2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections
Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall
Section 249.215 - Filling vacancy in state office at general election; remaining term of office.

Universal Citation: OR Rev Stat § 249.215 (2019)

(1) If a vacancy occurs in a state office before the 61st day before the first general election to be held during that term of office, the remaining two years of the term of the state office shall be filled by the electors at that general election.

(2) The remaining two years of the term of the state office shall commence on the second Monday in January following the general election. Any appointment made to fill the vacancy shall expire when a successor to the office is elected and qualified.

(3) Candidates for the remaining two years of the term of the state office under this section shall be nominated as provided in this chapter, with major political parties following the procedure set forth in ORS 249.200, except as follows:

(a) A minor political party, by party rule, or an assembly of electors or individual electors, may select a nominee; and

(b) The Secretary of State shall accept certificates of nomination and notifications of nominees filed with the secretary pursuant to a schedule for filing set by the secretary, but in any case not later than the 62nd day before the first general election.

(4) As used in this section, "state office" means the office of Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [2009 c.511 §22; 2011 c.731 §12; 2018 c.86 §2]

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