Or. Admin. R. 165-007-2020 - Timelines for the referrals to the November 3, 2020, General Election
(1) When a document
is to be filed with the Secretary of State, Elections Division under this rule,
the document must be delivered to, and actually received in its entirety, in
the office of the Secretary of State, Elections Division, not later than 5:00
p.m. on the designated filing deadline date.
(2) The following timeline is adopted for the
legislative referral of SJR 18 and HB 2270 to the statewide General Election on
November 3, 2020, as directed in SB 116:
(a)
February 27, 2020: Last day for joint legislative committee to designate a
person to file the explanatory statement and provide the Elections Division
with the ORESTAR account user name, first and last name, and contact
information for that person.
(b)
March 12, 2020:
(A) Last day for joint
legislative committee to file final explanatory statement with the
Secretary.
(B) Last day for joint
legislative committee to file final ballot title with the Secretary.
(c) March 19, 2020: Last day for
an elector dissatisfied with the explanatory statement, or ballot title to
petition the Oregon Supreme Court for a different explanatory statement, or
ballot title.
(d) August 4, 2020:
Last day for court ordered changes to ballot title, and/or explanatory
statement to be filed with the Secretary, or if the Supreme Court refers the
ballot title to the Attorney General for modification, it is the deadline for
the Attorney General to file the modified ballot title with the Secretary of
State.
(e) August 25, 2020:
(A) Last day to file measure arguments to be
included in the state voters' pamphlet.
(B) Last day for Legislative Assembly to
submit arguments in support of the measure, as provided in ORS
251.245.
(f) August 31, 2020: Measure
arguments become available for public inspection (ORS
251.145).
(g) September 3, 2020: Secretary of State
certifies the ballot to the county election officials.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 246.150, ORS 254.465 & SB 116 (2019)
Statutes/Other Implemented: SB 116 (2019), SJR 18 (2019) & HB 2270 (2019)
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