§ ORS § 260.567Alteration of information on petition signature sheet; exceptions

(1) Except as provided in
subsection (2) of this section, a person other than the person who signed the
signature sheet of an initiative, referendum, recall or candidate nominating
petition, a prospective petition for a state measure to be initiated or a
certificate of nomination may not write, alter, correct, clarify or obscure on
the signature sheet any information about the person who signed the signature
sheet.

(2) A person
other than the person who signed the signature sheet may:

(a) Alter,
correct, clarify or obscure on the signature sheet any information about the
person who signed the signature sheet if the line on which the signature
appears is subsequently initialed by the person who signed the signature sheet;
or

(b) Write, alter,
correct, clarify or obscure on the signature sheet any information about the
person who signed the signature sheet if the person who signed the signature
sheet is a person with a disability and requests assistance in writing,
altering, correcting, clarifying or obscuring on the signature sheet any
information about the person.

(3) As used in
this section:

(a) “Information
about the person who signed the signature sheet” means any information
regarding the person who signed the signature sheet of an initiative,
referendum, recall or candidate nominating petition, a prospective petition for
a state measure to be initiated or a certificate of nomination, in addition to
the signature of the person, that is required or requested to be supplied on a
signature sheet of an initiative, referendum, recall or candidate nominating
petition, a prospective petition or a certificate of nomination.

(b) “The person
who signed the signature sheet” means the person whose signature will be
submitted for verification under ORS chapter 249 or ORS 250.045 (3), 250.105,
250.215, 250.315 or 255.175 for the purpose of determining whether the
petition, prospective petition or certificate contains the required number of
signatures of electors. [2007 c.848 §7b; 2009 c.533 §7]