Oregon has more unaffiliated voters than Republicans or Democrats — meaning a significant chunk of voters can’t participate in the state’s partisan primary elections and ultimately have no say on which major party nominees end up on general election ballots.

The next time one of Oregon’s U.S. senators dies or retires before the end of their term, the governor could get to appoint their temporary replacement. That proposal, in Senate Bill 952, would bring Oregon in line with the vast majority of states,

According to Legislative Administration, the Oregon Legislative Information System, or OLIS, 11,752 testimonies were uploaded between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday with 5,100 on SB 210 alone. Prior to Monday, there had been an average of about 1,000 testimonies uploaded per day during the 2025 session.

Senate Bill 210 seeks to overhaul Oregon's first groundbreaking mail-in voting system and largely return it to in-person voting.

Voters in Cottage Grove and Oregon saw municipal funding referendums on their ballot for the Spring General Election. In both communities, voters rejected those measures.

A controversial bill that could repeal Oregon’s vote by mail system resulted in a heated public hearing Monday afternoon, as dozens of individuals argued for and against scrapping the state’s first-in-nation voting system.

Senate Bill 210 would make in-person voting on Election Day the “standard method for conducting an election" and require people to show a government-issued ID.

After President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that would reshape elections, the Oregon secretary of state is warning those policies would make Oregon elections "less safe."

Four tax measures and dozens of special district candidates will appear on voters' ballots in Lane County this May.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is calling on U.S. House leaders to strike down a bill that could reshape elections across the United States.

Brooke Herbert / OPB President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on election security Tuesday could result in big changes to how Oregon conducts elections. But the state’s top elections ...

The new bill was introduced in January, 2025 by David Brock Smith (R-Port Orford). The bill would require in-person voting for most Oregon residents on election day and would require voters to present a government-issued ID when voting.