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Or. Rev. Stat. § 249.705 (2026)

Nomination by other than major party

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      249.705 Nomination by other than major party. A minor political party, assembly of electors or individual electors may nominate one candidate for each partisan public office to be filled at the general election by preparing and filing a certificate of nomination as provided in ORS 249.712 to 249.850. [1979 c.190 §125]

 

      249.710 [Amended by 1957 c.608 §109; 1963 c.176 §1; 1977 c.829 §9; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1984–2007 · 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 4× “ORS 249.705. An assembly of electors is a body of at least 250 to 1,000 electors, the minimum number depending upon the offices for which the assembly makes nominations.”
Kucera v. Bradbury, 97 P.3d 1191 (Or. 2004). “078, a minor political party, an assembly of electors, or individual electors, ORS 249.705. ORS 249.740 describes the procedure for nomination of candidates by individual electors: “(1) A certificate of nomination made by individual electors shall contain a number of signatures…”
Friedman v. Paulus, 689 P.2d 1330 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “She therefore concluded that the party could not nominate a candidate for the office under ORS 249.705 et seq. Respondents appealed the refusal to the circuit court, ORS 246.”
Libertarian Party v. Roberts, 737 P.2d 137 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “Once a minor political party satisfies the five percent petition requirement throughout the state, it has the same nominating and ballot access rights and capabilities as the major parties, except that it nominates its candidates through the procedures outlined in ORS 249.705 to…”
Keisling v. Myers, 171 P.3d 345 (Or. 2007). “135(4) (providing that name of each candidate nominated shall be printed on ballot); ORS 249.705 (providing that minor political parties, assemblies of electors and individual electors may nominate candidates).”
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