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No. Oregon conducts elections by mail. If you are registered, your county mails you a ballot automatically beginning October 14, 2026. If a ballot has not arrived within about a week of that date, contact your county elections office.

October 13, 2026 — 21 days before the election. Online registrations must be submitted by 11:59 pm that day, and mailed paper cards must be postmarked by then.

It depends how you return it. A ballot returned by mail must be postmarked by November 3, 2026 and is counted if it arrives within seven days. A ballot placed in an official drop box must be in the box by 8:00 pm on November 3.

You must be a United States citizen, a resident of Oregon, and at least 16 to register — though you must be 18 by Election Day to vote. Eligibility details and restoration of voting rights are explained on the Secretary of State's registration page.

School boards, county commissions and city councils decide curriculum, land use, policing and local taxes — the decisions that reach a family most directly. They are also decided by the smallest margins, so a single engaged voter carries proportionally more weight there than in a federal race.

The Oregon Legislature publishes every bill, vote and committee record at oregonlegislature.gov, and Congress does the same at congress.gov. Both are free, official, and searchable by legislator.