Bill Text: OR HB2405 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to candidacy for President of the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2405 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2405-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 159

                         House Bill 2405

Sponsored by Representative OLSON; Representative WHISNANT
  (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires that proof of eligibility for candidates for President
of United States be submitted to Secretary of State in order to
appear on ballot.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to candidacy for President of the United States;
  amending ORS 249.078.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 249.078 is amended to read:
  249.078. (1)  { + Except as provided in subsection (4) of this
section, + } the name of a candidate for a major political party
nomination for President of the United States shall be printed on
the ballot only:
  (a) By direction of the Secretary of State who in the
secretary's sole discretion has determined that the candidate's
candidacy is generally advocated or is recognized in national
news media; or
  (b) By nominating petition described in this section and filed
with the Secretary of State.
  (2) A petition nominating a candidate under this section shall
contain from each congressional district the signatures of at
least 1,000 electors who are registered in the district and who
are members of the major political party of the candidate. The
electors in each congressional district shall include electors
registered in at least five percent of the precincts in each of
at least one-fourth of the counties in the congressional
district.  The petition shall contain the printed name, residence
or mailing address and name or number of the precinct, if known,
of each elector whose signature appears on the petition. The
signatures shall be certified for genuineness by the county
clerks under ORS 249.008.
  (3) Before circulating the nominating petition, the chief
sponsor shall file with the Secretary of State a signed copy of
the prospective petition. The chief sponsor shall include with
the prospective petition a statement declaring whether one or
more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration
for obtaining signatures of electors on the petition. After the
prospective petition is filed, the chief sponsor shall notify the
Secretary of State not later than the 10th day after the chief
sponsor first has knowledge or should have had knowledge that:
  (a) Any person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the
statement included with the prospective petition declared that no
such person would be paid.
  (b) No person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the
statement included with the prospective petition declared that
one or more such persons would be paid.
   { +  (4) A candidate for President of the United States, or
the political party that has nominated the candidate, shall
submit to the Secretary of State proof of the candidate's
eligibility for office under Article II, section 1, of the United
States Constitution. The name of a candidate for President of the
United States may not be placed on a ballot unless the Secretary
of State receives each of the following:
  (a) An original long form birth certificate for the candidate
that includes:
  (A) The place and date of birth of the candidate;
  (B) The name of the hospital in which the candidate was born;
  (C) The name of the attending physician; and
  (D) The signatures of the witnesses in attendance.
  (b) A sworn statement by the candidate:
  (A) Attesting that the candidate has not held dual or multiple
citizenship and that the candidate's allegiance is solely to the
United States of America; and
  (B) That identifies each place of residence in the United
States for the candidate during the preceding 14 years. + }
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