§ ORS § 248.029Recall of committeeperson; procedure; cost

(1) Except as provided in this section, the provisions for recall of a public
officer under ORS 249.002 to 249.013 and 249.865 to 249.877, apply to a recall
election of a precinct committeeperson.

(2) A precinct
committeeperson may be recalled by a petition signed by the number of party
members equal to not less than 25 percent of the number of party members who
voted in the precinct as it existed at the preceding primary election. The
petitioners shall state in not more than 200 words on the recall petition the
reasons for the recall. If the precinct committeeperson resigns, the
resignation shall take effect on the date of the resignation. If the
precinct committeeperson does not resign before the fifth day after the
petition is filed with the county elections official, a special election shall
be ordered by the county elections official to be held not later than the 25th
day after the petition is filed to determine whether the precinct committeeperson
will be recalled. The recall election shall be held in the precinct as it
existed when the committeeperson was elected. On the ballot shall be printed
the reasons for the recall stated in the recall petition, and, in not more than
200 words, the precinct committeeperson’s justification of the committeeperson’s
actions in office. The precinct committeeperson shall continue to perform
duties of the office until the result of the special election is declared.

(3) The cost of
the election shall be paid by the county central committee of the party of the
precinct committeeperson. [Formerly 248.053; 1981 c.173 §19; 1987 c.267 §11;
1995 c.712 §20; 2019 c.675 §22]



248.030 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §51;
repealed by 1965 c.407 §18]



COUNTY CENTRAL
COMMITTEE