260.555
Prohibitions relating to petitions.
(1) A person attempting to obtain signatures on, or causing to be circulated, a
petition or prospective petition that is being circulated in accordance with
the laws of this state may not knowingly make any false statement regarding the
contents, meaning or effect of the petition or prospective petition to any
person who signs it, attempts to sign it, is requested to sign it or requests
information concerning it.
(2) If a person
knows that a petition, or prospective petition, that is otherwise being
circulated in accordance with the laws of this state contains a false
signature, the person may not attempt to obtain signatures on, cause to be
circulated, or file with a filing officer, the petition or prospective
petition.
(3) If a person
knows that another person is not qualified to sign a petition or prospective
petition that is being circulated in accordance with the laws of this state,
the person may not attempt to obtain the signature of the other person on the
petition or prospective petition.
(4) A person may
not knowingly sign more than once any petition or prospective petition that is
being circulated in accordance with the laws of this state, knowingly sign such
petition or prospective petition when not qualified to sign it, or sign such petition
or prospective petition in any name other than the person’s own.
(5) A public
official or employee may not knowingly make a false certification concerning a
petition or prospective petition that is circulated in accordance with the laws
of this state. [1979 c.190 §376; 2001 c.489 §1; 2023 c.600 §15]
Notes of Decisions
State ex rel Sajo v. Paulus, 688 P.2d 367 (Or. 1984).
“” Other procedures are phrased in permissive language: “Chief peti;ioners should review with all circulators of a petition the legal prohibitions and guidelines as set forth in ORS 260.555 hrough 260.585, for obtaining signatures on the petition.”
State v. Hirschman, 379 P.3d 616 (Deschutes Cty. Cir. Ct., O.R. 2016).
“, ORS 260.555(3) (prohibiting any “attempt to obtain the signature of a person to an initiative, referendum or recall petition knowing that the person * * * is not qualified to sign it”)).”
Couey v. Clarno, 469 P.3d 790 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
“The single restriction on a circu- lator’s speech is described in ORS 260.555(1), which prohib- its a person from “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement regarding the contents, meaning or effect of the petition to any person who signs it, attempts to sign it, is requested to…”
State Ex Rel. Sajo v. Paulus, 688 P.2d 367 (Or. 1984).
“" Other procedures are phrased in permissive language: "Chief petitioners should review with all circulators of a petition the legal prohibitions and guidelines as set forth in ORS 260.555 through 260.585, for obtaining signatures on the petition.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 260.555(1) — 1 case
Couey v. Clarno, 469 P.3d 790 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
“The single restriction on a circu- lator’s speech is described in ORS 260.555(1), which prohib- its a person from “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement regarding the contents, meaning or effect of the petition to any person who signs it, attempts to sign it, is requested to…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 260.555(3) — 1 case
State v. Hirschman, 379 P.3d 616 (Deschutes Cty. Cir. Ct., O.R. 2016).
“, ORS 260.555(3) (prohibiting any “attempt to obtain the signature of a person to an initiative, referendum or recall petition knowing that the person * * * is not qualified to sign it”)).”
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