In less than one week, more than 1 million Oregonians will have the opportunity to cast their votes on local ballot measures in special elections occurring in almost half of Oregon counties. The proposals include a Multnomah County initiative to levy an additional property tax charge of $1.

No. The deadline to register to vote in the 2025 Special Election in Oregon was Tuesday, Oct. 14. Oregon does not allow same-day voter registration. Yes, you can still register to vote in Oregon for next year's elections. State and federal elections are held in even-numbered years.

Fewer than half of Oregon Counties have anything on the ballot in next week’s election. Lincoln and Linn counties have levies the entire county can weigh in on, but Lane County has just a few communities with issues on the ballot.

Jeff Merkley, a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since 2009, raised the most out of his Oregon congressional colleagues this quarter, raising $818,000 and spending $364,

Tobias Read urges Oregonians to plan their vote before Nov 4, citing mail delays and highlighting local issues at stake.

Multiple fire agencies and law enforcement are seeking voter approval on various levy measures affecting emergency services funding and operations in parts of Oregon.

Some Lane County voters are deciding whether to raise property taxes. Here's where registered voters can cast their ballot.

Drazan was the Republican nominee for Oregon governor in 2022 in a three-way race with Democrat Tina Kotek and unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, which Kotek won.

Republican State Sen. Christine Drazan has officially launched her second campaign for Oregon governor in 2026. She filed paperwork with Oregon’s campaign finance system Monday morning and soon after held a news conference to announce her bid.

A top federal election official should lose her job over making unfounded claims that Democrats rely on “illegal citizens” to win elections, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday. Christy McCormick,

Oregon elects its judges, but usually they run unopposed, and anyway, there are no performance metrics to evaluate candidates. I don’t bother to select yea or nay in these one-candidate elections, but it annoys me that I can’t perform my civic duty. What’s up? —David S.