County Clerk *
* The County Sheriff, County Clerk and County Treasurer must be ultimately elected at the November General Election. In reference to these three offices, they must file for the May Primary Election, but must ultimately be elected on the November General Election. The rules are specific to County Sheriff, County Clerk and County Treasurer. If there were up to two candidates filing for one of these positions, they would not appear on the May Primary Ballot, but would be auto-nominated November General Election. Only if three or more have filed for one of these positions would the candidates then appear on the May Primary Ballot. If one of these three or more candidates receives a majority of the votes cast (at least 50% plus one vote), then only that candidate is nominated and goes forward to the General Election ballot. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, then the top two vote getters move forward to the November General Election. This is per Article V, Section 16 and Article VI, Section 6, of the Oregon Constitution and Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 249.091.