November Election: Register to Vote by Tuesday, October 13

All active registered voters will be mailed a ballot containing the relevant candidates and measures based on the residential address on their voter registration. Statewide races are on every ballot, which includes the races for Governor and U.S. Senator this year. There are no statewide ballot measures on the ballot this election.

Party affiliation does not impact the contents of general election ballots.

Registered voters may check their voter information and status online using My Vote, or by calling their county elections office ​.

Any Oregon voter can request and receive help registering to vote, marking their ballot, or returning their ballot.

County Voting Assistance Teams are available to help you vote privately and independently. You may get help from a friend, family member or other trusted person, however under Oregon law you cannot receive help from your employer or union.

Voters with the following special circumstances may find more information on our Special Voting Circumstances page:

Pamphlets will be mailed to every residence address in Oregon beginning October 7.

Voters' pamphlets will also available online in written form starting September 29 and in audio form on October 5.

Translated voters' pamphlets become available on October 9. With help from community volunteers, the Secretary of State's office translates portions of state and county voters' pamphlets into the most spoken non-English languages in the state and in each county. For more information, visit the Translation Advisory Council webpage.

Candidates are not required to submit a statement in the voters' pamphlet. If a particular candidate is not in the voters' pamphlet, it is because they did not submit their information to the Secretary of State's office by the deadline.

Your ballot packet will include instructions from your county on completing your ballot. Follow the instructions to complete your ballot selections or make corrections to your selections.

If your ballot has been lost, destroyed, or damaged in a way that stops you from voting, call your county elections office to request a replacement ballot.

Remember to sign your ballot return identification envelope!

• Your signature is a security measure used to verify your identity. You are the only person who can sign your ballot return identification envelope.
• Your county elections office compares the signature on the ballot return identification envelope to the signatures in the voter's registration record. They do this for every signature on every ballot return identification envelope.
• Your ballot is counted if the signature on the ballot return identification envelope matches signatures in your voter registration record. If your signature does not match, or you forgot to sign your envelope, the county will send you a challenge notice with instructions. You will have until 21 days after the election to resolve the challenge with your County Elections Office​.

First, remember to sign your ballot return identification envelope!

Election Day is the last day for a vote​r to return their ballot. The Secretary of State's office strongly encourages voters to return their ballot via a drop box as soon as they are ready to vote.

• View our official Ballot Drop Box locator to find the drop box nearest to you and to view drop box hours. Ballots returned to an official Ballot Drop Box will be picked up and taken directly to your County Elections Office.
• Take your ballot to your County Elections Office in person by 8 pm on Election Day.
• Ballots that are mailed must be postmarked by Election Day. Ballots that are postmarked by Election Day can be received by local elections offices up to 7 days after Election Day and be counted. USPS delivery times may vary, so if you return your ballot by mail, please do so by October 27, a week before election day. If you're returning your ballot by mail after October 27, ask a USPS staff member to postmark the ballot by hand at your local branch. Ballots that are postmarked by Election Day can be received by the county elections office up to 7 days after Election Day and be counted.

Asking someone to help you return your voted ballot is allowed under Oregon law. If a person helps you return your ballot, they must deposit the ballot at an official drop box or place it in the mail within 2 days of receiving it or by election day, whichever is sooner. The Secretary of State's office strongly encourages returning ballots via a drop box. If the ballot is mailed, it must be postmarked by election day and received by the county elections office no later than the 7th day after the election to be counted.