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On Jan. 1, Oregon’s new automatic voter registration law goes into effect. It’s the first automatic voting registration law in the U.S. Anyone who renews or obtains a new Oregon ID or driver’s license will be automatically registered if they are eligible to vote. People who wish to opt out of the registration system have three weeks after being enrolled. The law is expected to bring in tens of thousands of new voters each month, according to OPB. (OBP)

This article appears in Dec 16-23, 2015.

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Oregon’s new automatic voting registration law begins Jan. 1

by Corinne Boyer, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 22, 2015

<h1>Oregon’s new automatic voting registration law begins Jan. 1</h1> <p class="byline">by Corinne Boyer, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 22, 2015</p> <p>On Jan. 1, Oregon’s new automatic voter registration law goes into effect. It’s the first automatic voting registration law in the U.S. Anyone who renews or obtains a new Oregon ID or driver’s license will be automatically registered if they are eligible to vote. People who wish to opt out of the registration system have three weeks after being enrolled. The law is expected to bring in tens of thousands of new voters each month, according to OPB. (OBP<a href="http://" target="_blank"></a>)</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/oregons-new-automatic-voting-registration-law-begins-jan-1-2578126/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=35824&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/oregons-new-automatic-voting-registration-law-begins-jan-1-2578126/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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