§ ORS § 254.660Conduct of special election; rules

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 253.065, for a special election called under ORS
254.655, ballots shall be mailed to military or overseas electors not later
than the 30th day before the date of the election. County clerks shall make
ballots available to other absent electors not later than the 28th day before
the date of the special election.

(2)
Notwithstanding ORS 254.545, not later than 5 p.m. of the third day after the
date of the special election, the county clerk shall deliver to the Secretary
of State a copy of the abstracts for the offices voted upon at the special
election. The abstract for election of Governor shall be delivered separately
to the secretary as provided in section 4, Article V of the Oregon
Constitution.

(3) Not later
than 5 p.m. of the first day after the date of the special election, a county
clerk who received a ballot originating in another county shall forward the
ballot by overnight mail or delivery or by the most expeditious means available
to the county clerk of the county from which the ballot originated.

(4)
Notwithstanding ORS 254.555, not later than 5 p.m. of the fourth business day
after the date of the special election, the Secretary of State shall issue a
proclamation declaring the election of candidates to offices or shall order
recounts of the votes cast as provided in ORS 258.280.

(5)(a)
Notwithstanding ORS 258.161, a recount may not be conducted for any special
election under this section unless the recount is required by ORS 258.280.

(b) If a recount
for any special election is required by ORS 258.280, the Secretary of State
shall complete the recount as expeditiously as possible to minimize disruption
to the sessions of the Legislative Assembly and shall issue a proclamation
declaring the election of a candidate to office upon completion of the recount.

(6) The cost of
all special elections called under ORS 254.655 shall be paid by the state.

(7) The ballot at
a special election described in this section may not contain:

(a) Any measure;
or

(b) Any candidate
other than those candidates for which a special election is necessary.

(8) If there is a
vacancy in the nomination of a candidate at a special election called under ORS
254.655, the vacancy in the nomination shall be filled in the manner provided
in ORS chapter 249 and the special election shall be held as scheduled.

(9) When the
office of state Senator or state Representative is vacant at the beginning of a
session of the Legislative Assembly due to a special election called under ORS
254.655, the vacancy may not be filled as provided in ORS 171.051 unless,
before entering upon the duties of the office to which the person was elected,
the person elected at the special election dies, resigns or is declared
disqualified by the house to which the person was elected.

(10) The
Secretary of State may adopt rules governing the procedures for conducting a
special election required by ORS 254.650. [2003 c.542 §4; 2013 c.520 §19]



254.990 [Repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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