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Or. Rev. Stat. § 251.185

Measures, estimates, statements and arguments included in voters’ pamphlet; county and metropolitan service district measures; community college measures relating to bonding

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      251.185 Measures, estimates, statements and arguments included in voters’ pamphlet; county and metropolitan service district measures; community college measures relating to bonding. (1) The Secretary of State shall have printed in the voters’ pamphlet for a general election or any special election a copy of the title and text of each state measure to be submitted to the people at the election for which the pamphlet was prepared. The pamphlet must include the procedures for filing a complaint under ORS 260.345. Each measure shall be printed in the pamphlet with:

      (a) The number and ballot title of the measure;

      (b) The financial estimates and any statement prepared for the measure under ORS 250.125;

      (c) The explanatory statement prepared for the measure;

      (d) Arguments relating to the measure and filed with the Secretary of State;

      (e) Any racial and ethnic impact statement prepared for the measure under ORS 137.685; and

      (f) Any statement submitted for the measure by a citizen panel under ORS 250.141.

      (2) A community college district measure relating to bonding, a county measure or a measure of a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268, and the ballot title, explanatory statement and arguments relating to the measure, filed by the county, metropolitan service district or community college district under ORS 251.285 shall be included in the voters’ pamphlet described in subsection (1) of this section if required under ORS 251.067.

      (3) As used in this section, “community college district” has the meaning given that term in ORS 341.005. [Formerly 255.410; 1991 c.719 §10; 1991 c.971 §7; 1993 c.493 §19; 1999 c.318 §16; 2005 c.633 §4; 2009 c.232 §1; 2011 c.365 §10; 2013 c.600 §§6,8; 2013 c.722 §20; 2014 c.72 §§4,5; 2017 c.392 §§3,4; 2017 c.614 §§8,9]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: Teledyne Industries, Inc. v. Paulus
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Teledyne Industries, Inc. v. Paulus (1984) or · cites it 2× “See ORS 251.185; ORS 251.205. 1 The Secretary of State, named as respondent, appears and is represented by the Attorney General.”
MacAfee v. Paulus (1980) or · cites it 2× “ORS 251.185. 1 Subsequently a second petitioner filed a petition proposing a contrary amendment of the explanatory statement.”
Knopp v. Griffin-Valade (2024) or “ORS 251.185(1); Official Voters’ Pamphlet, General Election, Nov 8, 2022, 65-71.”
Deras v. Myers (1998) or · cites it 2× “The Secretary of State must print the explanatory statement in the voters' pamphlet, ORS 251.185, and distribute the voters' pamphlet to voters throughout Oregon, ORS 251.”
Sollis v. Hand (1990) or “ORS 251.185. Accordingly, we conclude that the statement is insufficient and unclear in its characterization of the payments.”
Parks v. Comm'r (2015) · cites it 4× “With *283 respect to each initiative and referred measure on the ballot in a given election, the voters pamphlet was required to contain, inter alia, the ballot title of the measure, 10 an explanatory statement for the measure, and a statement estimating the direct financial…”
Priestley v. Roberts (1985) or · cites it 2× “ORS 251.185 and 251.215(1) also are relevant.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 251.185(1) — 1 case
Knopp v. Griffin-Valade (2024) or “ORS 251.185(1); Official Voters’ Pamphlet, General Election, Nov 8, 2022, 65-71.”
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