Election Integrity
Restoring trust through stronger safeguards, accountable systems, and reforms that actually pass and last.
Trust in Elections Is the Foundation of a Self-Governing State
As your next Governor, I will prioritize election integrity. Oregon has drifted away from the basic principle that elections must be secure, lawful, and transparent. We can fix that.
Real Weaknesses That Can No Longer Be Ignored
From inaccurate voter rolls to automatic registration errors and limited public accountability, the system has serious gaps Oregonians deserve to know about.
- Inaccurate voter rolls and weak maintenance standards.
- Motor Voter errors that registered non-citizens to vote.
- Limited transparency around chain-of-custody, signature verification, and audit findings.
- Unclear divisions of responsibility between the state and county clerks.
- Few real restrictions on ballot harvesting.
My Pledge: Reforms That Restore Trust
As Governor, I will fight for commonsense election integrity reforms, and full transparency so Oregonians can see exactly how elections are being run.
Voter ID
Require voter ID at the ballot, a basic safeguard the vast majority of states already have.
Citizenship Proof
Require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Lawful elections start with lawful voters.
Clean Voter Rolls
Implement a real and enforceable process to remove inactive and ineligible registrations.
End Motor Voter
End a system that has repeatedly failed, including registering non-citizens to vote.
Limit Ballot Harvesting
Set strict limits on ballot harvesting, which today operates with few real restrictions.
Full Transparency
Open public visibility into chain-of-custody, signature standards, audits, error rates, and enforcement.
A Practical Approach. Reforms That Can Actually Win.
On vote-by-mail, I take a practical approach. I understand the concerns many Oregonians have with the current system, and I personally value in-person voting. But I also understand political reality: Oregonians are accustomed to vote-by-mail, and a statewide ballot measure to end it outright would almost certainly fail today.
The smarter path is to secure the system first, educate the public, expose existing flaws, and build support for lasting reform.
That means focusing on reforms that can pass and make a real difference now: stronger verification, cleaner voter rolls, citizenship proof, an end to failed automatic registration policies, tighter limits on ballot harvesting, and real public accountability.
Secure Elections.
Lawful Voters.
Reforms That Last.
Stronger verification. Cleaner voter rolls. Citizenship proof. An end to failed automatic registration policies. Tighter limits on ballot harvesting. Real public accountability.
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