Oregon Statutes 247.015 – Other registration procedures
(1) A qualified person absent from the state may register by mailing to the county clerk for the county in which the person resides a completed registration card or a signed statement containing the information required on a registration card.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 247.015
- County clerk: means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. See Oregon Statutes 247.002
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Registration card: means a state voter registration card approved by the Secretary of State under ORS § 247. See Oregon Statutes 247.002
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) On written request from a qualified person who by physical incapacity cannot register in the office of the county clerk, the county clerk of the county in which the person resides shall send the person a registration card or register the person at the person’s residence.
(3) An otherwise qualified person who will become a United States citizen after the 21st calendar day immediately preceding an election may register before the 20th day before the election. The county clerk of the county in which the person resides shall cancel the person’s registration before the election unless the person appears before the county clerk and provides evidence of citizenship. [1979 c.190 § 42; 1979 c.507 § 1a; 1989 c.20 § 2; 1995 c.742 § 18; 2001 c.965 § 1; 2007 c.555 § 3]