254.175
Providing ballot title and financial estimates in lieu of printing on ballot;
contents of ballot in recall elections. (1) In lieu of printing the complete ballot title of
any measure, other than a state measure, the county clerk may print the caption
and the question of the ballot title and the measure number on the ballot.
(2) In lieu of
printing the complete ballot title and financial estimates of any state measure
to be initiated or referred, the county clerk may print the caption of the
ballot title, the statements described in ORS 250.035 (2)(b) and (c) and the
measure number on the ballot.
(3) In the case
of a recall election, the following shall be printed on the ballot:
(a) The
statements described in section 18, Article II of the Oregon Constitution, and
ORS 249.877; and
(b) The question “Do
you vote to recall ______ from the office of ______?”, with the name of the
person against whom a recall petition has been filed printed in the first blank
space and the public office held by the person printed in the second blank
space.
(4) The complete
text of each ballot title and any financial estimates shall be included with
each official ballot. [Formerly 258.380; 1981 c.173 §31; 1981 c.391 §10; 1985
c.808 §36; 1991 c.971 §14; 1995 c.534 §1a; 1999 c.410 §49; 2007 c.154 §29; 2009
c.511 §8]
254.180 [Amended by 1953 c.150 §2; 1957
c.608 §179; 1979 c.190 §151; renumbered 250.125]
Notes of Decisions
Ecumenical Ministries v. Oregon State Lottery Comm'n, 871 P.2d 106 (Or. 1994).
· cites it 4× “This includes, at least, those portions of the ballot title (normally the caption and question, ORS 254.175) that were actually before the voters at the time that they cast their ballots on the measure.”
Knopp v. Griffin-Valade, 543 P.3d 1239 (Or. 2024).
· cites it 2× “ORS 254.175(2). Counties also may choose to print the full ballot title, including the summary.”
Witt v. Kulongoski, 872 P.2d 14 (Or. 1994).
· cites it 2× “30(6) in part provides that, in case a petition for review of a ballot title is filed in this court: "[T]he Attorney General shall include [to this court] the draft ballot title, the certified ballot title, the Attorney General's letter of transmittal to the Secretary of State…”
Nelson v. Roberts, 789 P.2d 650 (Or. 1990).
· cites it 2× “See ORS 254.175. But the Caption and Question will be printed on the voter's ballot.”
Peppers v. Myers, 942 P.2d 273 (Or. 1997).
· cites it 2× “ORS 254.175. Many counties have opted to not print the summary there.”
Oregon State Homeowner's Ass'n v. Roberts, 703 P.2d 954 (Or. 1985).
“ORS 254.175. 3 For the effectiveness of placing affirmative lawmaking directives in a constitution, compare Article XI-D, section 3 of the Oregon Constituition, which in 1931 directed the legislature to develop water power in Oregon.”
Rogers v. Myers, 179 P.3d 627 (Or. 2008).
· cites it 2× “035(2)(a)-(c), takes on particular importance in light of ORS 254.175(2), which, since 1995, has authorized county clerks to print ballots displaying the caption and result statements, but not the summary, of the certified ballot title for an initiated or referred state measure.”
Caruthers v. Kroger, 210 P.3d 882 (Or. 2009).
“To be accurate, a caption must not “understate or overstate the scope of the legal changes that the proposed measure would enact.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 254.175(1) — 1 case
Witt v. Kulongoski, 872 P.2d 14 (Or. 1994).
“30(6) in part provides that, in case a petition for review of a ballot title is filed in this court: "[T]he Attorney General shall include [to this court] the draft ballot title, the certified ballot title, the Attorney General's letter of transmittal to the Secretary of State…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 254.175(2) — 3 cases
Knopp v. Griffin-Valade, 543 P.3d 1239 (Or. 2024).
“ORS 254.175(2). Counties also may choose to print the full ballot title, including the summary.”
Rogers v. Myers, 179 P.3d 627 (Or. 2008).
“035(2)(a)-(c), takes on particular importance in light of ORS 254.175(2), which, since 1995, has authorized county clerks to print ballots displaying the caption and result statements, but not the summary, of the certified ballot title for an initiated or referred state measure.”
Caruthers v. Kroger, 210 P.3d 882 (Or. 2009).
“To be accurate, a caption must not “understate or overstate the scope of the legal changes that the proposed measure would enact.”
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