Joint County Voters’ Pamphlet Candidate Statement Instructions
Voters’ Pamphlet Candidate Filing Fees:
1. Special District/City/County at Special/Regular Election: Metro at Primary/General Election positions
●$25
● $100
2.
●$25 – Districts with fewer than 1,000 voters within the county.
● $50 – Districts with 1,000 – 9,999 voters within the county.
● $100 – Districts with 10,000 – 49,999 voters within the county.
● $300 – Districts with 50,000 or more voters within the county.
Payment Options
Cash or Check only. Credit/Debit Cards are not accepted at this time.
Candidate Statements are Optional
You may choose to include a Candidate Statement and portrait in the County Voters’ Pamphlet. No candidate
A county may choose independently to list a candidate’s name in their county’s Voters’ Pamphlet.
Filing Deadline
allowed to a ‘Candidate Statement’, including ‘Statements of Endorsements’ and/or portraits, after the 5 pm
“Statements of Endorsements’ and/or portrait issues. Filings unsigned or recieved after the 5 pm deadline will not
be accepted.
2. It is recommended that the candidate email the text (Word or Text format) of the ‘Required’ and ‘Optional
Information’ to the County Elections oce. Both printed and emailed copies must be exactly the same. If there
are discrepencies, the print version verbiage provided will be used for the Voters’ Pamphlet production.
the statement is to be printed.
Signatures
JCVP-01 must be signed by the candidate or authorized agent. Digital signatures will not be accepted for JCVP-01 or
JCVP-02 Statement of Endorsement.
Word Count/Format
1. The combined total word count for ‘Required’ and ‘Optional Information’ must not exceed 325 words/numbers.
Please hand count your statement to ensure that your word count does not exceed the 325 maximum
word/number count. The County Elections oce will not print more than 325 words/numbers.
2. ‘Required Information’ headings which include “Occupation”, “Occupational Background”, “Educational Background”
and “Prior Governmental Experience” – these eight words must be a part of the statement, but these eight words do
not count towards the maximum word count of 325.
3. Generally, anything with white space around it counts as a word. Hyphenated words that are listed in a dictionary as
one word and can be used either with or without a hyphen will count as one word. All other hyphenated words will
count as more than one word.
Required Information.
in list format will be changed to a run-on format, using commas, semicolons and colons as appropriate. All ‘Required
Information’ will be printed in plain text (no boldface, caps, centering, underlining or bulleting). Provide itemized listing
of information without embellishments. The word “None” (part of word count) must be used in any section of the
‘Required Information’ if the candidate does not have relevant information for that section.
Optional Information
1. ‘Optional Information’ must consist of words/numbers only. Standard formatting attributes such as boldface, all
caps, centering, underlining; bulleted and numbered lists may be used. Charts or graphics may not be used. Italics
may only be used when citing the source of published material. Any other italic used will be changed to plain text.
Bullets do not count towards the word count.
Revised 012020 Page 1 of 2 JCVP-01
ORS 251.335 JCVP-01