official seal of the board which finally completed the count shall be pasted over the keyhole and over the rim of the lid of the box, so that the box can not be opened without breaking the seal. Thereafter neither the county clerk nor the canvassers making abstracts of the votes shall break the said seals upon the ballot boxes, nor shall any one break the seals on the boxes or the ballots except upon the order of the proper court in case of contest, or upon the order of the county court when the boxes are needed for the ensuing election.

§ 3965. Poltical Party Defined-Nominations by; Regulated.

A political party within the meaning of this act is an affiliation of electors representing a political party or organization, which, at the last preceding general election polled for its candidates for presidential electors at least 20 per cent of the entire vote cast for that office in the state. Every such political party shall nominate all its candidates for public office, under the provisions of this law and not in any other manner, and it shall not be allowed to nominate any candidate in the manner, provided by section 3920. Every political party and its regularly nominated candidates, members and officers shall have the sole and exclusive right to use of the party name and the whole thereof, and no carlidate for office shall be permitted to use any word of the name of any other political party or organization than that by which he is nominated. No independent or nonpartisan candidate shall be permitted to use any word of the name of any existing political party or organization in his candidacy, nor shall he be permitted to use any other name than "Independent" or "Nonpartisan." The names of candidates for public office nominated under the provisions of this law shall be printed on the official ballots for the ensuing election as the only candidates of the respective parties for such public office in like manner as the names of the candidates nominated by other methods are required to be printed on such official ballots, and the provisions of sections 3934 and 3935 shall apply to and are hereby made applicable to nominations for public office made under this law, so far as the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this law.

§ 3966. Election of National Committeeman Required.

A political party within the meaning of section 3955 shall elect its national committeeman as herein provided and not otherwise.

§ 3967. National Committeman-How Nominated and Elected.

At the general primary nominating election held in 1914, and every four years thereafter, every political party, as defined in section 3965, shall elect its member of the national committee. A candidate for such office shall file his nominating petition with the secretary of state as now required by candidates for state offices. Such petition shall be signed by at least 200 qualified voters of the political party of such candidate. The names of all such candidates shall be printed on the primary election ballots of the respective political parties of which they are candidates, and shall be voted for only by the members of the party of which any such person is a candidate. A plurality shall be sufficient to elect, and any person so elected shall hold office until his successor is elected. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the state central committee of the

party in which such office of national committeeman is vacant. Except as herein otherwise provided, existing provisions of law relating to elections are hereby made applicable to the election of national committeemen.

§ 3968. Candidates to File Petitions for Nomination.

Before or at the time of beginning to circulate any petition for nomination to any office under this law the person who is to be a candidate for such nomination shall send by registered mail or otherwise to the secretary of state or county clerk or city clerk, recorder or auditor, as the case may be a copy of his petition for nomination, signed by himself, and such copy shall be filed and shall be conclusive evidence for the purpose of this law that said elector has been a candidate for nomination by his party. All nominating petitions and notices pertaining to candidates for the office of delegate to a party national convention, elector of president and vice-president of the United States, United States senator in congress, representatives in congress, governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, justice of the supreme court, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, dairy and food commissioner, commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics and inspector of factories and workshops, commissioner of the public service 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 nominating petitions and notices 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-Offices of superintendents of water divisions abolished. Chapter 283, Laws 1923.

§ 3969. Further of Petitions-Statements Nos. One and Two.

Any qualified elector who has filed his petition, and is registered as herein required as a member of a political party subject to the provisions of this act, shall have his name printed on the official nominating ballot of his party as a candidate for nomination for any office at any primary nominating election held under the provisions of this act, if there shall be filed in his behalf a petition signed as herein required, and substantially in the following form:

Το

(address of the officer with whom the petition is to be filed), and to the members of the party and the electors of (state), (counties of comprising the district), (county), (city), (as the case may be) in the state of Oregon: reside at

I,

and my post office address is

I

party. If I am nominated for the
election to be held in the (state of
day of
19, I will

am a duly registered member of the office of at the primary nominating Oregon) (district), (county), (city), the accept the nomination and will not withdraw, and if I am elected I will qualify as such officer.

If I am nominated and elected, I will, during my term of office (here the candidate, in not exceeding 100 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).

Every such petition shall be signed as above by the elector seeking such nomination. There shall be a separate leaf or sheet signed as above on every such petition for each precinct in which it is circulated. After the above and on a separate sheet or sheets, shall be the following petition: (secretary of state of Oregon), or to Oregon, or (to

as the case may be):

precinct, in the county of

city

party and qualified state of Oregon,

Το the county clerk for the county of clerk of the city of We, the undersigned registered members of the electors and residents of respectfully request that you will cause to be printed on the official nominating ballot for the party at the aforesaid primary nominating election the (name of applicant) as the candidate (title of office) by said Street and number, if any.

name of the above signed
for nomination to the office of

Name.

Postoffice address.

party.

Precinct.

Each and every leaf or sheet of said petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by one or more of the signers of said petition:

STATE OF OREGON,

County of

I,

SS.

being first duly sworn, say: I am personally acquainted with all the persons who have signed this sheet of the foregoing petition, and I personally know that their signatures thereon are genuine; and I believe that their postoffice addresses and residences are correctly stated, and that they are qualified electors and registered members of the party.

(Signature of affiant). 19-.

(Signature and title of officer before whom oath is made.)

§3970. Signatures to Make Petition Effective.

The vote cast by a political party in each precinct for representative in congress at the last preceding general election shall be the basis on which the percentage for petitions shall be counted; provided, that if any political party cast 25 per cent of the total votes in the state for representative in congress, although less than the required percentage in any one or more electoral districts, county, municipality or precinct, it shall nevertheless be subject to the provisions of this law in making nominations in such electoral districts, county, municipality and precinct. If the nomination is for a municipal office, or an office to be voted for in only one county, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in at least one-fifth of the voting precincts of the county, municipality or district; if it be a state or district office and the district comprises more than one county, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in each of at least one-eighth of the precincts in each of at least two counties in the district; if it be an office to be voted for in the state at large, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in each of at least one-tenth of the precincts in each of at least seven counties of the state; if it be an office to be voted for in a congressional district, the necessary number of signers shall include electors residing in at least one-tenth of the precincts in each of at least onefourth of the counties in such district. The number of signers required on every such petition shall be at least 2 per cent of the party vote in the electoral district as above stated; provided, that the whole number of signers required on a nominating petition under the provisions of this law for any office to be voted for in the state at large, or in a congres

sional district, shall not exceed 1,000, nor in any other case shall the whole number required exceed 500 signers. All the leaves or sheets making one petition shall be fastened together before they are forwarded to the proper officer for filing. There shall not be in any petition the name of more than one candidate for nomination. Any elector may sign more than one nominating petition required by this law for the same office. It shall be unlawful for any person to sign another person's name to any petition required by this law. It shall be unlawful for any person to sign any nominating petition required by this law unless he is a qualified elector and at the time of signing has registered for the ensuing election as a member of the political party represented by the petition. Any names or signatures placed on any petition in violation of the provisions of this law shall not be counted in computing the number of signers necessary to make the same a valid and effective petition.

§ 3971. Qualifications of Signers.

No person who is not a qualified elector and a registered member of a party making its nominations under the provisions of this law shall be qualified to join in signing any petition for nomination, or to vote at said primary nominating election, and no person shall be qualified to sign any nominating petition of any other political party for the primary nominating election than that with which he is registered as a member. But this shall not be construed to prevent any registered member of any party from signing a petition for the nomination of any independent or nonpartisan candidate after the primary nominating election, nor shall it be construed to prevent any qualified elector from signing petitions for more than one candidate for the same office on one party ticket.

§ 3972. When Petitions Must Be Filed.

All petitions for nominations 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 petitions 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.

§ 3973. Register of Candidates to Be Kept-Contents.

The county clerk, secretary of state, and the city clerk, recorder, or auditor of towns and cities having 2,000 inhabitants or more, shall keep a book entitled "Register of Candidates for Nomination at the Primary Nominating Election," and he shall enter therein on different pages of the book for the different political parties subject to the provisions of this law, the title of the office sought and the name and residence of each candidate for nomination at the primary nominating election, the name of his political party, the date of receiving the first copy of his petition signed by the candidate, the words he wishes printed after his name on the nominating ballot, if any, the date of receiving his petition, the number of signatures thereon, and the number of signatures required to make a valid and sufficient petition for nomination to said office by his political party, and such other information as may aid him in arranging his official ballot for said primary nominating election. Immediately after the canvass of votes at a primary nominating election is completed, the county clerk, secretary of state, or city clerk, recorder, or auditor, as the

case may be, shall enter in his book marked "Register of Nominations," provided by section 3928, the date of such entry, the name of each candidate nominated, the office for which he is nominated, and the name of the party making the nomination.

§3974. Register to Be Public Records-All Documents to Be Preserved.

Such registers of candidates for nomination and of nominations, and petitions, letters and notices and other writings required by law, as soon as filed, shall be public records, and shall be open to public inspection under proper regulations, and when a copy of any such writing is presented at the time the original is filed, or at any time thereafter, and a request is made to have such copy compared and certified, the officers with whom such writing was filed shall forthwith compare such copy with the original on file, and, if necessary, correct the copy and certify and deliver the copy to the person who presented it on payment of his lawful fees therefor. All such writings, poll books, tally sheets, ballots, and ballot stubs pertaining to primary nominating elections under the provisions of this act, shall be preserved as other records are, for two years after the election to which they pertain, at which time, unless otherwise ordered or restrained by some court, the county court shall destroy the ballots and ballot stubs by fire without any one inspecting the same. § 3975. Death or Withdrawal-Vacancies.

In case any candidate nominated under the provisions of this act shall die, withdrawal, or for any reason be ineligible, the state, congressional or county central committee, as the case may be, of the political party of which such candidate was a member, shall fill such vacancy upon the call of the chairman of such committee, or by the managing or executive committee authorized to act for the committee, and the name or names of the person or persons so nominated to fill such vacancy shall be certified to the proper officer by the chairman of such committee with the attest of the secretary thereof, substantially in the manner provided by sections 3932 and 3933.

§ 3976. When Ballots to Be Arranged and Sent to Clerks by Secretary of State.

Not more than twenty-eight (28) days and not less than twenty-five (25) days before the day fixed by law for the primary nominating election the secretary of state shall arrange, in the manner provided by this law, for the arrangement of the names and other information upon the ballots all the names of and information concerning all the candidates for nomination contained in the valid petitions for nomination which have been filed with him in accordance with the provisions of this law, and he shall forthwith certify the same under the seal of the state, and file the same in his office, and make and transmit a duplicate thereof by registered letter to the county clerk of each county in the state, and he shall also post a duplicate thereof in a conspicuous place in his office and keep the same posted until after said primary nominating election has taken place. In case of emergency the secretary of state may transmit such duplicate by telegraph.

Not more than twenty-five (25) days and not less than twenty-two (22) days before the day fixed by law for the primary nominating election, the appropriate city or town officer in cities or towns having 2,000