Mabon v. Myers

ORS 250.085(4) provides:

“An elector filing a petition under this section shall notify the Secretary of State in writing that the petition has been filed. The notice shall be given not later than 5 p.m. on the next business day following the day the petition is filed.”

The question is: Did petitioner timely notify the Secretary of State that the petition for review of a ballot title had been filed?

Petitioner mailed a copy of his petition to the Secretary of State, from the Main Post Office in Salem, on March 23, 1999, by priority mail, return receipt requested. Petitioner received a return…