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Article: From the Ballot Box to the Mailbox.(vote-by-mail program in Oregon)
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- State Legislatures
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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Storey, Tim
Oregon voted entirely by mail last November, and there's no turning back.
The Oregon 2000 contest for the presidency marked a first in American history. Not a single Oregon voter trekked to an elementary school, church or fire station to enter a polling booth. Instead, they marked their ballots in the comfort of their own homes and dropped them in the mail. Oregon was the first state in U.S. history to determine its electoral votes for president entirely by mail. And it appears there is no looking back or yearning for the good old days.
"There's no way we'll turn back the clock on vote-by-mail," says Oregon Representative Bruce ...