Statutes and Constitution Relating to Elections in the State of Oregon

§ 3365.

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, 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.

§ 3366. Registers to Be Public Records All Documents to Be Preserved.

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.

§ 3367. Death or Withdrawal-Vacancies.

The provisions of Sections 3343 and 3344 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 from the county or electoral district, such vacancy may be filled by the committee which has been given power by the political party or this law to fill such vacancies substantially in the manner provided by Sections 3345 and 3346.

§ 3368. When Ballots to Be Arranged and Sent to County Clerks by Secretary of State.

Not more than twenty-eight (28) days and not less than twenty-five (25) days before the day fixed by law for the primary nominating election the Secretary of State shall arrange, in the manner provided by this law, for the arrangement of the names and other information upon the ballots, all the names of and information concerning all the candidates for nomination contained in the valid petitions for nomination which have been filed with him in accordance with the provisions of this law, and he shall forthwith certify the same under the seal of the State, and file the same in his office, and make and transmit a duplicate thereof by registered letter to the county clerk of each county in the State, and he shall also post a duplicate thereof in a conspicuous place in his office and keep the same posted until after said primary nominating election has taken place. In case of emergency the Secretary of State may transmit such duplicate by telegraph. [L. 1913, Chap. 203, p. 391.]

§ 3369. Local Officer to Prepare and Post Ballot.

Not more than twenty-two (22) days and not less than nineteen (19) days before the day fixed by law for the primary nominating election, the county clerk of each county, or the city clerk, recorder or auditor of each city, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of this law, shall arrange in the manner provided by this law for the arrangement of the names and other information concerning all the candidates and parties named in the valid petitions for nominations which have been filed with him, and those which have been certified to him by the Secretary of State, in accordance with the provisions of this law, and he shall forthwith certify the same under the seal of the county court, or the official seal of his office, as the case may be, and file the same in his office,

and make and post a duplicate thereof in a conspicuous place in his office and keep the same posted until after the primary nominating election has taken place; and he shall forthwith proceed and cause to be printed according to law, the colored sample ballots and the official voting ballots for each political party required by this law. [L. 1913, Chap. 203, p. 391.]

§ 3370. Ballots and Sample Ballots.

The provisions of Section 3392 shall apply to and are hereby made applicable to primary nominating elections under this law. All the official ballots designed to be voted at primary nominating elections shall be printed for the Republican party in black ink upon a good quality of white paper; for the Democratic party in black ink upon a good quality of blue paper; and for any third party in black ink upon a good quality of yellow paper; otherwise, except for the party name, the ballots shall be alike for each political party and of the same size in the same county at the same election. Duplicate impressions of the same shall be printed upon cheaper colored paper, but not of any of the colors above named, so as to be readily distinguished from official ballots designed to be voted; these colored ballots shall be used solely as sample ballots for the information and convenience of voters, and, if voted, shall not be counted.

§ 3371. Style and Arrangement of Ballot.

The ballot shall be styled "Official primary nominating election ballot of. party"; shall state the number or name of the precinct and county they are intended for, and date when election is to be held; shall contain the names of all candidates for nomination for offices to be filled at that election whose petitions have been duly made and filed as herein provided, and who have not died or removed from their electoral districts, and the names of candidates of the several parties in the several precincts for the members of their county central committees, and of delegates to be chosen to any constitutional convention that may be called, and shall contain no other names of persons; the name of each person for whom as a candidate for nomination a valid petition has been duly filed shall be printed on the ballot in but one place, but there shall be added opposite thereto the measures he especially advocates, expressed in not more than twelve words as specified in the petition for nomination naming him for the office. The names of the candidates for nomination to each office shall be arranged under the designation of the office, in alphabetical order, according to surnames; there shall be left at the end of the list of candidates for nomination to each different office, a blank space in which the elector

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may write the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to vote as a nominee for such office. On the left margin of the ballots for each political party the name of the uppermost candidate for nomination as printed shall be numbered 12, and the next candidate 13, and the next 14, and so on consecutively to the end of the ballot. The blank lines shall not be numbered. Each ballot shall have along the top thereof a stub one and one-half inches wide, perforated along the lower edge thereof; on the left half of the stub shall be printed the words, "Stub to be torn off by the chairman," on the right half "Stub to be torn off by first clerk," and colored sample ballots shall not be perforated. Immediately below the perforated line shall be printed, in capitals, these words, "Official primary nominating ballot for the. party for.... ..precinct, county, at the primary nominating election to be held the. .......day of 19......." Under this caption shall be printed, in bold-faced type, the words, "Mark a cross [X] between the number and the name of each candidate voted for." Below this shall be printed in the manner aforesaid (1) the candidates for nomination for Senator and Representative in Congress and for State offices; (2) for district and county offices; (3) for precinct offices; (4) for other offices. The ballot shall be printed so as to give each elector a clear opportunity to designate his choice for candidates for nomination by making with indelible pencil a cross [X] to the left of the name of the candidate he wishes to vote for nomination to each office; and on the ballot may be printed such words as will aid the elector to do this-"vote for one," "vote for three," and the like. The ballot shall be of sufficient length and width to permit this to be properly done. The official ballot for each party shall be arranged and printed in substantially the following form, but it may be printed in two or more columns, and shall be ruled, lined and spaced in the manner provided by Section 3394, for the official ballots at the regular general election: