Secretary of State
Elections Division - Chapter 165
Division 5
VOTER REGISTRATION
165-005-0070
Agency Registration Procedures
(1) Personnel at agency sites shall date stamp each voter registration form before it is mailed to the county elections office. The voter registration form should be date stamped with the date it was received from the client, on the front of the form to the right of the bar code.
(2) Voter registration agencies shall provide written notice to the Secretary of State of any change, to the following information within 30 days of the change:
(a) The identity of the NVRA coordinator for the voter registration agency;
(b) The location of each agency site that will offer voter registration; and
(c) The nature of voter registration procedures within the voter registration agency.
(3) Voter registration agency personnel shall not influence or attempt to influence a person to choose or not choose a particular political party or preference, or to register or to vote in any particular manner. Items which personnel shall not wear or display in the presence of clients while offering the opportunity to register to vote include materials that:
(a) Identify past, present, or future holders or seekers of partisan elective office;
(b) Contain logos or other graphics that may be identified with a political party or other party preference;
(c) Would reasonably be understood to be associated with a political party or other political party preference; or
(d) Would reasonably be understood to be advocating support or opposition to a ballot measure or candidate for elective office.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 246.150 & 247.208
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 247.208
History:
ELECT 1-2019, amend filed 01/18/2019, effective 01/18/2019
ELECT 3-2016, f. & cert. ef. 7-6-16
ELECT 12-2015, f. 12-31-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16
ELECT 8-2003, f. & cert. ef. 9-3-03
ELECT 15-2001, f. & cert. ef. 6-15-01
ELECT 25-1994, f. & cert. ef. 10-27-94
ELECT 18-1992, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-92
ELECT 4-1992(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-26-92