Free News Agitated overnight voting ends with seating of new Oregon U.S. House members By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Insider Updated Jan 10, 2023 The moment came several days late and in the bleary-eyed pitch-dark a.m. hours of the weekend, but Oregon’s six U.S. House members — including…
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Free News Mystery bill fuels guessing game on Wyden future By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau Updated Feb 8, 2022 A mystery proposal to change the way vacancies among Oregon’s U.S. senators are filled surfaced over the weekend and set off a wave of specula…
News Oregon legislators will try again to restore prisoners’ voting rights By Kira Lerner & Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle Updated Dec 21, 2021 Oregon legislators stymied in their attempt earlier this year to restore voting rights to thousands of incarcerated Oregonians will try again …
News 2018 GOP nominee Buehler endorses independent Johnson in governor’s race By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau Updated Dec 14, 2021 Knute Buehler, the 2018 Republican nominee for governor, endorsed Sen. Betsy Johnson, who is running an insurgent independent campaign for gov…
News Oregon Dems blast own party for ‘arrogant’ moves By Gary A. Warner, Oregon Capital Bureau Updated Jul 20, 2021 A pandemic political deal and feuding Democrats have made for a noisy start to the makeover of Oregon’s congressional maps in time for the 202…
News Wyden, Blumenauer introduce voting access bill Washington, D.C. —U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., today introduced new legislation to fight voter suppression by ensuring every American voter has the option to vote at home. The Oregon lawmakers introduced the Vote at Home Act, new legislation to massively expand vote-at-home ballot access, provide voters with pre-paid ballot envelopes and enact automatic voter registration. The legislation follows the successful expansion of voting at home and by mail in the November 2020 election, when nearly 50 percent of voters used a vote-at-home ballot, an all-time high in federal races. Updated Feb 2, 2021 Washington, D.C. —U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., introduced new legislation to fight voter suppression Fe…
