A freshly painted ballot drop box in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Ballot returns in Washington County as of 9:09 a.m. Thursday, October 22 numbered 73,803, an amount representing about 19.2% of the total number of registered voters in the county, according to the office of the Oregon Secretary of[Read More…]
Elections
Oregon voters will vote on bill to allow limiting of campaign contributions
A ballot is dropped off in Forest Grove on Sunday, October 18. Photo: Chas Hundley While President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden dominate the news during this October of 2020, here in Oregon there is a measure on the November 3 ballot that could change the state[Read More…]
Errors printed on Washington County ballots muddle ballot impact text
One of the ballot measures showing the error. Photo: Chas Hundley Another set of errors by the Washington County Elections department has been discovered in election materials, this time in the form of random “yes” and “no” statements placed in the explanation text of four statewide measures on the ballot. [Read More…]
Voting underway in Washington County
A ballot is dropped off in Forest Grove on Sunday, October 18. Photo: Chas Hundley The election is underway in Washington County. With ballots mailed to registered voters on Wednesday, October 14, the county elections department said that 1,252 ballots had been received as of Friday, October 16, out of[Read More…]
A brief history of Oregon’s vote-by-mail system
Two ballots from a previous election. File photo: Chas Hundley Voting by mail exclusively became the standard mechanism for casting ballots in Oregon in 1998 by a citizen’s initiative, Measure 60, which voters overwhelmingly approved by a 70 percent margin. A little more than 1 million eligible voters voted on[Read More…]
Voter registration deadline is Tuesday
A freshly painted ballot drop box in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley The deadline to register to vote or update your registration is Tuesday, October 13. To register or to make a change to your voter registration, visit and complete the online form at oregonvotes.gov/register before midnight on Tuesday, October[Read More…]
Letters to the editor: Concerning a political mailer and Timber Unity
Two letters to the editor have been submitted this week; for the duration of the electoral season, we will publish letters we receive every Wednesday in an effort to consolidate them in one post. Jan Mitchell is an Astoria resident. A consultant- created large mailer from the Republican candidate for[Read More…]
Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District election features three-way race
Gales Creek, as seen from Roderick Road. Photo: Chas Hundley The 2020 election season is like no other in recent memory, or arguably in living memory, at all levels of contest — federal, state, and local. This election season is ripe with intriguing contests for contested seats in the Oregon[Read More…]
From the newsroom: What to expect from our newsroom for election coverage
A voter drops a ballot off in front of the Forest Grove City Library in 2019. This is the last time we can use this photo, since Washington County repainted the ballot box and it no longer looks like this. Photo: Chas Hundley Here we are, 40 days from the[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: House District 32
Letter to the Editor: Elect Suzanne Weber to HD 32 Marlene Acker is a Nehalem resident Our law enforcement officers are under attack. One only need turn on the news or read the newspaper to see it. While it is easy to dismiss these attacks as Portland’s problem, the hate[Read More…]
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