Lane County, Oregon, is the 4th most populous county in Oregon, and contains Eugene. Lane County voters will elect a circuit court judge by write-in vote in the upcoming election. See this story. The incumbent judge failed to qualify for the ballot because of a paperwork error.

Four individuals have announced that they are running for the seat. Oregon no longer has a procedure by which individuals file as declared write-in candidates. Instead, write-in votes are not counted in most elections, except that the total number of write-ins for all candidates is tallied, with no breakdown for how many votes any particular candidate received. But, section 254.500(b) says that when no candidate qualifies to have his or her name printed on the ballot, a tally must be made for each candidate who receives as much as one write-in vote.