Election Morning Update: Oregon, Washington Overtake 2016 Ballots Cast

As of this morning, Oregon and Washington voters have returned more ballots than they did in the 2016 election.

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Friday Update: Ballot Returns in Oregon Return to Historical Rate

After a surge of ballots returned last week, this week we saw the number of ballots returned daily in Oregon drop to about the same rate as they were returned in previous years. Still ahead of us, however, are the three days when turnout has historically been the highest: Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. In previous years, around a quarter of all ballots have been received by elections offices on Election Day.

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Oregonians Returning Ballots Earlier than in Previous Years

Oregonians are eager to vote in the upcoming November 3 election. As of the morning of October 21, nearly 2 weeks before Election Day, almost 500,000 of the 3 million registered voters in the state have already returned their ballot. This is 24% of the 2 million ballots cast in the 2016 general election.

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“It’s possible but unlikely that states such as Arizona, which already have a large percentage of voters on a list to automatically receive a ballot, could expand the practice, said Paul Gronke, a political science professor at Reed College and director of the Early Voting Information Center.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/it-s-too-late-to-expand-mail-in-voting-as-trump-steps-up-attacks

“Paul Gronke, director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Oregon, said the counterfeit ballot theory was from ‘the world of fantasy.’”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/barr-floats-foreign-mail-vote-fraud-that-experts-call-impossible