November 8, 2026
As predicted, the Democrats were able to use the loopholes in ORS 247 to win the elections in Oregon. I found this explanation from Joh Havercroft on Facebook, and decided it deserved to be immortalized on my blog. A big hole in ORS 247 is you can "trace" your ballot- but NOT to being counted: John Havercroft · You cannot verify that your ballot was actually counted. There are three steps that YOU can track and be notified of: 1. Your ballot was mailed to you. 2. The envelope containing your ballot was received. 3. The envelope containing your ballot was either accepted or rejected. That's it. That's the end of it. When you get notification that your "ballot" (and it is actually the envelope containing your ballot) was accepted, what happens next is your envelope is opened and the ballot is removed and separated from the envelope. The empty envelope is stored for a certain period of time for auditing purposes. The ballot inside the envelope is removed a...