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Page 2 October 23, 2024 Let’s Make a Plan to VOTE! U.S. Postal Service Begins Delivering Ballots The United States Postal Service has begun delivering ballots for the upcoming election. Those ballots will go to a record number of registered voters in Multnomah County: 575,381 people, as of 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. That's a little more than 3,000 people over the previous record set in October 2020. Voters in Multnomah County can sign up for Track Your Ballot service at mult- nomah.ballottrax.net to know when your ballot is on its way to you. If you do not receive your ballot by Thursday, Oct. 24, take action and contact the county elec- tions office at (503) 988-VOTE (8683). The popular Track Your Ballot service is available in multiple languages! You can choose to receive ballot alerts and updates in English, Spanish, Russian, Somali, Viet- namese, Chinese or Ukrainian. Sign up today for Track Your Bal- lot and get a virtual “I Voted” sticker. Text, email or voice alerts will tell you when Multnomah County Elections has mailed your ballot and when your ballot has been received. Alerts also indicate whether the ballot has been accepted for counting or whether it requires further action by the voter. A person drops off a vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Pioneer Square during primary voting on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) Inside the “Accepted Ballot” message, voters will get access to a special Oregon “I Voted” sticker ready to share on social media. Oregon’s Nov. 5 General Election in- cludes federal, state and local candidate contests, as well as both statewide and lo- cal ballot measures. You can find out more WHEN WE VOTE, WE WIN. When our rights are on the line we fight and when they’re on the ballot we vote, because we’re not going back. The economy is on the ballot. Health care is on the ballot. Criminal justice reform is on the ballot. Reproductive freedom is on the ballot. Environmental justice is on the ballot. The right to vote is on the ballot. If we do our part and show up to the polls, we will make history (again)! Let’s vote for progress and the future we deserve. Vote for the leader who’s been fighting for us for years. Election Day is November 5th. Vote for Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: National Archives (Top) information about the candidates and mea- sures that will be on your ballot in both the Oregon State Online Voters’ Guide and the Multnomah County Voters’ Pamphlet. State and County voters’ pamphlets were mailed to every household in Mult- nomah County on Oct. 9-11. Due to the large size of both the State and County vot- ers’ pamphlets, they were delivered sepa- rately instead of together. In past elections, the County’s voters’ pamphlet was includ- ed as part of the State voters’ pamphlet. Multnomah County Elections has opened its second service location, the Voting Center Express in Gresham, start- ing Thursday, Oct. 10, through Election Day, Nov. 5. The Voting Center Express is inside the Multnomah County East Building at 600 N.E. 8th St. in downtown Gresham. Vot- ers can get assistance registering to vote or replacing a lost ballot, get help voting, ask questions, or vote in-person. Staff at that location also speak multiple languages. The Oregon Voter Registration Dead- line for new voters has passed. For all oth- er voters, if you have not already done so, please check that your voter registration information is accurate and up-to-date. If you have moved, update your mailing ad- dress NOW to ensure you receive a ballot. Ballots are not forwardable mail. You can update your voter registration information at www.oregonvotes.gov/myvote. Reminder, as ranked-choice voting ar- rives, this year’s ballot will look different for City of Portland voters. The Nov. 5 General Election marks the first time voters in the City of Portland will use ranked-choice voting to select can- Continued on Page 10
