Election Day 2022: There's still time to vote. Here's when your ballot should arrive

Alia Beard Rau, Salem Statesman Journal
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Workers manually resolve issues on ballots at the Marion County Election office on Nov. 3.
Workers manually resolve issues on ballots at the Marion County Election office on Nov. 3.

It's Election Day, and there's still time to cast your ballot in Oregon.

In the past, ballots needed to arrive at county elections offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. This year, ballots simply need to be postmarked by Election Day and can be received up to seven days after to be considered valid.

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This change is due to a law passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2021.

Voters can also submit their ballots at drop sites around the state rather than using the mail.

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Find election results at StatesmanJournal.com starting at 8 p.m. Articles on the winners will run in Thursday's print edition of the Statesman Journal and vote totals for each race will run in the paper's Sunday MidValley section.

Voter turnout so far

As of Sunday night, the Marion County Clerk's Office had received 82,332 ballot return envelopes, giving the county a 37.3% voter turnout.

So far, 47% of Democrats, 52% of Republicans, 19% of nonaffiliated and 39% other party had voted. Broken down by age, 56% of those who had voted so far were age 55 or older, 31% were age 40-54, 19% were age 25-39 and 12% were age 18-24.

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"We ended up with 65.56% turnout in 2018," Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess has said. "We anticipate 70% to 75% turnout this election due to high public interest."

Midterm elections typically see fewer people voting than in presidential election years. In November 2020, Marion County reported a 78.94% turnout.

Polk County had received 22,905 ballot return envelopes as of Monday morning, giving them a 36.4% turnout so far.

Not sure what district or ward you're in?

To see what districts, wards and more you live in, go to https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/myvote.aspx?lang=en, enter your information and click on “Elected Officials” under the related links section.

Workers open and sort ballots at the Marion County Election office on Nov. 3.
Workers open and sort ballots at the Marion County Election office on Nov. 3.

Questions?

There's more information about the general election available at co.marion.or.us/CO/elections or co.polk.or.us/clerk/elections/general-information-about-election-department. Or call the Marion County Clerk's Office at 503-588-5041 or the Polk County Clerk's Office at People with questions can contact the Lane County Clerk's Office at 503-623-9217.

Drop boxes

Here are the drop box locations and Election Day hours:

Salem and Keizer (Marion County)

Marion County Clerk: 555 Court St. NE, Ste 2130, open 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Marion County Health: 3180 Center St. NE, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Marion County Public Works: 5155 Silverton Road NE, Salem, inside 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Roth’s Fresh Market Hayesville: 4746 Portland Road NE, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Roth’s Fresh Market, Vista: 3045 Commercial St. SE, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Roth’s Fresh Market Sunnyslope: 4555 Liberty Road S, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Keizer City Hall: 930 Chemawa Road NE, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Marion County: South & East

Albany Public Library: 2450 14th Avenue Southeast, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

North Albany Shopping Center: 621 Northwest Hickory Street Northwest, open until 8 p.m.

Aumsville City Hall: 595 Main St., curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Jefferson Public Library: 150 N. 2nd St., curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Stayton Public Library: 515 N. First St., curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Sublimity City Hall: 245 NW Johnson St., curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Turner City Hall: 5255 Chicago St SE, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Marion County: North and Central

Donald City Hall: 10710 Main St., curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Gervais City Hall: 592 Fourth St., Gervais, inside, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Hubbard City Hall: 3720 2nd St, Hubbard, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Mt. Angel Public Library: 290 E. Charles St., Mt. Angel, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Silverton: 208 Lewis St. and  South First St., Silverton, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Woodburn Public Library: 280 Garfield St., Woodburn, curbside dropbox, open until 8 p.m.

Polk County

Polk County Clerk's Office: 850 Main St., Dallas, on east side of Polk County Courthouse, open until 8 p.m.

Fall's City Market, Falls City: 319 N. Main St., 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Independence City Hall: 555 S. Main St., dropbox inside front lobby, open until 8 p.m.

Roth's Fresh Market (Monmouth): 1517 Monmouth Independence Highway, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Roth's Fresh Market (West Salem): 1130 Wallace Road NW, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: 9615 Grand Ronde Road, dropbox outside, open until 8 p.m.

Western Oregon University, inside Werner University Center, Monmouth: 345 N. Monmouth Ave., 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: When do ballots need to arrive in Oregon for Nov. 8?