HB 3387 Allows PCP and county clerk candidates count ballots

02/04/2025
HB 3387 VOTE:NO
In Committee
Public Hearing
02/04/2025 12:00am
Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3387
Committee assigned to bill: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Committees/HRULES/Overview

Allows for a PCP or County Clerk candidates to help count ballots.

A candidate for any office has a conflict of interest in opening ballots or be alone in a room with the open ballots. It makes the clerk liable and adds stress to the clerk. If the clerk is the candidate, there needs to be a deputy appointed to oversee the actual counting.

There are other jobs that the PCP can do to help the clerk, ie phone calls, collect unopened ballots,  sort them, or check signatures, but not participate in counting.

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Rep.BenBowman@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.ChristineDrazan@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.HaiPham@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.ShellyBoshartDavis@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.LucettaElmer@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.JasonKropf@OregonLegislature.gov
Rep.AndreaValderrama@OregonLegislature.gov

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