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Oregon's voting by mail is brilliant; however "vote-by-mail" is a mis-nomer, as mailing is not necessary. I dropped off my ballot at a Multnomah county ballot drop box a mile from my house- no different than going to a voting booth, only you don't even have to get out of the car.

I dropped my ballot off yesterday, although I did not procrastinate. It was a conscious decision to wait to vote until I was certain of my choices, and to wait for any potential "October Surprise" to surface. I've heard that Democrats have returned ballots early in Oregon in much larger numbers in so far, that Republicans have lagged behind. I count myself in that latter group, and I believe it's because Democrats have generally been absolutely certain how they'd vote. There are a lot of Republicans like me who have literally not decided how to vote until yesterday (or today.)

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