Sixteen states, including Oregon, accept mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. The Supreme Court will consider the legality of that practice.

Go to StatesmanJournal.com throughout the day for election day updates and initial election results after 8 p.m. for Mid-Valley ballot measures.

Voter service locations opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the November special election across Oregon and Washington, with polls remaining open until 8 p.m.

Some Oregon Republicans are trying to force a vote on Governor Tina Kotek’s massive transportation funding bill that passed in special session earlier this year.

Registered Oregon voters should be able to vote in Oregon’s taxpayer-funded primaries, regardless of whether they have chosen a political party, write Ted Kulongoski, Cheri Helt and Andrew Kaza. It's time for Oregon to open its primaries to all voters.

Fifteen of Oregon’s 36 counties held elections, voting on everything from parks to libraries to law enforcement

The South Lane Fire District is seeking voter approval to replace its 47-cent local option levy with a 94-cent one. The fire district said this will let it pay the escalating costs of running a fire department and allow the district to purchase and run a third ambulance.

Former Portland Trail Blazer and one-time Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley is actively weighing whether to jump into next year’s race for governor. The former NBA center and nonprofit founder told The Oregonian/OregonLive Friday that he’s grown frustrated with Oregon’s lack of progress on pressing issues,

Ballots are due back to county election offices by 8 p.m. or they must be post marked by Tuesday, November 4. Here is a list of links to county drop box locations across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington: Election results will begin to come in starting at 8 p.m. KATU News will track the results on air and here on KATU.com.