Author: Laural Porter (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s primary election is about a month away on May 17, with ballots going out in less than two weeks. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan wants Oregonians to feel confident in the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Passionate calls for national voter rights reform are expected on Capitol Hill as the Senate begins debate on two contentious bills. Tuesday, the Senate begins debating the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – A large group of protesters gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Washington, D.C. to honor the late civil rights leader with a march to call on Congress to pass voting rights measures that are ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas. The lawsuit is over certain restrictive voting procedures that were put into place by Texas Senate Bill 1. The DOJ alleges that SB ...
ROGUE VALLEY, Ore.- If you’re a Rogue Valley resident and received your election ballot in the mail, you may notice it’s looking a little slim. With no statewide measures on the November Special Election ballot, it all comes down to ...
SALEM, Ore. — Starting tomorrow the Oregon legislature is beginning its special session to adopt a new congressional district map. The Oregon Constitution requires the state to look at redistricting every 10 years. “What we are doing here is to ...
TYLER, Texas (NBC) – Despite hard-fought efforts by Texas Democrats, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 into law Tuesday. The Texas Republican-controlled House and Senate approved new rules for voting by mail, boosting the role of partisan poll ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Justice Department is planning to sue Georgia over its new voting restrictions. The state law, passed in March, imposes stricter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local elections boards, limits ...
SALEM, Ore. – Today, the Oregon Senate passed House Bill 3291 which ensures more voters voices are heard in elections. The bill makes it so that ballots postmarked on or before Election Day are accepted and counted, giving Oregonians an ...
JOSEPHINE CO., Ore. — Josephine County measure 17-97 passed tonight. It renews a levy that will help continue funding the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety for the next 3 years. This means there won’t be layoffs to the police ...