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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, September 15, 2025
County elections officials encourage citizens to make an impact and Vote Local on National Voter Registration Day
Voters can visit oregonvotes.gov to register to vote or update their voter registration information in advance of the November 4, 2025 Special Election.
Join local election officials in Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill counties as we celebrate National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 16. We’re encouraging Oregonians to take a few moments to make an impact and Vote Local for the 2025 November Special Election. First celebrated in 2012, National Voter Registration Day has grown into a nationwide, nonpartisan holiday where election officials, organizations, and volunteers join forces to ensure that our family, friends and neighbors are prepared to make their voices heard by making a plan to VOTE!
Your county elections officials are encouraging voters to take these three steps:
- Check your voter registration status and make sure your information is up to date at oregonvotes.gov. Voters should update their voter registration any time they move, change their residence or mailing address, change their name, or want to change their party affiliation. The voter registration deadline for online registration is Tuesday, October 14 at 11:59 p.m.
- Sign up for a ballot tracking service. As a voter in these five counties, you can sign up to receive Track Your Ballot alerts via text, phone, or email, so you know when your ballot has been mailed to you. After you vote and return your ballot, you will be notified when it has been received and accepted for counting by your county elections office. Voters can sign up for this FREE service at ballottrax.net/voter or learn more by visiting your county elections website listed below.
- Make a plan to VOTE for this election and the next one! Because this is a special election, not every voter will have an election this November. Visit your local county elections website to see if you have a measure or contest to vote on in your county, city or district. Elections officials will begin to mail ballots to voters on Wednesday, October 15. Get prepared and make a plan that includes when you will receive your ballot, when and where you will vote, and how you will be returning your ballot. Ballots can be mailed or returned to any open Official Ballot Drop Site in the state. To find the closest drop site near you visit oregonvotes.gov. Voted ballots must be mailed with a valid postmark or returned to an Official Ballot Drop Site by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. We recommend returning your ballot directly to an Official Ballot Drop Site after Friday, October 31.
For every election, County elections officials go to great lengths to ensure the integrity, accuracy, transparency, and security of the election process ensuring that all the federal, state, and local elections we administer are accessible and secure for all voters in our counties.
Did you know when every ballot return envelope arrives to one of our offices it is inspected for a voter signature? The signature on the ballot return envelope is compared to the voter’s signature on file in the state’s centralized voter registration system and the signature must match before the ballot is opened and counted. If the signature does not match or is missing, you will receive a letter in the mail with directions on next steps so we can verify your signature and count your ballot. Voters who have signed up for status updates through Track Your Ballot will also be notified via text, phone, or email if your local elections officials are unable to accept your signature, alerting you to get in contact with your local elections office. You can update your voter registration signature by filling out a paper Oregon Voter Registration Card.
Your county elections official is a reliable source for trusted and accurate information about elections processes and voter information. We are prepared and ready to conduct November’s Special Election. We are ready to count your vote! Are you ready to make an impact?
To learn more about voting in your county and for more information about the November 4, 2025 Special Election please visit your local county elections website listed below.
Contacts:
Catherine McMullen, Clackamas County Clerk | clackamas.us/elections | elections@clackamas.us | 503-655-8510
Bill Burgess, Marion County Clerk | co.marion.or.us/CO/elections | elections@co.marion.or.us | 503-588-5041
Tim Scott, Multnomah County Elections Director | MultnomahVotes.gov | elections@multco.us | 503-988-VOTE (8683)
Dan Forester, Washington County Elections Manager | washingtoncountyor.gov/elections | elections@washingtoncountyor.gov | 503-846-5800
Keri Hinton, Yamhill County Clerk | yamhillcounty.gov/405/Elections | elections@yamhillcounty.gov | 503-434-7518
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