Go to StatesmanJournal.com throughout the day for election day updates and initial election results after 8 p.m. for Mid-Valley ballot measures.

Sixteen states, including Oregon, accept mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. The Supreme Court will consider the legality of that practice.

Some Oregon Republicans are trying to force a vote on Governor Tina Kotek’s massive transportation funding bill that passed in special session earlier this year.

Voter service locations opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the November special election across Oregon and Washington, with polls remaining open until 8 p.m.

No Tax Oregon will begin collecting signatures Nov. 13 to refer much of the Oregon transportation package to voters in the November 2026 election.

Fifteen of Oregon’s 36 counties held elections, voting on everything from parks to libraries to law enforcement

The South Lane Fire District is seeking voter approval to replace its 47-cent local option levy with a 94-cent one. The fire district said this will let it pay the escalating costs of running a fire department and allow the district to purchase and run a third ambulance.

Ballots are due back to county election offices by 8 p.m. or they must be post marked by Tuesday, November 4. Here is a list of links to county drop box locations across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington: Election results will begin to come in starting at 8 p.m. KATU News will track the results on air and here on KATU.com.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read wants a federal official to exit their role after claiming that Democrats are dependent on undocumented immigrants for votes.

NEW YORK — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party’s policies, its message or President Donald Trump’s leadership.

About 300 Illinois National Guard troops will remain activated in the Chicago area, as will about 200 soldiers from the Oregon National Guard in the Portland area, the officials said.