The Oregon Motor Voter went into law in January 2016. People eligible to vote are automatically registered when they obtain or renew their driver's license at the Oregon DMV. According to the secretary of state election calendar, Oct. 16 is the first-day ballots will be mailed to voters. The last day ballots will be mailed is Oct. 22.

The top dog in the U.S. House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, made a pit stop in Oregon on Wednesday to stump for state lawmaker Janelle Bynum, who is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the nationally watched 5th Congressional District race.

Two House Republicans are demanding Oregon's secretary of state provide information on how the state is handling over 1,000 noncitizens who have been on voter rolls for three years.

Oregon transportation authorities waited weeks to tell elections officials about an error that registered over 1,200 people to vote despite them not providing proof of U.S. citizenship.

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries campaigned for Democrat Janelle Bynum in her race against Republican Lori Chavez-Deremer in Oregon's Congressional District 5, a key race in the fight for control of the U.

CLACKAMAS— In 2023, top congressional Democrat Hakeem Jeffries urged Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum to run for one of the country’s closest U.S. House races. On Wednesday, he stood side-by-side with Bynum at her campaign headquarters,

Oregon businesses have spent millions to oppose a ballot measure that would establish a corporate tax to be redistributed as universal basic income.

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said she became aware of the error six weeks after the DMV first learned about it.

Oregon voters this fall will decide whether to establish an independent commission responsible for setting the salaries of the governor, secretary of state, lawmakers, judges and other state elected officials.

The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that it will send Oregon’s Democratic Party $125,000 to turn out voters in congressional races.

The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that it will send Oregon’s Democratic Party $125,000 to turn out voters in congressional races. It’s the first time the DNC has invested in late get-out-the-vote efforts in Oregon,

Republican Mike Erickson, left, is attempting his fourth run for Congress to represent Oregon's 6th Congressional District. His race against incumbent Andrea Salinas, who bested him for the seat in 2022, is expected to be close, though national politics watchers give Salinas an edge. Courtesy of the Mike Erickson and Andrea Salinas campaigns