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Sarah Lyons. Sarah Lyons is the Director of Communications at IndependentVoting.org, a national association of independents. She is a native of Oregon and resides in New York City.…

is the last chance Arkansas, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon have to make the switch to an independent redistricting commission before maps are redrawn for the new decade. But the Covid-19 pandemic has made gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot…

Independent Party of Oregon Makes History with New Voting Method. The third-largest political party in Oregon is answering the question: Can political parties conduct their own primary elections? The short answer: Yes, and the party is using this freedom…

by mail: Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington. It took them many years to develop their systems, safeguards and capacity to make such all-mail-in elections possible. There are a few salient problems with this national push to move ballots to the…

distinction from "everyone") a ballot without a request. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Colorado, Hawaii, Utah, Washington and Oregon were already vote-by-mail states. But now California, Nevada and Vermont will also automatically send ballots to registered voters…

system and transform its electoral process nationwide. It could build on the tremendous momentum the reform community continues to see. The Independent Party of Oregon to Make History with Brand New Voting System. For the first time in history, STAR…

of democracy is how reformers figure out what proposals are needed to best serve voters. Results Are In For First Election to Use STAR Voting. The Independent Part of Oregon made history by being the first to use STAR (Score Then Automatic Runoff) voting…

are the only two states in which voters will decide this fall whether to approve redistricting reform measures. Oregon also attempted to get an anti-gerrymandering initiative on the ballot, but those efforts were. blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court. On the…

five states — Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington — that now send everyone a ballot for all elections. Eight states are planning to send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters this fall as a way of encouraging as many people as…

Washington, Oregon, Utah and Hawaii — although state law already allows 14 smaller counties in California to hold elections entirely remotely. The lawsuit is one of the most aggressive moves at the courthouse yet by the GOP. It has announced plans to spend $20…