(1) The county clerk, an elections official or any elector shall challenge the ballot of any person offering to vote whom the clerk, official or elector knows or suspects not to be qualified as an elector.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 254.415

  • ballot: includes material posted in a voting compartment or delivered to an elector by mail. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
  • County clerk: means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
  • Elector: means an individual qualified to vote under section 2, Article II, Oregon Constitution. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) The clerk, official or elector challenging the ballot shall make, under oath or affirmation before a county clerk or other elections official, a written and numbered statement of challenge. The statement shall contain the name and residence address of the challenger, the name of the person challenged and a statement of the facts upon which the challenge is based.

(3) A person’s ballot may be challenged at any time before the ballot is removed from its return envelope for processing. [Formerly 250.350; 1981 c.142 § 4; 1985 c.808 § 38; 1991 c.14 § 1; 1995 c.607 § 81; 1999 c.410 § 55; 2007 c.154 § 37]

 

[1995 c.607 § 83; repealed by 2007 c.154 § 67]

 

[Amended by 1975 c.627 § 2; 1977 c.487 § 4; 1979 c.190 § 138; renumbered 249.875]

 

[Formerly 250.400; 1983 c.83 § 30; repealed by 1991 c.14 § 4]

 

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