to conduct a presidential election with mail-in voting. Two years later, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. Oregon voters finally settled the matter in 1998 when they overwhelmingly voted to expand mail-in voting to primary and general elections. The second time in 1997, it was killed in the state senate, before it could even get to the governor's desk. The first time in 1995 it was vetoed by then Gov. Phil Keisling served as Oregon's secretary of state for two terms in the 1990s. “It was a big political fight,” Keisling said. Keisling said, during his tenure, the state legislature tried to pass legislation twice that would have Oregonians vote-by-mail exclusively. Keisling served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, which was a pivotal and somewhat tumultuous period for mail-in voting in the state. “Every election is done this way, where voters automatically get their ballots in the mail ahead of time.” “It's been the law now since 2000,” said Phil Keisling, Oregon’s former secretary of state.
And it first got the green light for local state elections back in 1981. In fact, Oregon voters made mail-in ballots the state’s standard system more than 20 years ago. And in other states, politicians are still squabbling over the idea.īut while mail-in voting has become a very hot topic nationwide, here in Oregon it’s old news. Several states have already made the switch to this type of voting for their primary elections this year, albeit with some considerable fits and starts. A Multnomah County elections worker sorts ballots.
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