A freshly painted ballot drop box in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County voters have turned in 243,120 ballots as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29, according to the Washington County Elections office, which represents about 63.01% of eligible voters in the county. Broken down by the four largest[Read More…]
Elections
More than 1.5 million voters have cast a ballot in Oregon so far
Two ballots are dropped off in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley If you’re registered to vote in Oregon and you haven’t yet voted, you’re now in the minority. According to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office, there were 1,541,944 votes cast as of Wednesday morning, representing 52.3% of nearly 2.95[Read More…]
County officials: Today is last day to safely mail ballots; use drop site starting Wednesday
A ballot is dropped off in Forest Grove at one of the 21 drop sites in Washington County on Sunday, October 18. Photo: Chas Hundley The recommended deadline to mail a completed ballot through the United States Postal Service is today, Tuesday, October 27, and all ballots mailed must be[Read More…]
Washington County voters close gap between statewide and county average ballot returns
A freshly painted ballot drop box in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Washington County voters have turned in 151,231 ballots as of Monday morning, representing 39.2% of eligible voters. Statewide, the office of the Oregon Secretary of State updated totals at 8:50 a.m. Monday, October 26 to show that turnout[Read More…]
Two county measures on Washington County ballot
A ballot is dropped off in Forest Grove on Sunday, October 18. Photo: Chas Hundley Registered voters in this newspaper’s territory will see two measures from Washington County on their ballots in October; Measure 34-300, which would change how the five members of the Washington County Board of Commissioners pay[Read More…]
Washington County voters surpass 100,000 ballots cast
Two ballots are dropped off in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Ballot returns in Washington County as of 12 p.m. Friday, October 23 numbered 106,660, an amount representing about 27.7% of the total number of registered voters in the county, according to the Washington County elections office. Statewide, the office[Read More…]
Early voting turnout puts Washington County at 19.2%, below statewide average
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…]
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…]
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