CHAPTER VI
ELECTIONS
Sections:
Section 26. REGULAR ELECTIONS.
Section 27. NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS.
Section 28. SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
Section 29. REGULATION OF ELECTIONS.
Section 30. Intentionally deleted (Ballot Measure 9-147, 2022)
Section 26. REGULAR ELECTIONS.
Regular city elections shall be held at the same times and places as biennial general state elections, in accordance with applicable state election laws.
Section 27. NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS.
The recorder shall post the notice of election filed with the county in three conspicuous places in the city. The notice shall state the officers to be elected, the ballot title of each measure to be voted upon, and the time and place of the election.
Section 28. SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
The council shall provide the time, manner, and means for holding any special election provided that special elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state. The recorder shall provide notice of each special election in the same manner as regular elections.
Section 29. REGULATION OF ELECTIONS.
Except as this charter provides otherwise and as the council provides otherwise by ordinances relating to elections, the general laws of the state shall apply to the conduct of all city elections, recounts of the returns therefrom, and contests thereof.
Section 30. Intentionally deleted (Ballot Measure 9-147, 2022)
Section 31. TIE VOTES.
In the event of a tie vote for candidates for an elective office, the successful candidate shall be determined by a public drawing of lots in a manner prescribed by the council.
Section 32. OATH OF OFFICE.
Before entering into the duties of their office, each officer shall take an oath or shall affirm that they will support the constitutions and laws of the United States and of the state of Oregon and that they will faithfully perform the duties of their office.
Section 33. NOMINATIONS.
A qualified elector who shall have resided in the city during the 12 months immediately preceding the election may be nominated for an elective city position. Nomination shall be by petition specifying the position sought in a form prescribed by the council. Such petition shall be signed by not fewer than 10 electors. No elector shall sign more than one petition for each vacant position. If they do so, their signature shall be valid only on the first sufficient petition filed for the position. The nomination petition shall be assembled, circulated and filed with the recorder in accordance with county election procedures. The recorder shall make a record of the exact time at which each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name and address of the person by whom it is filed. If the petition is not signed by the required number of qualified electors, the recorder shall notify the candidate and the person who filed the petition within five days after the filing. If the petition is insufficient in any other particular, the recorder shall return it immediately to the person who filed it, certifying in writing wherein the petition is insufficient. Such deficient petition may be amended and filed again as a new petition, or a substitute petition for the same candidate may be filed within the regular time for filing nomination petitions. The recorder shall notify an eligible person of their nomination, and such person shall file with the recorder their written acceptance of nomination, in such form as the council may require, within five days of notification of nomination. Upon receipt of such acceptance of nomination, the recorder shall cause the nominee’s name to be printed on the ballots. The petition of nomination for a successful candidate at an election shall be preserved in the office of the recorder until the term of office for which the candidate is elected expires.