Published 6:23 am Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Oregon’s most populous county has lowest voter turnout one week before election, likely because of ranked voting system, expert says

Oregon election officials have received 357,000 ballots as of Tuesday , about 12% of the 3.1 million sent to registered voters across the state ahead of the May 19 primary.

That’s a third of the overall voter turnout during the 2024 primary , according to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division, though voters still have a week to get their ballots in, ideally via ballot boxes with just seven days left to vote.

Voter turnout so far is on track with previous years, according to John Horvick, senior vice president and elections expert at Portland-based DHM Research.…