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25 automatic hand recounts triggered in Oregon’s May election
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said he’s considering collecting statewide information to pin down the accuracy of recounts.

Oregon voter rolls case highlights national confusion over American Samoans’ citizenship status
Nearly 200 American Samoans were mistakenly registered to vote in Oregon, exposing deep confusion across the country over their unique legal status as U.S. nationals without birthright citizenship.
Politics
Trump administration challenges Oregon over voter rolls in lawsuit
At issue is whether the state is complying with a decades-old federal voting law.

A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states
After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in seven states.

Education
Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election ‘discrepancies’
New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of "discrepancies" in the 2020 election, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by Trump and his allies.

Tuesday is the final day to register for next month’s special elections in Oregon
All 36 Oregon counties have an election with ballots due May 20. Local races, such as school board or community college seats, are up for grabs.
Politics
Oregon’s voter registration errors stretch back further than DMV officials initially indicated
Data entry errors that allowed noncitizens to be registered to vote in Oregon go much further back than state officials previously acknowledged, a report issued by the Oregon Department of Transportation on Friday shows.

DOGE
How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives
A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

Voting
Trump's election order could jeopardize 'hundreds of thousands' of future mail ballots
Eighteen states count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day, but a new order by President Trump challenges the practice.

Politics
Bill to end vote-by-mail slows Oregon legislative website to a crawl
The bill stands little chance of passing, but inspired a torrent of testimony that flooded the site Monday.