Where you can vote, find results and more

Drop your ballot off in an official box like this one by 8 p.m. (Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon voters have just a few hours left to make their voices heard in Tuesday’s primaries.

All registered voters should have received a mail-in ballot earlier this month with local and judicial races. Registered Democrats and Republicans also had partisan races for president, members of Congress and state lawmakers on their ballots.

To be counted, a ballot must be returned to a polling place or county elections office by 8 p.m., or mailed and postmarked on Tuesday. Oregonians can find their nearest drop box via a interactive search on the website of the Minister of Foreign Affairs or a printed list from all drop sites.

Voters can also find the state-issued version voter pamphlet online and review Coverage from the Capital Chronicle and other media as they make their decisions.

The presidential primaries were largely settled before the Oregon primary, with both Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican President Donald Trump having enough delegates to secure their parties’ nominations at conventions scheduled for later this summer. Trump will be the only presidential candidate on the Republican ballots, while Democrats will choose between Biden and self-help guru Marianne Williamson.

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are not up for election this year, but all six members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are. Democratic primaries in Oregon’s 3rd and 5th congressional districts have drawn the most attention: The winner of Portland’s 3rd District primary will almost certainly replace retiring Rep. Earl Blumenauer, while the winner of the 5th District will face Republicans for the first term. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in a general election race that could determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

All 60 seats in the state House and 15 of the 30 seats in the Senate are also up for election. Republican primaries to replace rural senators who retired or were unable to run again because they participated in the longest quorum-denying strike in state history have attracted significant interest, as have a pair of primaries for open Democratic seats in the Portland area.

The office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs will announce the first results online shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Oregonians may not know the results of all races at 8 p.m., or even Wednesday morning. Most counties plan to update results at least twice Tuesday evening, and county election workers will continue verifying signatures on ballot envelopes and processing ballots in the coming days. Ballots received before May 28 can still be counted as long as they are postmarked May 21 or earlier.

Election results won’t be official until the June election is officially confirmed, but the media will be more likely to call races based on their own analysis. The Capital Chronicle will monitor Associated Press calls and report Tuesday evening on which candidates are in the lead without prematurely calling races.

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