Lawmakers sent three measures to voters to decide and more than 117,000 residents signed enough petitions for two other issues to be voted on.

Janelle Bynum and Lori Chavez-DeRemer vie in the race for U.S. House District 5, while Mike Erickson and Andrea Salinas compete for District 6.

The Oregon agency that issues driver’s licenses erroneously registered more than 300 non-citizens to vote, though state officials say only two people actually cast ballots. State Elections Director Molly Woon told the Capital Chronicle that she received a call late Thursday afternoon from the administrator of the Driver and Motor Vehicle Services division of the

The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles is responding to reports saying they erroneously registered more than 300 people to vote despite them not providing the proper proof of citizenship to do so.

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade directed her office Wednesday to investigate Portland City Council and mayoral candidates who agreed to reciprocate campaign contributions in an effort to obtain matching funds from the city, agency spokesperson Laura Kerns said. LC- THE OREGONIAN

WW has learned Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services, which licenses drivers in the state, has mistakenly placed more than 300 non-citizens on the voting rolls since 2021. Officials believe that 306 people without citizenship were registered to vote through a data entry error, but they believe just two of them actually cast ballots.

The National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors have written the Postmaster General expressing concern

A federal complaint filed Tuesday by a Corvallis voter alleges that Republican congressional candidate Monique DeSpain illegally omitted information on her required financial disclosure reports, leaving voters in the dark about potential conflicts of interest.

Portland City Hall is on the verge of some truly monumental changes, ranging from the radical transformation of how the city’s government operates to an historic election in November that will usher in a new mayor and expanded 12-member City Council.