The May 18 special district election Voters' Pamphlet. Photo: Chas Hundley
The deadline to register to vote or update your registration for the May 18 special district election is Tuesday, April 27. To register or to make a change to your voter registration, visit and complete the online form at oregonvotes.gov/register before midnight on Tuesday, April 27; in person at the Washington County Elections office no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, or with a mailed form postmarked on or before April 27. Those registering to vote must be U.S. citizens, Oregon residents, and 16 years of age or older (anyone under 18 will not receive a ballot until an election falls on or after their 18th birthday). A valid drivers license, permit, or ID number is required, or a social security number or another form of identification. All of the requirements can be found on the voter registration card. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters beginning April 28. Ballots can be mailed through the United States Postal Service, or dropped off at an official ballot drop site or delivered directly to the Washington County Elections office.
Ballots must be received
by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, even if they are mailed. Postmarked ballots that arrive later will not be counted, and votes contained within will not count. More information and a brief history of the practice of voting by mail in Oregon can be read here. The Washington County Elections office is located at 2925 NE Aloclek Drive, Suite 170, Hillsboro, OR 97124-7523.
The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results on Tuesday from the May 20 special district election, including precinct-level data for the election that saw contested school board races in the Forest Grove School District and a Gales Creek resident win election to t
The city of Forest Grove will need to turn elsewhere if it wishes to fund the construction of a new police station. The latest vote tally issued Friday afternoon widened the 'no' vote to a 190-vote lead.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
