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Listen: Oregon’s Amazing Vote-By-Mail Elections with Nancy Blankenship 🎧

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship traces the history of Oregon’s “motor voter” law and mail-in ballot system, and makes some recommendations to help voters make sure their ballot is counted in this year’s historic election
Avatar photo Laurel Brauns and Aaron Switzer

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Nancy Blankenship, who has been serving as the Deschutes County Clerk since 2003. Many of us know her name, but we wanted to find out more about the person behind the ballots in Deschutes County. Blankenship is a third-generation Oregonian who has lived in […]

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The Life of a Ballot

Once you vote, the hard work begins for the Deschutes County Clerk’s office
Jaclyn Brandt

Mail-in voting allows voters a chance to research their candidates and vote in the comfort of their own homes—but it also affects the timeline for counties to process those ballots. In Deschutes County, the county clerk’s office is counting ballots for weeks before election day. Although the process may seem mundane, it’s visibly exciting for […]

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Stolen Ballots Recovered on BLM Land

DCSO working with County Clerk to get ballots back to voters
Chris Miller

If you haven’t received your ballot for this November’s election, check with the Deschutes County Clerk, as it may have been part of the stolen mail recovered by a Bureau of Land Management Ranger on Monday. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, which received the stolen mail from more than 70 addresses throughout the […]

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Ballots Get Mailed This Week. Don’t Wait to Mail Them Back.

Depending on where you live, your ballot could take up to a week to get to the county clerk
Jaclyn Brandt

The buzz of election season is evident in the office of Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship, who says the season is both thrilling and high-pressure. “It’s exciting. It’s fun because you have a whole lot more interaction with people,” she said. “There’s a whole lot more going on. Depending on what happens—not knowing what shoe […]

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For Better or Worse

The beauty and bureaucracy of (gay) marriage
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In some ways, it was like any other Monday. I woke up before my fiancé, took the dog out, started coffee and oatmeal. And while I rarely missed work, on this day, I called in. ”I have a personal commitment that I cannot reschedule,” I told the supervisor who answered. It was true, if somewhat vague. […]

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