OAR 165-020-0030: Designation of Identification Numbers for Measures of Special Districts Located in More Than One County

(1) ORS 246.150 requires the Secretary of State to adopt rules to facilitate correctness, impartiality and efficiency in administering elections laws. ORS 254.108 directs the Secretary of State to provide a means of numbering a measure of a special district located in more than one county. (2) Measures of special districts located in more than one county shall be numbered consecutively in the order in which the measures are filed with the district's election officer. These measures shall be identified by a unique prefix number. This prefix number shall be assigned by the special district's election officer. For the purpose of this rule, and as provided by ORS 255.005(5)(b), the election officer shall be the county clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the district is located. (3) The following are the unique prefix numbers which shall be assigned by the special district election officer: (a) Baker — 1; (b) Benton — 2; (c) Clackamas — 3; (d) Clatsop — 4; (e) Columbia — 5; (f) Coos — 6; (g) Crook — 7; (h) Curry — 8; (i) Deschutes — 9; (j) Douglas — 10; (k) Gilliam — 11; (l) Grant — 12; (m) Harney — 13; (n) Hood River — 14; (o) Jackson — 15; (p) Jefferson — 16; (q) Josephine — 17; (r) Klamath — 18; (s) Lake — 19; (t) Lane — 20; (u) Lincoln — 21; (v) Linn — 22; (w) Malheur — 23; (x) Marion — 24; (y) Morrow — 25; (z) Multnomah — 26; (aa) Polk — 27; (bb) Sherman — 28; (cc) Tillamook — 29; (dd) Umatilla — 30; (ee) Union — 31; (ff) Wallowa — 32; (gg) Wasco — 33; (hh) Washington — 34; (ii) Wheeler — 35; (jj) Yamhill — 36. (4) The election officer for a special district located in more than one county shall immediately certify a measure to the appropriate county clerk(s).