§ ORS § 251.049Names or titles of persons or names of organizations excluded from arguments and statements; exceptions; prohibitions

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of
State may not print the name or title of a person or the name of an
organization in an argument supporting or opposing any measure or a statement
of any candidate, political party or assembly of electors filed for inclusion
in the voters’ pamphlet, if the name or title of the person or the name of the
organization is cited as supporting or endorsing the argument or statement.

(2) The Secretary
of State may print the name or title of a person or the name of an organization
in an argument or statement submitted for inclusion in the voters’ pamphlet as
supporting or endorsing the argument or statement if:

(a) Not later
than the deadline for filing an argument or statement with the Secretary of
State, the secretary receives a statement signed by the person, or by an
authorized person on behalf of an organization, stating that the person
consents to the use of the name or title of the person or the name of the
organization; or

(b) The name or
title of a person or the name of an organization is used with a quotation made
by the person or by an authorized person on behalf of an organization, the
quotation was disseminated to the public prior to its inclusion in the argument
or statement and the quotation is identified by its source and date.

(3) A person may
not:

(a) Submit a
false signature under subsection (2) of this section; or

(b) Alter the
manner in which a person signing a statement of consent described in subsection
(2) of this section designates the person’s name or title or the name of the
organization the person represents to appear in the argument or statement. This
paragraph does not prohibit revisions allowed or required under ORS 251.055 or
251.087. [1987 c.724 §2; 1991 c.719 §47; 1993 c.493 §108; 2001 c.564 §1; 2003
c.233 §2; 2009 c.11 §22]



251.050 [Repealed by 1957 c.217 §9]