Oregon Statutes 260.645 – Illegal acts relating to voting machines or vote tally systems
(1) No person shall:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 260.645
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, club, organization or other combination of individuals having collective capacity. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
(a) Tamper with or injure or attempt to injure any voting machine or vote tally system to be used or being used in an election.
(b) Tamper with any voting machine or vote tally system that has been used in an election except in performance of election duties.
(c) Prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of any voting machine or vote tally system.
(2) An unauthorized person shall not make or possess a key to a voting machine or vote tally system to be used or being used in an election.
(3) Neither the Secretary of State nor any officer or employee of any county, city or district using a voting machine or vote tally system, shall solicit or accept any compensation, other than amounts paid by the governmental unit, in connection with the sale, lease or use of the voting machine or vote tally system.
(4) As used in this section, ‘voting machine’ and ‘vote tally system’ have the meaning given those terms in ORS § 246.012. [1979 c.190 § 385; 1981 c.909 § 9]
[Amended by 1957 c.644 § 19; 1971 c.749 § 60; 1973 c.744 § 42; repealed by 1979 c.190 § 431]
[Formerly 260.462; repealed by 2005 c.797 § 73]
[Amended by 1957 c.644 § 20; 1971 c.749 § 61; 1973 c.744 § 43; repealed by 1979 c.190 § 431]