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Manuals & Quick Guides

Candidates

State Candidate Manual
County, City and District Candidate Manual
ORESTAR User's Manual: Candidate Filing

Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance Manual
Transaction Filing in ORESTAR Quick Guide
ORESTAR User's Manual: Transaction Filing
ORESTAR User's Manual: Statement of Organization

Uploading Transactions to ORESTAR via XML︿

If you'd like to create your own process to upload transactions, these documents have the required format specifications:

Filing Campaign Finance Transactions Via the File Upload Process (revised July 28, 2006)

XML Overview (revised Oct. 25, 2006)

XML Specifications (revised Jan. 3, 2018)

XML XSD File (effective Jan. 3, 2018)

Sample XML files:

File 1(contains account payable)

File 2 (contains an expenditure that completes the account payable in File 1, along with other miscellaneous transactions)

Voters' Pamphlet

State Voters' Pamphlet Manual
Voters’ Pamphlet Filing Quick Guide
ORESTAR User Manual: Voters' Pamphlet Filing
Translation Languages for Filing

Initiative and Referendum

State Initiative and Referendum Manual

County, City and District Initiative and Referendum Manual

Circulator Training Manual

Additional Manuals

Political Party Manual

Election Law Summary

Oregon Motor Voter Registration Manual

Public Employee Restrictions

ORS 260.432 - Restrictions on Political Campaigning by Public Employees

Public Employee Restrictions Flyer

For Elections Officials

County, City and District Referral Manual

Vote by Mail Procedures Manual

ORESTAR Tutorials Video Series

ORESTAR Tutorials screen

Tutorials for filing transactions in ORESTAR

Elections Calendar

Important Election Dates

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Printable version of calendar