2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (508+ words) Citizenship is a familiar word. What Americans expect from it, what self-government requires of the people living under it, and how those responsibilities have evolved across nearly 250 years of American democracy are considerably larger questions. Those questions will come to…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (417+ words) Oregon’s top elections official and the state’s two U.S. senators will convene at the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, September 8, to discuss the state’s response to federal actions that could affect the operation of vote-by-mail elections. The issue carries…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (990+ words) “Lower Taxes” is an extraordinarily powerful political promise. It requires two words on a campaign sign, appeals immediately to households struggling with rising expenses and suggests something every taxpayer understands: elect this candidate and government will take less of your…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (370+ words) Oregon’s statewide election town hall series will continue Tuesday evening in Gresham, bringing the second public forum in Secretary of State Tobias Read’s Oregon Votes Town Hall series to the Portland metropolitan area as preparations continue for the November general…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (439+ words) Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is pledging to fight any federal postal changes that could interfere with eligible Oregonians casting ballots by mail, following the emergence of a whistleblower account alleging that the U.S. Postal Service is moving toward implementation…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (626+ words) On Wednesday morning, September 2nd, Circuit Court Judge Laurie Norman rejected Baertschiger’s petition to amend the ballot title language, for many of the same reasons as we stated in this column last week. It appeared to be a quick and easy…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1192+ words) Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is expanding voter outreach ahead of the November 3 general election with a series of Oregon Votes Town Halls scheduled during September and October, placing election administration and voter information before the public as Oregon…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (359+ words) If there’s one thing that City and County elected officials and former elected officials like to brag about or pretend to brag about in Josephine County, it’s their supposed support for local public safety or local law enforcement. But as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (509+ words) That question is being fought in federal court. States challenging the administration’s election order contend that the president cannot independently rewrite election procedures assigned by the Constitution to states and Congress. The administration has defended the measures as lawful exercises…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (779+ words) Grants Pass Tribune Get the latest FREE edition of Grants Pass Tribune. Oregon Election Calendar Reaches Critical Week as Candidate Withdrawal Deadline Nears Oregon’s 2026 election calendar enters an important stage this week as candidates, political parties and election officials approach…...