Just 17 of Oregon’s 36 counties will hold elections this November, allowing voters a chance to weigh in on everything from fire department levies to bonds for recreation facilities and whether citizens should be able to veto expensive public projects.

Oregon voter registration for the Nov. 4, 2025 Special Election closed on Oct. 14, as announced by Secretary of State Tobias Read.

The deadline for online registrations is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Ballots will begin to be mailed out the next day.

Ballots for the November 4 Special Election will begin showing up in mailboxes today, Multnomah County Elections said.

The Oregon Trail School District is asking voters to approve a $172 million bond to pay for building updates and maintenance plus safety upgrades and improvements to the district’s recreational facilities.

The deadline to register to vote in the election is Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Ballots will be mailed to voters beginning Wednesday. There are only a handful of measures on the November ballot.

Ballots were mailed to Baker County’s more than 13,000 voters on Wednesday, Oct. 15. There is a single item on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election — a measure that, if approved, would give voters veto power over proposed public event centers with a projected construction cost exceeding $1 million.

Clackamas County sends ballots to 127,000 voters for a special election, offering "Track Your Ballot" service for transparency.

While it’s not unusual for governors to take time before signing bills into law, state political experts say the governor’s delay is a strategic move to limit the time Republicans have to challenge the measure by referring it to voters.

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office launched the search for its inaugural kid governor in 2017, becoming only the second state to implement the program. Connecticut’s Democracy Center was the first to debut the program just two years prior.

If you want to find out who all of Oregon’s registered voters are, where they live, the party if any they’re associated with, which recent elections they voted in, and more, you can easily get that information.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) warned on Monday that actions made by President Trump could be part of an effort to keep the commander in chief in power, among other things “you expect in a different country.