Oregon Voter Turnout up Slightly a Week Before Midterm Election

Oregon voter turnout up slightly a week before midterm election

Oregon’s top election official is encouraging voters to turn in their ballot by the end of the day Tuesday, and to vote via a secure drop box after that.

Half a million Oregonians have turned in their ballots week ahead of Nov. 3 election

A voter turns in their ballot at a dropbox located at the Albany Public Library. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)More than half a million Oregon voters have returned their ballots as of Monday morning, about 16% of the state’s 3.1 million registered voters, according to unofficial ballot return data from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division.  Voters statewide have just a week left to cast their ballots. Oregon Secr…

Mail ballots by Oct. 27, then use a drop box, state says

Oregon's turnout stood at 23.42% Tuesday morning, a week before the Nov. 3 election, and Washington County's was 22.52% through Monday, according to state and county figures.