§ ORS § 258.290Automatic full recount required in certain elections on measures; costs of recount to be paid by governmental unit; exception

(1) If the official canvass of
votes of an election reveals that the difference in the number of votes cast
for or against any measure is not more than one-fifth of one percent of the
total votes cast for and against the measure, the Secretary of State, in the
case of a measure for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer, and
the county clerk who conducted the election in the case of any other measure
shall order a full recount of all votes cast for the measure.

(2) The cost of a
full recount conducted under this section shall be paid by the state, county,
city or special district for which the measure was proposed.

(3) This section
does not apply if the election on the measure is an election at which at least
50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election must cast a
ballot under sections 11 and 11k, Article XI, Oregon Constitution, and less
than 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election cast
ballots. [Formerly 251.645; 1993 c.493 §51; 1997 c.541 §313e; 2001 c.965 §41;
2010 c.9 §6]



258.295 [1965 c.586 §26; 1979 c.190 §256;
renumbered 254.335]