Oregon Statutes 254.125 – Nominating ballot for candidates to nonpartisan office; listing of candidates for judge at primary and general elections; use of term incumbent
(1) The names of candidates for a nonpartisan office at a nominating election held on the date of the primary election shall be listed without political party designation on a nominating ballot under the title, and department or position number if any, of the office.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 254.125
- ballot: includes material posted in a voting compartment or delivered to an elector by mail. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
- Nonpartisan office: means the office of judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit court or the Oregon Tax Court, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, any elected office of a metropolitan service district under ORS Chapter 268, justice of the peace, county clerk, county assessor, county surveyor, county treasurer, county judge who exercises judicial functions, sheriff, district attorney or any office designated nonpartisan by a home rule charter. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
(2) At the primary election or general election:
(a) The names of candidates who are opposed for nomination or election to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and circuit court shall be printed on the ballot before the names of candidates for those offices who are unopposed; and
(b) The word ‘incumbent’ shall follow the name of each candidate for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court or circuit court who is designated the incumbent by the Secretary of State under ORS § 254.085. [1979 c.190 § 236; 1979 c.451 § 6; 1979 c.587 § 4; 1983 c.7 § 4; 1985 c.742 § 2; 1993 c.493 35,36; 1995 c.658 § 99; 1995 c.712 § 59; 1999 c.410 § 45; 2007 c.154 § 24]
[Amended by 1957 c.608 § 175; 1959 c.457 § 7; 1975 c.766 § 5a; 1979 c.317 § 13; repealed by 1979 c.190 § 431]