Oregon VBM

Oregon votes by mail, tested it first in 1981, made it permanent in 1988

Oregon Secretary of State A Brief History of Vote-by-Mail from the Oregon

Secretary of State website

Some news articles about VBM in Oregon:

Here's a link to Secretary Bradbury's editorial in the Washington Post: article

Here are articles about some of the accusations and reactions on
vote-by-mail in the 2004 presidential:
Oregon Live article
Portland Tribune article

And an article about signature verification:

Oregon Live article

Signature verification is the primary safeguard against fraud, and it will become an even more effective safeguard with
centralized voter registration.

5 Year Study by SOS of Oregon comparing undervotes with three different voting methods:

punch-card, optical scan and hand counted paper ballots. Good data.

1992 General Election Undervote Averages:

punch cards: 7.67%

optical scan: 6.24%

paper ballot: 6.90%

1994 General Election Undervote Averages:

punch cards: 6.50%

optical scan: 5.16%

paper ballot: 6.11%

1996 General Election Undervote Averages:

punch cards: 7.03%

optical scan: 4.91%

paper ballot: 5.08%

1998 General Election Undervote Averages:

punch cards: 7.85%

optical scan: 6.21%

paper ballot: 7.23%

2000 General Election Undervote Averages:

punch cards: 7.11%

optical scan: 4.13%

no paper ballots

Oregon Secretary of State study (pdf)

Kerry wins Oregon's seven electoral votes

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Democratic presidential contender John Kerry won a convincing victory

over President Bush Tuesday in Oregon, a traditionally Democratic state that Republicans

had tried hard to win this year.

Updated: 11/11/2004 7:26:15 PM GMT

State results

? President by county ? Senate/House ? Statewide offices

? Ballot initiatives ? State Senate ? State House

Oregon

Electoral Votes: 7

President

100% of precincts reporting

Candidates

Party

Vote Count

% Votes Cast

Kerry

Dem

890,698

Bush

Rep

823,210

Badnarik

Lib

6,824

Cobb

PAG

4,952

Peroutka

CST

4,945