By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As complaints about elections, many of them unfounded, pile up around the country, investigators tasked with dealing with them find themselves on the front line of defending the integrity of America’s system for choosing local, state and national leaders. In blue states like Oregon and red
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NewsChannel 21 political analysts Jeff Eager and Judy Stiegler talk about the impact unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson on the race.
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Unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson visited supporters at Bend’s Pine Tavern Restaurant on Thursday afternoon, giving us her views on pre-election polls and vowing to stay in the race “until the last vote is counted.”
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Nearly half of Bend-La Pine Schools’ buildings were built before 1980, and some were constructed more than 90 years ago. The district says many need major repairs and maintenance to keep students and staff safe. And they are seeking money from voters next week to make that happen.
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What are the top issues on voters minds as they cast their ballots? NewsChannel 21 political analysts Jeff Eager and Judy Stiegler weigh in.
Continue ReadingNewsChannel 21’s final Decision 2022 debate before the Nov. 8 general election featured the two Oregon House District 54 candidates, Democrat incumbent Jason Kropf and Republican challenger Judy Trego
Continue ReadingHere is NewsChannel 21’s Decision 2022 debate Wednesday night between the two candidates for Oregon House District 53, Democrat Emerson Levy and Republican Michael Sipe, moderated by Lee Anderson.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The results are in! Students across Oregon participated the League of Women Voters of Oregon’s 2022 Oregon Student Mock Election for a realistic voting experience, endorsed by Gov. Kate Brown and Secretary of State Shemia Fagan.
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the
Continue ReadingNewsChannel 21 political analysts Jeff Eager and Judy Stiegler are weighing on this year’s election in the days leading up to Election Night. First, what’s making history this year?
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s pioneering motor voter program, in which residents who interact with the motor vehicle division are automatically registered to vote, hit a minor software speed bump, but the secretary of state said Monday it’s being resolved. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said the Oregon Elections Division
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off a multi-state tour in Oregon on Thursday by talking about abortion, but honed in on a topic some Democratic candidates have largely avoided on the campaign trail: The economy. The tour is an effort to energize young voters
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters are being asked to decide whether the state should be the first in the nation to amend its constitution to explicitly declare that affordable health care is a fundamental human right. State Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, a main sponsor of the legislation behind the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A waiting and vetting period would be baked into gun purchases in Oregon if a measure on the November statewide ballot passes. If voters approve the measure Nov. 8, buying a gun would first involve the potential purchaser obtaining a permit, which requires a number of
Continue ReadingOregon U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight announced Tuesday the appointment of two district election officers to oversee the handling of complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud in Oregon for the Nov. 8 general election.
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With two weeks to go before the votes are counted, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek brought her “Defending Reproductive Rights” tour to Bend Tuesday, while unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson flew into Madras for a stop at the Erickson Aircraft Collection. Meanwhile, a new poll shows Republican Christine Drazan, who visited Bend last week, leading her
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Names are not listed on your Oregon ballot in alphabetical order, so there’s fairness in the list.
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The Deschutes County Clerk’s Office was busy Monday making sure its ballot-counting machines are working properly.
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner made seven-term Rep. Kurt Schrader the first Democratic congressman to lose his reelection bid this year when she defeated him in their May primary. His ouster from Oregon’s 5th District, along with new boundaries that make the district a little less blue,
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington voters will soon decide whether to elect their first Democratic secretary of state in six decades or, instead, send a longtime county auditor to be the state’s first nonpartisan chief elections officer. Republicans were shut out of the state’s top two primary in August,
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