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.

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.

Under the bill, Oregon would still hold a special election allowing voters to pick the replacement for an outgoing senator. This bill specifies the election has to happen between 80 and 150 days after a senator leaves office.

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

A Republican state senator introduced a bill that would ask Oregon voters if they want to end the state’s long-standing vote-by-mail system. The bill got so much public testimony that it overwhelmed the state’s website.

Trump order requires proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections Oregon's Secretary of State has criticized the order A new executive order from President Donald Trump calls for changes to elections including new identity verification ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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

After President Trump signed an executive order to reshape elections across the United States, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley are calling on the president to rescind the