2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 5, Chapters 171 - 200
ORS Chapter 198
198.760 Requirements for signers of petition; signer s withdrawal prohibited; chief petitioners designated.

(1) Each person signing a petition may also print the person s name on the petition and shall add after the signature the date of signing. If a person is signing the petition as an elector, the person shall add after the signature the person s place of residence, giving street and number or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained. If the signer is signing the petition as a landowner, the number of acres of land owned by the signer and the name of the county whose assessment roll is used for the purpose of determining the signer s right to vote shall be stated in the body of the petition or indicated opposite the signature. If the signer is a legal representative of the owner, the signature shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the signer s authority to sign as a legal representative.

(2) After a petition has been offered for filing, a person may not withdraw the person s name therefrom.

(3) A petition shall designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners, setting forth their names and mailing addresses. A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. [1971 c.727 17; 1973 c.283 7; 1983 c.567 18]