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RandySF

(84,325 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:36 PM Dec 2025

Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail.

As the nonpartisan clerk of Harney County, a vast, rural expanse larger than Massachusetts, Robinson oversees elections with about 6,000 registered voters. Oregon has exclusively conducted elections by mail since 2000, a system he thinks works well, requires fewer staff and doesn’t force voters to travel through treacherous weather to reach a polling place.

“As you can tell, I’m not an advocate for going back,” Robinson said.

Not everyone agrees. An Oregon Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation to end the state’s mail voting law, and organizers of a ballot measure campaign seeking to ban mail-in voting say they have gathered thousands of signatures.




https://penncapital-star.com/2025/12/09/repub/voting-by-mail-faces-uncertain-moment-ahead-of-midterm-elections/

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Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2025 OP
Nooooo! If Oregon goes back, it will be really bad for the rest of us FakeNoose Dec 2025 #1
Only in Oregon... Wounded Bear Dec 2025 #2
That Oregon Republican must hate the military voter. Emile Dec 2025 #3
Don't see states going back. It's entrenched in my red state. Silent Type Dec 2025 #4
Oregon GOPigs are morons. Oregon loves Vote By Mail !!!!!!!!!! Trueblue1968 Dec 2025 #5

Wounded Bear

(64,328 posts)
2. Only in Oregon...
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:05 PM
Dec 2025

Whew! I live in WA and we also have VBM.

You might want to edit your headline to indicate it's not national.

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