Oregon House Bill 3297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that general or special election ballots list name of candidate for partisan office for each nomination candidate receives, with name of each political party that nominated candidate printed opposite one of listings of candidate's name. Allows candidate to decline to be listed as nominee of political party. Specifies that votes cast for candidate of affiliation of electors or minor political party on ballot line marked for that affiliation or party count toward vote requirement for minor political party formation or maintenance of minor political party status. Specifies that multiple votes for candidate on same ballot for same office count as vote for candidate with major political party designation.

Relating to ballots.

Rep. Peter Buckley [D]

Rep. Barbara Warner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-04-15	House	Public Hearing held.
2015-03-06	House	Referred to Rules.
2015-02-27	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB3297
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3297/Introduced