Can I still vote in person?
Can I vote if I am gone during an election?
How can I change my vote?
How do I know if my ballot was received?
Can I get assistance?
Is my vote secret?
What is a Primary Election?
When will I know the results of an election?
Can I still vote in person?
You can still vote in person in Oregon. Each County Elections Office provides privacy booths for voters who want to vote in person or voters who need assistance.
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Can I vote if I am gone during an election?
If you are going to be away during an election, you can request an absentee ballot.
Call 1 866 ORE VOTES or contact your County Elections Office for more information.
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How can I change my vote?
You can change your vote as long as you have not already
returned your ballot.
Call 1 866 ORE VOTES or contact your County Elections Office
to request a replacement ballot.
You cannot change your vote once you have returned
your ballot.
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How do I know if my ballot was received?
Call 1 866 ORE VOTES or contact your County Elections Office. Each county keeps a record of every voter who has returned a ballot.
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Can I get assistance?
If you are unable to vote your ballot for any reason, you can
get assistance. You can also request to receive information in an
alternative format.
Call 1 866 ORE VOTES or contact your County Elections Office for more information.
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Is my vote secret?
Your vote is secret. No one will know how you voted. The secrecy envelope that contains your ballot is removed and separated from the ballot return envelope before it is opened. Then your ballot is counted.
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What is a Primary Election?
Major political parties (Democratic & Republican) choose who
they want to run for office by having a Primary Election.
The Primary Election is held every even-numbered year on the
third Tuesday in May.
If you are registered as a member of a major political party, you can vote in that party’s Primary Election.
Sometimes a major political party will open its Primary Election
to voters who are not registered as a member of any political
party (non-affiliated voters). Non-affiliated voters will be notified by
mail if a party opens its Primary Election.
If neither major political party opens its Primary Election, all
non-affiliated voters will automatically receive a ballot with
all measures and nonpartisan contests (for example: judges,
district attorneys, etc.)
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When will I know the results of an election?
Unofficial election results are first available after 8pm on Election Day. Results are updated as ballots are counted.
Unofficial election results are posted at www.oregonvotes.org and are reported through many local media outlets.
The Secretary of State has 30 days to verify and proclaim the official results for state elections.