Oregon Statutes 254.074 – County elections security plan; submission of ballot information to Secretary of State; rules
(1)(a) Each county clerk shall file a county elections security plan with the Secretary of State not later than:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 254.074
- ballot: includes material posted in a voting compartment or delivered to an elector by mail. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
- County clerk: means the county clerk or the county official in charge of elections. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
- Measure: includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election:
(a) A proposed law. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Vote tally system: means one or more pieces of equipment necessary to examine and tally automatically the marked ballots. See Oregon Statutes 254.005
(A) A date established for each calendar year by the Secretary of State by rule; and
(B) One business day after any revision is made to the county elections security plan.
(b) A county elections security plan shall include, but is not limited to:
(A) A written security agreement entered into with any vendor handling ballots;
(B) Security procedures for transporting ballots;
(C) Security procedures at official places of deposit for ballots;
(D) Security procedures for processing ballots;
(E) Security procedures for ensuring the integrity of printed ballots;
(F) Cybersecurity procedures for the process of casting and tallying ballots that are consistent with best practices recommended by federal authorities such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States Department of Commerce;
(G) Security procedures governing election observers;
(H) Security procedures for ballots located in county elections work areas, buildings and storage areas;
(I) Security procedures for vote tally systems, including computer access to vote tally systems;
(J) The number and location of all video surveillance cameras within the elections office;
(K) Security procedures for scanning ballots into a vote tally system before the date of the election, if applicable;
(L) Post-election ballot security; and
(M) Any other security measure that the Secretary of State requires by rule.
(2) A security plan, and all communications relating to the development and review of a security plan, developed and filed under subsection (1) of this section are confidential and not subject to disclosure under ORS § 192.311 to 192.478.
(3) For each election, at the time the county clerk certifies the results of an election, the clerk shall submit to the Secretary of State a record of:
(a) The number of ballot envelopes received.
(b) The number of ballot envelopes accepted.
(c) The number of ballot envelopes not accepted.
(d) The number of ballot envelopes rejected.
(e) The number of tallied ballots.
(4) A county clerk may not scan ballots as described in ORS § 254.478 unless the Secretary of State reviews and approves a security plan described in subsection (1) of this section. [2001 c.965 § 48; 2009 c.592 § 2; 2013 c.679 § 1; 2023 c.600 § 4]
[1967 c.364 § 4; repealed by 1967 s.s. c.3 § 4]
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