Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 248.015 (2026)

Precinct committeepersons; qualifications; election; vote required; term

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248.015 Precinct committeepersons; qualifications; election; vote required; term. (1) A precinct committeeperson shall be a representative of the major political party in the precinct. At the primary election a major political party shall elect from its members a precinct committeeperson for every 250 electors, or major fraction thereof, who are registered in the precinct 251 days before the primary election. In any event the political party members of a precinct shall be entitled to elect not less than two committeepersons in the precinct. A person may not hold office as precinct committeeperson in more than one precinct.

(2) A member of a major political party who meets the party membership requirements set forth in ORS 249.046 may become a candidate for precinct committeeperson of the precinct in which the person is registered, of a precinct within the same county adjoining that precinct or of a precinct that is both in the same county and state Representative district as the precinct in which the person is registered, by filing a declaration of candidacy described in ORS 249.031, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) ORS 249.031 (1)(i) does not apply to declarations of candidacy for candidates for precinct committeeperson.

(4) A member of the major political party who has been a member of that party for 180 days before the primary election may be elected by write-in votes as precinct committeeperson of the precinct in which the member is registered, of a precinct within the same county adjoining that precinct or of a precinct that is both in the same county and state Representative district as the precinct in which the person is registered. A member elected by write-in votes must meet the requirements for write-in candidates set forth in this section and ORS 248.019 or 248.021.

(5) Unless a qualified person receives at least three votes, no person is deemed to have been elected as precinct committeeperson and the office of precinct committeeperson shall be vacant.

(6) The term of office of a precinct committeeperson is from the 35th day after the date of the primary election until the 35th day after the date of the next following primary election.

(7) A precinct committeeperson is not considered a public officer. [1965 c.407 §§3, 7; subsection (6) enacted as 1967 c.540 §3(3); 1969 c.282 §1; 1977 c.199 §1; 1977 c.644 §1; 1979 c.190 §73; 1981 c.862 §1; 1991 c.87 §1; 1991 c.107 §3; 1995 c.712 §17; 2019 c.675 §26; 2022 c.84 §8]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: Libertarian Party of Oregon v. Roberts, 750 P.2d 1147 (Or. 1988).

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Libertarian Party of Oregon v. Roberts, 750 P.2d 1147 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “ORS 248.015 to 248.380, 249.016 to 249.205.”

Drummonds v. Myers, 540 P.2d 368 (Or. 1975). “The proposed enactment would amend ORS 248.015, 249.031, 249.041, 249.051, 249.”

Fenimore v. Lane Cnty. Repub. Cent. Comm. (D. Or. 2023). · cites it 4× “” ORS § 248.015(1) (emphasis added). The statutory language indicates that each PCP represents registered Republicans in Lane County, and not “voters” at large.”

Laura Fenimore v. Lane Cnty. Repub. Cent. Comm. (9th Cir. 2024). · cites it 3× “” Or. Rev. Stat. § 248.015 (7). Rather, precinct committeepersons “shall be treated as directors of nonprofit corporations for liability for all matters relating to the political party.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 248.015(1) — 1 case

Fenimore v. Lane Cnty. Repub. Cent. Comm. (D. Or. 2023). “” ORS § 248.015(1) (emphasis added). The statutory language indicates that each PCP represents registered Republicans in Lane County, and not “voters” at large.”

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