Oregon's secretary of state recommends mailing ballots by Tuesday to reduce the risk that a late postmark could disqualify your vote. State of play: Ballots in Oregon are counted for up to seven days after an election,

The Oregon Secretary of State's Office took down a test election website after a system update accidentally exposed it to public search engines.

Tina Kotek called for the creation of universal childcare by 2031 if elected to a second term. Anastasia Mason

Mail-in ballots are being rejected at a growing rate in rural areas thanks to U.S. Postal Service cuts. ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Ohio, a staggering amount of ballots arrived too late to be counted due to delays in mail delivery. Three days after primary elections in Stevens County, Washington, election workers checked the mail for late ballots. They found over 500...

The outcome of just one or two state legislative races in November’s election could substantially shape Oregonians’ lives in the coming years, and that’s why powerful political groups and wealthy individuals are dropping millions of dollars into key contests. In southern Oregon, a Republican business leader is trying to flip a Senate seat in order to break a Democratic supermajority in the ...

Katrina Gill is a registered Republican but that doesn’t mean she always wants to vote for one, she said. Oregon election rules restrict party primaries to voters registered with those parties, and that limits the 58-year-old Cornelius resident to the Republican ballot in May contests. “It’s just a silly rule,” said Gill, a former general manager for a transportation company. “I don’t ...

Former President Barack Obama is asking Oregonians to give Gov. Tina Kotek a second term, four years after he endorsed his fellow Democrat in her first gubernatorial bid. “Hey Oregon, Barack Obama here,” the former president states in a 48-second video released by Kotek’s campaign Tuesday. “You know what’s on the line in this election? Your healthcare. Your reproductive rights. Your ability to ...

Actor and progressive activist Jane Fonda made appearances in Salem and Portland to support Oregon Democratic candidates for the November election.

Editor's note: Axios has removed this story about a viral video of Oregon candidate Nafisa Fai having been altered, as it was primarily based on reporting from the Oregon Journalism Project, which retracted their story after they "obtained new images that showed the flag at the Minneapolis event had in fact been upside down." Axios will continue to report out this story and will update with a link here when we have more. Get the rundown of the...