Oregon
METHOD: PETITION
VALID SIGNATURES NEEDED: 22,046
VALID SIGNATURES NEEDED: 22,046
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Political parties can nominate candidates for any partisan office, including federal, state and county offices, as long as the party has been established within the electoral district and maintains ballot access.
To form a political party within any electoral district and nominate candidates to the ballot, the chief sponsor begins the process by filing with the Elections Division:
SEL198: Petition to Establish a Political Party
Signature Gathering
The chief sponsor can begin gathering signatures after receiving written approval to circulate and after reviewing with circulators the legal requirements and guidelines for circulating a political party petition.
After gathering the required number of signatures, the chief sponsor submits them to the Elections Division for verification no later than 2 years after the prospective formation petition was filed.
Signature Verification
The political party may nominate candidates to the next general election ballot if signature verification shows the petition contains the required number of signatures.
Source:
http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/form-political-party.aspx
http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/SEL198.pdf
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Political parties can nominate candidates for any partisan office, including federal, state and county offices, as long as the party has been established within the electoral district and maintains ballot access.
To form a political party within any electoral district and nominate candidates to the ballot, the chief sponsor begins the process by filing with the Elections Division:
SEL198: Petition to Establish a Political Party
Signature Gathering
The chief sponsor can begin gathering signatures after receiving written approval to circulate and after reviewing with circulators the legal requirements and guidelines for circulating a political party petition.
After gathering the required number of signatures, the chief sponsor submits them to the Elections Division for verification no later than 2 years after the prospective formation petition was filed.
Signature Verification
The political party may nominate candidates to the next general election ballot if signature verification shows the petition contains the required number of signatures.
- The number of valid signatures required to form a statewide political party is 1.5% (22, 046) of the total votes cast in the jurisdiction for governor at the last election.
- For the number of valid signatures required to form a less than statewide political party, contact the Elections Division.
Source:
http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/form-political-party.aspx
http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/SEL198.pdf
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In order to qualify as a new minor party, a group of electors must file with the secretary of state a petition with signatures equaling at least 1.5 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the most recent election at which a candidate for governor was elected to a full term.
The petition must state the intention to form a new party and provide a designation for the party. Before circulating, the petition's sponsor must file with the secretary of state a signed copy of the prospective petition. The completed petition must be filed no later than two years after the date the prospective petition is filed.
In order to maintain qualified minor party status, the party must poll for any one of its candidates for any public office at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for either of the following:
A minor party is required to file a copy of its organizational documents with the filing officer (i.e., the secretary of state) no later than 30 days after they are adopted by the party. All minor parties select candidates for office by nominating convention. Only major parties as defined by the state may participate in primaries.
The petition must state the intention to form a new party and provide a designation for the party. Before circulating, the petition's sponsor must file with the secretary of state a signed copy of the prospective petition. The completed petition must be filed no later than two years after the date the prospective petition is filed.
In order to maintain qualified minor party status, the party must poll for any one of its candidates for any public office at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for either of the following:
- presidential elector at the last general election
- any single state office to be voted upon in the state at large for which nominations by political parties are permitted by law
A minor party is required to file a copy of its organizational documents with the filing officer (i.e., the secretary of state) no later than 30 days after they are adopted by the party. All minor parties select candidates for office by nominating convention. Only major parties as defined by the state may participate in primaries.
As of May 2017, Oregon officially recognized eight political parties: the Constitution, Democratic, Independent, Libertarian, Pacific Green, Progressive, Republican, and Working Families parties.
Constitution Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Democratic Party of Oregon Link Party by-laws
Independent Party of Oregon Link Party by-laws
Libertarian Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Pacific Green Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Progressive Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Republican Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Working Families Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Democratic Party of Oregon Link Party by-laws
Independent Party of Oregon Link Party by-laws
Libertarian Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Pacific Green Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Progressive Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Republican Party of Oregon Link Party platform
Working Families Party of Oregon Link Party platform
According to the state's election agency, as of December 2017, there were 2,652,935 registered voters in Oregon, with their political party affiliations (highest to lowest) as follows:
Source: Wikipedia
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- 36.1% Democratic Party
- 30.5% "Non-affiliated" with any party
- 26.3% Republican Party
- 4.5% Independent Party
- 0.7% Libertarian Party
- 0.4% Working Families Party
- 0.4% Pacific Green Party
- 0.1% Constitution Party
- <0.1% Progressive Party
- 0.7% with other political parties
Source: Wikipedia
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