State of Oregon
Voter Registration Information

Must register to vote 21 days before the election.
Can change or select party affiliation 21 days before the election.

Can register to vote in person or obtain a mail-in application from:
County election office (see county election office list)
Division of motor vehicles
Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) offices
Medicaid offices
Food stamp offices
Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices
Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities

Obtain an online voter registration application at:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/vreg.htm

OREGON ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in Oregon?

Anyone registered to vote in Oregon may request an absentee ballot.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

A voter may request that the ballot be mailed, or a voter may go to the county elections office to vote the ballot. Absentee ballots are available by written request 45 days before an election.

Ballots requested by voters who are overseas or who are in the armed forces are normally mailed six to eight weeks before an election, while ballots mailed to all other persons within the United States are normally sent beginning three weeks before an election. There is no given deadline for submitting applications, although voters must allow time for the ballots to be sent out through the mail and returned to the clerk by the Election Day deadline.

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

The ballot may be mailed or hand-delivered to the county clerk. In order to be counted, the ballot must be received by the clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.

Other Information on Absentee Voting in Oregon

When a voter requests an absentee ballot, the request is honored for one election. However, if the conditions described below are met, a voter may request a ballot for more than one election. Requests must be in writing.

LONG TERM ABSENTEE VOTERS
Any Oregon voter who is absent from their place of residence and is…

1. Serving in the Armed Forces of the United States or who has been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States for not more than 30 days;
2. Serving in the Merchant Marine of the United States or who has been discharged from the Merchant Marine of the United States for more than 30 days; or
3. Temporarily living outside the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia

…may request an absentee ballot for one or more elections. A voter must submit a written request to the appropriate county elections official to become a long term absentee voter. The request may be hand delivered, mailed or sent by fax and received by the county elections official by 8:00 p.m. the day of the election.

The request must include:
- The voter's name;
- The voter's residence address;
- The address to which the ballot should be mailed, if different from residence; and
- The voter's signature.

If requesting a ballot for more than one election, the written request must also include:
- A statement that the voter is a U.S. citizen;
- A statement that the voter will be 18 years of age or older on the day of the election;
- A statement that the voter's home residence has been in this state for more than 20 days preceding the election, and giving the address of last home residence;
- A statement of the facts that qualify the voter to receive an absentee ballot for more than one election;
- A statement that the voter is not requesting a ballot from any other state and is not voting in any other manner than by absentee ballot; and
- A designation of political affiliation (for purposes of voting in primary elections).

Sources:
Democracy Network/Oregon; League of Women Voters
10951 West Pico Blvd, Suite 120
Los Angeles, CA 90064
P: (310)470-6590
F: (310)475-3752
http://www.dnet.org/or

Oregon State Elections Division
141 State Capitol Building
Salem, OR 97310
P: (503)986-1518
F: (503)373-7414
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/elechp.htm
 

Oregon Voter Registration Information:
Oregon Local Election Offices:

BAKER
BENTON
CLACKAMAS
CLATSOP
COLUMBIA
COOS
CROOK
CURRY
DESCHUTES
DOUGLAS
GILLIAM
GRANT
HARNEY
HOOD RIVER
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
JOSEPHINE
KLAMATH
LAKE
LANE
LINCOLN
LINN
MALHEUR
MARION
MORROW
MULTNOMAH
POLK
SHERMAN
TILLAMOOK
UMATILLA
UNION
WALLOWA
WASCO
WASHINGTON
WHEELER
YAMHILL


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