Oregon ballot returns are depressed going into election day, despite three races that could decide control of the U.S. House.
Voters are selecting their party’s presidential nominee, candidates for the state’s six Congressional districts, dozens of state races, as well as a variety of ballot measures.
There is no gubernatorial election this year.
Though ballots were mailed to voters on May 1, just 19.6 percent had cast their votes by May 20, or 590,290 out of 3,017,724 registered voters, according to a report from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office.
More than one million ballots had come in by this time during the 2022 primary election, a nearly 46.4 percent difference. The final turnout in that cycle was more than 1.1 million, or 37.81 percent….
