Oregon Statutes 258.290 – Automatic full recount required in certain elections on measures; costs of recount to be paid by governmental unit; exception
(1) If the official canvass of votes of an election reveals that the difference in the number of votes cast for or against any measure is not more than one-fifth of one percent of the total votes cast for and against the measure, the Secretary of State, in the case of a measure for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer, and the county clerk who conducted the election in the case of any other measure shall order a full recount of all votes cast for the measure.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 258.290
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- County clerk: means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. See Oregon Statutes 258.006
- Full recount: means a recount of all the precincts in which votes were cast for the nomination or office for which a candidate received a vote or on any measure that appeared on the ballot. See Oregon Statutes 258.006
- Measure: includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election:
(a) A proposed law. See Oregon Statutes 258.006
(2) The cost of a full recount conducted under this section shall be paid by the state, county, city or special district for which the measure was proposed.
(3) This section does not apply if the election on the measure is an election at which at least 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election must cast a ballot under sections 11 and 11k, Article XI, Oregon Constitution, and less than 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election cast ballots. [Formerly 251.645; 1993 c.493 § 51; 1997 c.541 § 313e; 2001 c.965 § 41; 2010 c.9 § 6]
[1965 c.586 § 26; 1979 c.190 § 256; renumbered 254.335]