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(1) A precinct committeeperson
shall be a representative of the major political party in the precinct. At the
primary election a major political party shall elect from its members a
precinct committeeperson for every 250 electors, or major fraction thereof, who
are registered in the precinct 251 days before the primary election. In any
event the political party members of a precinct shall be entitled to elect not
less than two committeepersons in the precinct. A person may not hold office as
precinct committeeperson in more than one precinct.

(2) A member of a
major political party who meets the party membership requirements set forth in
ORS 249.046 may become a candidate for precinct committeeperson of the precinct
in which the person is registered, of a precinct within the same county adjoining
that precinct or of a precinct that is both in the same county and state
Representative district as the precinct in which the person is registered, by
filing a declaration of candidacy described in ORS 249.031, except as provided
in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) ORS 249.031
(1)(i) does not apply to declarations of candidacy for candidates for precinct
committeeperson.

(4) A member of
the major political party who has been a member of that party for 180 days
before the primary election may be elected by write-in votes as precinct
committeeperson of the precinct in which the member is registered, of a
precinct within the same county adjoining that precinct or of a precinct that
is both in the same county and state Representative district as the precinct in
which the person is registered. A member elected by write-in votes must meet
the requirements for write-in candidates set forth in this section and ORS
248.019 or 248.021.

(5) Unless a
qualified person receives at least three votes, no person is deemed to have
been elected as precinct committeeperson and the office of precinct
committeeperson shall be vacant.

(6) The term of
office of a precinct committeeperson is from the 35th day after the date of the
primary election until the 35th day after the date of the next following
primary election.

(7) A precinct
committeeperson is not considered a public officer. [1965 c.407 §§3, 7;
subsection (6) enacted as 1967 c.540 §3(3); 1969 c.282 §1; 1977 c.199 §1; 1977
c.644 §1; 1979 c.190 §73; 1981 c.862 §1; 1991 c.87 §1; 1991 c.107 §3; 1995
c.712 §17; 2019 c.675 §26; 2022 c.84 §8]