Election Administration

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Previously we reported that the Oregon Secretary of State's Office spent $350,000.00 of our tax dollars on creating Blobby (photo: right) along with a video campaign promoting this new election mascot.   This $350,000.00 purchase comes at the

"We all know Zuckerbucks played a terrible role in the 2020 election and that must never be allowed to happen again," said state Rep. Ty Bodden. States can enact their own campaign finance laws for state and local elections and Idaho, Montana and North Carolina have also advanced legislation to either enact or tighten existing bans.

As a new Arizona survey shows, voters want to take the partisanship out of how top state and local election officials are chosen. The system we use now erodes public trust.

Election reform advocates have proposed at the Oregon Legislature competing overhauls to how the state conducts its elections.

If you vote in Oregon, you’re probably accustomed to a relatively convenient, accessible voting process, giving Oregon one of the highest voter participation rates of any state in the country.  Such an achievement didn’t happen overnight. It’s been long in the making. But there is more work to be done. This session the Legislature is […]

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is seeking more money to hire more staff dedicated to election security and oversight.