ORS 260.558: Payment for signing or not signing initiative, referendum or recall petition; sale or purchase of signature sheets.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) It is unlawful to offer, pay or provide money or other valuable consideration to another person to sign or refrain from signing an initiative, referendum or recall petition, and for the other person to accept or agree to accept money or other valuable consideration for signing or refraining to sign an initiative, referendum or recall petition. (2) It is unlawful to sell, offer to sell, purchase or offer to purchase, for money or other valuable consideration, any signature sheet of an initiative, referendum or recall petition or any other portion of the petition used to gather signatures. (3) This section applies only to signatures, signature sheets or other portions of an initiative, referendum or recall petition to be submitted to the filing officer for the purpose of verifying whether the petition contains the required number of signatures of electors. [1995 c.646 §2]
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Cited by
- ORS 250.048: Registration and training for paid petition circulators; requirements; effect of failure to register; criminal records check; registration of organizations that pay petition circulators; rules.
- ORS 260.561: Liability of certain chief petitioners for violations committed by persons obtaining signatures on petition; exceptions.
- ORS 260.563: Liability of contractor obtaining signatures on petition for violations committed by subcontractor; exceptions.
- ORS 260.995: Civil penalties; procedure and notice requirements; hearing; payment of penalty.
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