TrustVoting Atlas

(1) Not later than the 40th day
after the election or the seventh day after completion of a recount of votes
cast in connection with the election, any person authorized to contest a result
of the election may file a petition of contest. The petition shall be filed
with:

(a) The Circuit
Court for Marion County if the petition involves a state measure, a candidate
for election to the office of elector of President and Vice President of the
United States or a candidate for nomination or election to the office of United
States Senator, United States Representative in Congress, Governor, Secretary
of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of the Bureau of
Labor and Industries or a position of judge on the Oregon Supreme Court, the
Oregon Court of Appeals or the Oregon Tax Court.

(b) The circuit
court for the county where a majority of the electors in the electoral district
reside if the petition involves a candidate for nomination or election to the
office of state Senator, state Representative, circuit court judge or district
attorney.

(c) The circuit
court for the county in which the filing officer is located if the petition
involves a candidate for nomination or election to county, city or district
office or a county, city or district measure. If a district is located in more
than one county, the petition shall be filed with the circuit court for the
county in which the administrative office of the district is located.

(d) The circuit
court for the county in which the filing officer authorized to order the recall
election is located if the petition involves the recall of a public officer.

(2) The petition
shall be verified in the manner required for verification of complaints in
civil cases and shall specify:

(a) The cause of
the contest; and

(b) The names of
all contestees. [Formerly 251.045; 1995 c.607 §53; 2001 c.965 §30; 2009 c.511 §15;
2011 c.731 §14]



258.040 [1953 c.397 §37; repealed by 1965
c.586 §34]



258.045 [1965 c.586 §6; 1979 c.190 §25;
renumbered 246.530]