Section 8.1 - Date of Elections(a) The election for members of the Board of Governors will be held annually on the third Monday in October. Bar members who wish to appear on the ballot must present a candidate statement to the Chief Executive Officer of the Bar at least 160 days before the election. In the case of an uncontested election for the Board of Governors, a candidate will be declared elected thirty-one days after the final day on which candidate statements for the Board are required to be filed, provided that a challenge has not been filed pursuant to ORS 9.042. If a challenge has been filed, the candidate will be declared elected at the end of that process unless the challenge is successful.
(b) The election for members of the OSB House of Delegates will be held annually on the third Monday in April. Bar members who wish to appear on the ballot must present candidate statement to the Chief Executive Officer of the Bar at least 30 days before the election.(c) The election for representatives to the ABA House of Delegates will be held annually on the third Monday in April in conjunction with the election to the OSB House of Delegates. Bar members who wish to appear on the ballot must present a candidate statement to the Chief Executive Officer of the Bar at least 30 days before the election. Only members with a principal office address in Oregon will be eligible to vote for the ABA House of Delegates representatives.(d) The Board of Governors may take reasonable and necessary actions, including extending the deadline for candidate statements or the date of the annual election, if national or statewide events occur that severely disrupt the normal course of business.As amended by 11/19/2022.