2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 6, Chapters 201 - 260
ORS Chapter 251
251.095 Candidate space in voters pamphlet; fee or petition; use of space; rules.

(1) For space in the voters pamphlet:

(a) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President of the United States shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $3,500 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 500 active electors of the state.

(b) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of United States Senator or any state office to be voted for in the state at large shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $3,000 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 500 active electors of the state.

(c) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of Representative in Congress shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $2,500 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 300 active electors of the candidate s electoral district.

(d) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of state Senator or state Representative shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $750 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 200 active electors of the candidate s electoral district.

(e) Each candidate for nomination or election to any other office shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $600 to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 200 active electors of the candidate s electoral district.

(2) The signatures on a petition submitted under subsection (1) of this section shall be certified by the county clerk in the manner provided in ORS 249.008 or by the Secretary of State. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State.

(3) The space allotted to each candidate shall be used for materials filed under ORS 251.065, including the portrait and statement of reasons the candidate should be nominated or elected and the information required under ORS 251.085. If a portrait is not filed, the statement may cover the entire allotted space. The length of the statement shall not exceed 325 words. All candidates shall be allowed the same amount of space. The Secretary of State by rule shall prescribe the size of the space allotted to each candidate, except that the space may not be smaller than 30 square inches. [Formerly 255.051; 1981 c.375 2; 1983 c.567 14; 1985 c.808 30b; 1987 c.707 12; 1999 c.318 12; 2009 c.817 1; 2011 c.482 1]