Oregon has been a vote by mail state for longer than I’ve lived here and I love it. It’s so much easier doing all the research at home and then, instead of compiling a list of who to vote for and trekking to the polls on a specific day, to then actually vote. Vote by mail is one of the best things about our state.
I was extra glad this year because many things we voted on were complex and weighty matters. And the two alternative newspapers who put out voter guides split on a number of key issues. In the end I used both voter guides, the voter pamphlet, other accessory reading, and a few queries to people asking, “Do you have an opinion about this race?”
It was rough, but I did it!