PORTLAND, Ore. — Several states across the US are in hot water, after absentee or early voting ballots have been thrown out due to signature errors. We wanted to Verify: Can that happen in Oregon?

Fueled by concerns over the pandemic, as many as 80 million Americans are expected to cast their votes by mail in this year’s presidential election, more than double the number who did so in 2016.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina has ruled local election boards cannot reject voters' ballots on the basis of mismatched signatures and must review and reprocess previously rejected ...

If they decide the signature on the ballot can't be verified, Texas election officials may continue rejecting mail-in ballots without notifying voters until after the election that their ballot wasn't ...

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Many, many Californians planning to cast their votes through the mail or ballot drop-off. While that is a safe and reliable option, some have sounded alarms that election officials might throw out ...

Washington’s system of verifying signatures on ballots before they are counted does not violate the state constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Three liberal nonprofit groups sued the state ...

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, vote-by-mail ballots are shown in sorting trays at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. In every U.S. presidential ...

Flood watches and warnings remain in effect as heavy rain continues to pummel western Washington. by Michelle Esteban,KOMONewsReporter SEATTLE — In the closely contested Seattle mayoral race, more ...

Lane County voters are urged to return their ballots as early as possible to ensure they are received at Lane County Elections by the 8 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, November 4. Only voters in the ...

Elections officials around California rejected 122,480 vote-by-mail ballots cast during the November general election, or 0.9% of all mail-in ballots, according to data from the Secretary of State’s ...