duplicate thereof in a conspicuous place in his office and keep the same posted until after the election has taken place; and he shall forthwith proceed and cause to be printed, according to law, the colored or sample ballots and the white ballots required by this act. ADDITIONAL METHOD FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PARTY NOMINATIONS, NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN, DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, ETC., UNDER THE DIRECT PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION LAW § 3936. Additional Method for Nomination of Candidates for Party Nominations-Declaration of Candidate-Filing Thereof. Any registered elector may become a candidate for his or her party's nomination for any office to which he or she is constitutionally eligible or for selection as national committeeman, delegate to a national party convention or presidential elector, in addition to the method now provided by law, by filing a declaration of his or her candidacy, as herein provided and accompanying said declaration with the required filing fee. Declarations of candidates shall be filed with the secretary of state, county clerk or city clerk or auditor, as the case may be, and the filing of a declaration with the proper official shall be conclusive evidence that the elector in question is a candidate for nomination by his party or for selection as national committeeman, delegate to a national party convention or presidential elector. All declarations pertaining to candidates for national committeemen, delegates to national party conventions, presidential electors, United States senator in congress, representative in congress, governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, justice of the supreme court, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, state printer, state engineer, dairy and food commissioner, commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics and inspector of factories and workshops, commissioner of the railroad commission of Oregon, superintendent of a water division, judge of the circuit court, district or prosecuting attorney, state senator or representative in the legislative assembly, or other office to be voted for in the state at large, or in a district composed of one or more counties shall be filed with the secretary of state; all declarations pertaining to candidates for county offices and district or precinct offices within a county shall be filed with the county clerk; and for all city offices in the office of the city clerk, recorder or auditor, as the case may be. Note-State printer is no longer elective.-Section 2781, Oregon Laws. Railroad commission is now public service commission.-Section 5817, Oregon Laws. State engineer appointive after present term.-Section 5686, Oregon Laws. Offices of superintendents of water divisions abolished.-Chapter 283, Laws 1923. § 3937. Form of Declaration for Party Nominations. Declarations. of candidates for party nominations shall be substantially as follows: Το (counties of) (address of the officer with whom the petition is to be party and the electors of (state) (district), (county), (city) (as the reside at and filed), and to the members of the party. I am a duly registered member of the If I am nominated for the office of at the primary nominating election to be held in the (state of Oregon), (district), (county), (city), the day of 19, I will accept the nomination and will not withdraw, and if I am elected I will qualify as such officer. If I am not nominated I will not accept the nomination or indorsement of any party other than the one in which I am registered. If I am nominated and elected I will, during my term of office (here the candidate, in not exceeding one hundred words, may state any measures or principles he especially advocates, and the form in which he wishes it printed after his name on the nominating ballot, in not exceeding twelve words.) I inclose (check, draft, money order, or cash, as the case may be) in the sum of $ to cover the filing fee required by law. (Signature of Candidate.) § 3938. Form of Declaration for Delegates to National Convention. Declarations of candidates for delegates to national party conventions shall be substantially as follows: and my post office address is I am a duly registered member of the party. If I am selected as delegate to the national convention to be held at on the day of 19—, I will use my best efforts to bring about the nomination of those persons for president and vice-president of the United States, who receive the largest number of votes at the coming primary election in the state of Oregon. I believe (here the candidate, in not exceeding one hundred words, may state the names of candidates or principles in which he especially believes, and the twelve words, or less, which he desires printed on the ballot.) of $ I inclose (check, draft, money order, or cash, as the case may be) in the sum to cover the filing fee required by law. § 3939. Declarations for Presidential Elector. (Signature of Candidate.) Declarations of candidates for presidential elector shall be substantially as prescribed by section 3938; provided, said candidates shall pledge themselves, if elected, to vote for their party's nominees for president and vice-president of the United States in the electoral college. § 3940. Declaration for National Committeman. Declarations of candidates for national committeemen shall be substantially as prescribed by section 3938; provided, said candidates shall pledge themselves, if elected, to represent their constituents to the best of their ability. § 3941. Filing Fees. The filing fees required by candidates, to be paid at the time of the filing of their declarations, shall be as follows: For United States senator For all offices to be voted for in the state at large excepting national committeemen, delegates to national party conventions and presi dential electors -$150.00 100.00 For representatives in congress where the same are selected by districts.... 100.00 For all other candidates for district offices embracing more than one county, excepting senators and representatives in the legislature.... 50.00 For all candidates for county offices, including district attorney and excepting district offices within the county. 20.00 For all candidates for senator and representative in the legislature.. 10.00 15.00 5.00 No fee For all district offices within the county. § 3942. When Candidacy Complete-Withdrawal-Printing Name on Ballot. Upon the proper filing of notice of candidacy, accompanied by the required fee, said candidacy shall be deemed complete, and, unless the candidate shall withdraw and state his or her reasons for withdrawal under oath and file the same with the proper official, the secretary of state, county clerk, or city auditor or clerk, as the case may be, shall cause the name of said candidate to be printed upon the official ballot at the ensuing primary election and no additional signatures or fees shall be required to make said candidacy complete and effective. § 3943. When Declarations Must Be Filed. All declarations of candidates required to be filed with the secretary of state, shall be filed not later than the thirty-fifth day prior to the primary nominating election, and all declarations required to be filed with the county clerk, city clerk, recorder, or auditor as the case may be, in towns or cities having 2,000 or more inhabitants, shall be filed not later than the thirtieth day prior to the primary nominating election. § 3944. Must Be Candidate of Party in Which Registered. In case any candidate for office shall elect to become a candidate under the provisions of section 3969, he shall be required to file the following declaration: "If I am not nominated, I will not accept the nomination or indorsement of any party other than the one in which I am registered," in addition to the one provided in said section. § 3945. Delegates to National Conventions-Nomination of Presidential Electors-Choice of Candidates for President and Vice-President. In the years when a president and vice-president of the United States are to be nominated and elected, the several political parties recognized by section 3965 shall elect delegates to their national conventions and nominate their candidates for presidential electors, and may express their choice for candidates for the nominations for president and for vicepresident of the United States in the manner hereinafter provided. § 3946. Number of Delegates-Representation-Arrangement of Ballots. As soon as possible after the national committees of the several political parties issue their official calls for national nominating conventions, the secretary of state shall ascertain from the proper officials of such committees, the number of delegates allotted by such committees to the state of Oregon. Of the number of delegates allotted to Oregon by the national committee of each party subject to this act two of such delegates shall be elected from each congressional district of the state, and the remainder shall be elected from the state at large. In the arrangement of the official ballots for the primary nominating election of each party, the secretary of state shall provide for the election of two delegates from each congressional district in the state of Oregon, and for the election of the remainder of the said allotted delegates at large from the state of Oregon to the national convention of such political parties. § 3947. Electors Vote for Their Choice-Plurality Sufficient to Elect. Every qualified elector of a political party within the meaning of this act shall have the right to vote his or her preference on the nominating ballot of his or her party for two delegates from the congressional district in which he or she may reside and also for as many delegates as are to be elected at large from the state of Oregon. A plurality vote shall be deemed sufficient to elect a delegate to any national convention; provided, the allotted number of candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be chosen in each congressional district and in the state at large. § 3948. Election of Presidential Electors. In the years when a president and vice-president of the United States are to be nominated and elected, every qualified elector of a political party recognized by this act shall have an opportunity to vote his or her preference for the full quota of presidential electors who shall be nominated at the same time that delegates to party national conventions are elected. Every political party recognized by this act shall be entitled to nominate from the state at large, a number of candidates equal to the number of votes which this state may have in the electoral college, and every individual elector of any such party shall have the right to vote his or her preference for that number of candidates for the nomination for such office. § 3949. Delegates to National Party Conventions. Candidates for the office of delegate to a national convention or for nomination for the office of presidential elector may have their names placed on the official ballots for the primary nominating election of their respective political parties in the manner that candidates for nomination for other state and district offices are placed thereon as provided by law; provided, that whenever a nominating petition is a prerequisite for the appearance of a candidate's name on the nominating ballot of his or her party, existing laws providing the manner in which the names of candidates for nomination for state and district offices may be printed on the nominating official ballots, shall govern, provided not more than five hundred signatures shall be required on any such petition. § 3950. Candidates for Delegate Entitled to One Page Each in Campaign Pamphlet. Candidates for the office of delegate to a national convention and for nomination for the office of presidential elector shall have the right to use one page of space in the official primary election campaign pamphlet of their respective political parties which may be published and distributed prior to a primary nominating election upon the payment to the secretary of state of fifty dollars therefor. Any candidate may have not to exceed three additional pages of space in said pamphlet upon the payment of one hundred dollars for each additional page so used. § 3951. Nomination of Candidates for President and Vice-President. When candidates for the offices of president and vice-president of the United States are to be nominated, every qualified elector of a political party subject to this law shall have opportunity to vote his or her preference, on his or her party nominating ballot, for his or her choice for one person to be the candidate for nomination by his or her political party for the office of president, and one person for vice-president of the United States, either by writing the names of such persons in blank spaces to be left on said ballot for that purpose, or by marking with a cross before the printed names of the persons of his or her choice, as in the case of nominations of candidates for state and district offices. The name of any candidate for a party nomination for president or for vice-president of the United States shall be printed on said ballots upon the written request of such candidate filed with the secretary of state within the time provided for the filing of petitions of candidates for nomination for state and district offices, or upon the petition of one thousand of his supporters who are registered voters in the state of Oregon of the political party to which said candidate belongs. The names of such candidates for party nominations for president and vice-president of the United States shall be printed on the official ballots for the primary nominating clections of their respective political parties, and shall be marked, counted, canvassed, returned and proclaimed in the same manner and under the same conditions, as far as the same are applicable, as the names of candidates for nomination for state and district offices. §3952. Candidates for President and Vice-President Entitled to Four Pages in Campaign Pamphlet. Candidates for party nominations for president and for vice-president of the United States, or the committee or organization which shall file a petition in behalf of any such candidate, shall have the right to use not more than four pages of space in the official campaign pamphlet of their respective political parties and they shall pay to the secretary of state one hundred dollars per page for each page of space so used. Any qualified elector who is opposed to the nomination of a candidate of the political party to which he or she may belong, may have not exceeding four pages in the official pamphlet of his or her party in which he or she may set forth objections to such candidate and shall pay for space therein at the same rate. §3953. Nominees Entitled to Space in Pamphlet-Cost Not to Be Counted as Part of Sum to the Expenditure of Which Candidates Are Otherwise Restricted. Every person regularly nominated by a political party recognized as such by the laws of Oregon, for president or for vice-president of the United States, or for any office to be voted for by the electors of the state at large or for senator or representative in congress, or for any other office to be voted for in the state at large, shall be entitled to use not to exceed four pages of space in the state campaign book provided for by section 4119. In this space, a candidate, or his supporters with his written permission, filed with the secretary of state, may set forth the reasons why he should be elected. No charge shall be made against candidates for president and for vice-president of the United States for this printed space. The other candidates above named shall pay at the rate of one hundred dollars per printed page for said space, and said payment shall not be counted as a part of the 10 per cent of one year's salary that each candidate is allowed to spend for campaign purposes. § 3954. Conflicting Laws Repealed-Chapter 5, Laws 1911, Still to Apply in Certain Cases. That portion of chapter 5 of the General Laws of Oregon for the year 1911 and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, but said chapter 5 of the General Laws of Oregon for the year 1911 shall remain in full force and effect as to the election of senator in congress and all other elective state, district, county, precinct, city, ward and all other officers and delegates to any constitutional convention or conventions that may hereafter be called. Note-Chapter 5, Laws 1911, repealed by Laws 1919, chapter 283, section 37. |