§ ORS § 246.910Appeal from Secretary of State, county clerk or other elections official to courts; deadline for filing

(1) A person adversely affected by any act or failure to act by the Secretary
of State, a county clerk, a city elections officer or any other county, city or
district official under any election law, or by any order, rule, directive or
instruction made by the Secretary of State, a county clerk, a city elections
officer or any other county, city or district official under any election law,
may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for the county in which the act or
failure to act occurred or in which the order, rule, directive or instruction
was made.

(2) An appeal
described in subsection (1) of this section of an order of the Secretary of
State approving or disapproving a state initiative petition for circulation for
the purpose of obtaining signatures of electors must be filed within 60 days
following the date the order is served.

(3) Any party to
the appeal proceedings in the circuit court under subsection (1) of this
section may appeal from the decision of the circuit court to the Court of
Appeals.

(4) The circuit
courts and Court of Appeals, in their discretion, may give precedence on their
dockets to appeals under this section as the circumstances may require.

(5) The remedy
provided in this section is cumulative and does not exclude any other remedy
against any act or failure to act by the Secretary of State, a county clerk, a
city elections officer or any other county, city or district official under any
election law or against any order, rule, directive or instruction made by the
Secretary of State, a county clerk, a city elections officer or any other
county, city or district official under any election law. [1957 c.608 §19; 1975
c.227 §2; 1979 c.190 §38; 1983 c.514 §3; 1995 c.607 §10; 2005 c.797 §26]



246.990 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]



246.991 [1967 c.338 §4; 1975 c.675 §7;
repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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