector from signing petitions for more than one candidate for the same office on one party ticket. Time of Filing Petitions.-All petitions for nominations required to be filed with the Secretary of State shall be filed not later than the 35th day prior to the primary nominating election, and all petitions required to be filed with the county clerk, city clerk, recorder or auditor, as the case may be (in towns or cities having 2,000 or more inhabitants), shall be filed not later than the 30th day prior to the primary nominating election. Register of Candidates to Be Kept-Contents.-The county clerk, Secretary of State, and the city clerk, recorder, or auditor of towns and cities having 2,000 inhabitants or more, shall keep a book entitled "Register of Candidates for Nomination at the Primary Nominating Election," and he shall enter therein on different pages of the book for the different political parties subject to the provisions of this law, the title of the office sought and the name and residence of each candidate for nomination at the primary nominating election, the name of his political party, the date of receiving the first copy of his petition signed by the candidate, the words he wishes printed after his name on the nominating ballot, if any, the date of receiving his petition, the number of signatures thereon, and the number of signatures required to make a valid and sufficient petition for nomination to said office by his political party, and such other information as may aid him in arranging his official ballot for said primary nominating election. Immediately after the canvass of votes at a primary nominating election is completed, the county clerk, Secretary of State, or city clerk, recorder, or auditor, as the case may be, shall enter in his book marked "Register of Nominations," provided by Section 3341,1 the date of such entry, the name of each candidate nominated, the office for which he is nominated, and the name of the party making the nomination. Registers to Be Public Documents.-Such registers of candidates for nomination and of nominations, and petitions, letters and notices and other writings required by law, as soon as filed, shall be public records, and shall be open to public inspection under proper regulations, and when a copy of any such writing is presented at the time the original is filed, or at any time thereafter, and a request is made to have such copy compared and certified, the officers with whom such writing was filed, shall forthwith compare such copy with the original on file, and, if necessary, correct the copy and certify and deliver the copy to the person who presented it on payment of his lawful fees therefor. All such writings, poll books, tally sheets, ballots, and ballot stubs pertaining to primary nominating elections under the provisions of this act, shall be preserved as other records are, for two years after the election to which they pertain, at which time, unless otherwise ordered or restrained by some court, the county court shall destroy the ballots and ballot stubs, by fire, without any one inspecting the same. Death or Withdrawal-Vacancies.-The provisions of Sections 33431 and 33441 shall apply to nominations or petitions for nominations made under the provisions of this law, in case of the death of the candidate or his removal from the State or his county or electoral district before the date of the ensuing election, but in no other case. In case of any such vacancy by death or removal from the State or of (from) the county or 1 For this section in full see Appendix "B." |