Oregon legislation · 2026 Legislative Measures
Oregon SB1509: Relating to electors of President and Vice President of the United States; and prescribing an effective date.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
Digest: The Act allows for the switch of electors of President and Vice President if they do not vote like they pledged. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7). Establishes the qualifications of an elector of President and Vice President of the United States. Provides the contents of a certificate of ascertainment of electors. Provides that an elector who does not vote in accordance with the signed pledge of electors vacates the office of elector. Provides for the filling of the vacancy. Provides for mileage expenses to be given to electors who attend the meeting of electors and whose ballot is not invalid. Takes effect on July 1, 2026.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 4, 2026:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session Senate Bill 1509 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on Rules and Executive Appointments for Senators Kayse Jama, Bruce Starr) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to electors of President and Vice President of the United States; amending ORS 248.355, 248.370 and 248.380; and prescribing an effective date. SECTION 1. ORS 248.355 is amended to read: 248.355. (1) In a year when a President and Vice President of the United States are to be nominated and elected, each political party nominating candidates for those offices shall select a number of candidates for elector of President and Vice President equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives to which this state is entitled in Congress. (2) An individual may be selected as a candidate for elector of President and Vice President only if, at the time of the individual's selection, that individual (b) If selected under subsection (1) of this section, registered as being affiliated with the party selecting that individual; or (c) If the candidates for President and Vice President are not affiliated with a political party, registered as not being affiliated with …