Category Archives: Oregon Secretary of State (SOS)

U.S. Postal Service promises to fix practices that caused minor delays in ballot delivery

Post offices in at least two Oregon counties created minor delays in getting ballots to county elections offices, but the situation has been resolved and will not cause any major problems in the May 21 primary election, Oregon’s elections director said. The delays were caused by confusion over who is responsible for counting ballots to calculate […]
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Oregon elections officials meet with USPS after delays reported in some ballot returns

Oregon elections officials met with representatives from the United States Postal Service on Thursday morning, after concerns emerged that some post offices across the state were delaying delivery of completed ballots sent by mail. “In no uncertain terms, they have said, ‘We will fix this. This should not be happening,’” said Molly Woon, the state’s […]
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Capital Chatter: Vote like your secretary of state choice depended on it (it does)

Shemia Fagan showed Oregonians why next week’s primary election is crucial, despite voters’ lackluster participation so far. Four years ago, Fagan barely beat fellow state Sen. Mark Hass in the Democratic primary for secretary of state. Remember that the elected secretary of state is next in line to become governor if that office is vacated. […]
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Oregon voter turnout remains lower than previous primaries

About 7% of the state’s registered voters have returned ballots with just a little more than a week to go before the May primary election. With just over a week left before this month’s primary election, Oregon voters are returning ballots at a rate lower than in previous elections. More than 213,700 voters have returned […]
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Crook County omits information in voters’ pamphlet

Crook County will not issue a supplemental mailer to voters after two statements supporting the Greater Idaho movement were inadvertently omitted from the state Voters’ Pamphlet for the May 21 primary election by Crook County Clerk Cheryl Seely. Seely did not include the statements when adding Crook County information about Measure 7-86 that is included […]
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How would Oregon’s secretary of state candidates fight misinformation?

The leading candidates to become Oregon’s next secretary of state say combating misinformation would be a high priority for them if elected. As the state’s chief elections officer, the secretary of state is responsible for keeping Oregon’s elections accurate, secure and accessible to voters. Request full-text (for State Agency patrons only) Source: How would Oregon’s […]
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Q&A Secretary of state candidates answer our questions

Half of the eight candidates responded to our questionnaire: Democrats Tobias Read, Jim Crary and Dave Stauffer and Republican Tim McCloud Oregon’s next secretary of state faces the ongoing challenge of restoring confidence in the agency and in the state’s electoral process while implementing new campaign finance limits passed by this year’s Legislature. The current […]
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Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election

Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the secretaries of state from Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington […]
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Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote, change your party affiliation for the May 21 primary

Oregon voters who want to cast a ballot in the May 21 primary have until Tuesday to register to vote or to update their party affiliation. There are more than 3 million registered voters in Oregon, but 1.3 million aren’t registered as either a Democrat or Republican, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. Source: […]
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Oregon Secretary of State probing staff complaints about racism, mismanagement at early learning department

State auditors are looking into staff allegations of racism and dysfunction within the Department of Early Learning and Care as part of an ongoing audit of the department’s strengths and weaknesses, according to staffers contacted as part of the audit. Department leaders have also launched a series of “listening sessions” to learn more about employee […]
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