MEDFORD, Ore. — One day after Senator Ron Wyden was in the Rogue Valley talking about the importance of a strong mail system, Oregon’s Junior Senator Jeff Merkley is speaking out about the issue. Senator Merkley says any attempt to ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – COVID-19 has rocked the voting experience for states across the country. This election season, California voters will experience a similar vote by-mail process to the one Oregon voters have used for years. Prior to these changes, Californians ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – While voting-by-mail is something Oregonians are used to, it’s becoming a hot button issue nationally during the pandemic. NBC 5 spoke over Zoom with Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Monday. He’s the first senator to be elected ...
SISKIYOU CO., Calif.– Governor Gavin Newsom of California announced last week that all registered voters in the state will receive a ballot for the November election. While several states like Oregon already mail out ballots to voters, Californians must still ...
Washington, D.C. — Oregon national lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to expand Oregon’s vote-by-mail system nationwide. The Vote by Mail Act would require every state to provide registered voters the option to vote by mail. Oregon was the first ...
Washington, D.C. – Local lawmakers are working to expand Oregon’s vote-by-mail system nationwide. According to the office of Democrat Senator Ron Wyden, he and other Oregon politicians introduced the bill to “knock down the mounting obstacles that voters across the ...
Salem, Ore. – Through a new administrative rule and executive action taken by Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, an estimated 60,000 “inactive” voters will now receive ballots. In past elections, thousands of Oregonians were not sent ballots because they ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Klamath County’s top elections official has announced her retirement. Linda Smith was elected to Klamath County Clerk in 1999. “It was just starting vote by mail when I got there.” Recalls Smith. “But election equipment, and ...
Salem, Ore. — A new bill is hoping to increase voter participation even more in Oregon. Senate Bill 683 would require the state to pay for postage on the mail-in ballots. That would cost taxpayers about $650,000 a year. The ...