2024 OREGON VOTER GUIDE
1.Voter Registration
Deadline to Register/Update: October 15, 2024
2. Check Your Registration
Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.
Check/Update Your Registration Online
Checklist:
- Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
- Correct Address
- Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
- Correct Date of Birth
- Correct Political Party Preference
- Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.
3. Voter ID Law
Source: Ballotpedia
Oregon is an all-mail voting state. When registering to vote, voters must provide their driver’s license number or state ID card number. If voters can not provide this information, they can print and sign a online voter registration form and mail it to their county election office to complete their registration.
4. Order Your Mail Ballot
All registered voters will automatically receive a ballot 2-3 weeks before an election.
Ballots will be sent to actively registered voters from October 16 – October 22, 2024.
Ballot Drop-off Locations: https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx
(will be available 20 days before the election)
Deadline to return Mail Ballot: Must be postmarked or received by 8:00 PM on November 5, 2024
5. Early Voting Information
Oregon is a Vote by Mail State. Registered voters receive an official ballot two to three weeks before an election.
The ballot return envelope can be stamped and mailed or dropped off at any official drop box across the state. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
- For a list of dropbox locations visit: https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx
If a voter casts their ballot after the Wednesday before an election, the ballot should be left at a drop box site to ensure it is counted.
Contact your county election officials for more information. To find your county clerk visit:https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/countyofficials.aspx