Just 17 of Oregon’s 36 counties will hold elections this November, allowing voters a chance to weigh in on everything from fire department levies to bonds for recreation facilities and whether citizens should be able to veto expensive public projects.

The Oregon Trail School District is asking voters to approve a $172 million bond to pay for building updates and maintenance plus safety upgrades and improvements to the district’s recreational facilities.

Oregon voter registration for the Nov. 4, 2025 Special Election closed on Oct. 14, as announced by Secretary of State Tobias Read.

OREGON- Ballots for the November 4 special election are being mailed out across Oregon. There are multiple measures up for a vote around the region. On the Coos County ballot, voters will decide on a measure to annex land into the Fairview Rural Fire Protection District.

The deadline to register to vote in the election is Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Ballots will be mailed to voters beginning Wednesday. There are only a handful of measures on the November ballot.

The deadline for online registrations is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Ballots will begin to be mailed out the next day.

Ballots were mailed to Baker County’s more than 13,000 voters on Wednesday, Oct. 15. There is a single item on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election — a measure that, if approved, would give voters veto power over proposed public event centers with a projected construction cost exceeding $1 million.

Ballots for the November 4 Special Election will begin showing up in mailboxes today, Multnomah County Elections said.

Clackamas County sends ballots to 127,000 voters for a special election, offering "Track Your Ballot" service for transparency.

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office launched the search for its inaugural kid governor in 2017, becoming only the second state to implement the program. Connecticut’s Democracy Center was the first to debut the program just two years prior.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) warned on Monday that actions made by President Trump could be part of an effort to keep the commander in chief in power, among other things “you expect in a different country.