Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 249.072 (2026)

Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions

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      249.072 Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions. (1) If the nonpartisan office is to be voted for in the state at large, the nominating petition shall contain at least 1,000 signatures of electors, or a number of signatures of electors equal to at least one percent of the vote cast in the state for all candidates for Governor at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term, whichever is less. The signatures shall include those of at least 100 electors registered in each congressional district.

      (2) The nominating petition for a nonpartisan office not provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall contain at least 500 signatures of electors in the electoral district, or a number of signatures of electors equal to at least one percent of the vote cast in the electoral district for all candidates for Governor at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term, whichever is less. [Formerly 252.810; 1987 c.707 §7; 1989 c.174 §2; 1999 c.410 §23; 2018 c.70 §12; 2019 c.675 §12]