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• The midterm general election is November 3, 2026. The Trump administration is attempting to restrict mail-in voting prior to the election (Executive Order 14399). Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read has said that Oregon’s vote-by-mail election will proceed as planned. All eligible Oregonians will receive their ballots by mail. We urge voters to USE DROP BOXES if at all possible to return your ballot. If using the US Postal Service, mail ballots back AT LEAST a week prior and don’t rely on timely mail delivery.

• See Something, Say Something!

  In anticipation of possible attempts to disrupt our elections, please keep your eyes on our 3 local ballot boxes starting October 15. If you see anything that looks suspicious, or that appears to interfere with voters depositing their ballots, do these two things:

  1. Call our County Elections office (541-386-1442), and tell them your name, location of the drop box, and a description of the incident. If closed, leave voicemail.

  2. Then, TEXT the same info to 503-239-VOTE (Democratic Party of Oregon's voting protection staff).

  Remember, you’re an OBSERVER, NOT AN ENFORCER! Do not engage with anyone creating a disruption. Safety first!

• Oregon Legislators Enact Protections for Immigrants - Oregon lawmakers advanced several bills this session aimed at strengthening protections for immigrants and limiting federal immigration enforcement in sensitive spaces such as schools and hospitals. The legislation responds in part to the Trump administration’s rollback of prior federal protections.

• Americans of Conscience Checklist

• Chop Wood, Carry Water: a political activism newsletter by Jess Craven that comes out 5 days a week. Subscribe to receive a short, encouraging email in your inbox each weekday (except Wed.) telling you how you can make a difference by taking 5-7 minutes worth of EASY actions. The almost weekly Sunday "Extra! Extra!" editions contain a long list of hopeful news, Democratic accomplishments, and all the “blue wins”. October 18  “Extra! Extra!” edition:

  • On Saturday, across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., we came together across nearly 3,000 events for No Kings: Vote Early – the largest single-day early voting activation in American history.

  • In a win for democracy, a judge ruled the Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump for the midterms.

  • Hundreds of North Carolina A&T students marched an hour each way to early voting, because their on-campus polling site had been removed by the election board.

  • The Chicks brought James Talarico out on stage during one of their concerts this week! Oh, also the “Friday Night Lights” cast made a video for him.

  • The number of Nashvillians casting a ballot on the first day of early voting has risen nearly 1400% compared to the last midterm election in 2022.

  • Bernie Sanders and Angie Nixon spent the weekend holding rallies with massive crowds all over Florida.

  • Green banks are successfully funding clean energy projects across the country, even after Trump tried to defund them.

  • As voters start casting their ballots, many of the seats the GOP hoped to flip are trending blue in spite of the White House push to rig the maps.

  • A class-action suit that began with one man’s arrest near Lewistown has now led a U.S. District judge to order 50 people released after finding they were wrongfully arrested.

  • A GOP ad buyer mixed up Portlands, buying ads for Senator Collins in Oregon instead of Maine.

  • Georgians came to the polls in droves on the first day of early voting, breaking the midterm election early voting record with more than 188,600 ballots cast, an increase of more than 53,000 voters over the 2022 midterm election.

  • LA Metro just approved 220 zero-emission electric buses — the second-largest electric transit bus purchase in the country. Local activists showed up to meeting after meeting demanding exactly this. It paid off. NICE WORK!

  • The CBP announced a 90-day delay of the October 22 rule that would end Americans' ability to receive prescription medications from other countries by mail. We sent a Resistbot letter about this! Our pressure is working!

  • Mike Rounds, a Senate Republican running for re-election in ruby-red South Dakota, has joined a growing number of candidates putting distance between themselves and Trump by scrubbing mentions of the president from his website.

  • Senator Chris Murphy has promised to investigate Meta’s suppression of the No Kings account on Saturday.

  • Supporters of ‘Medicare for All’ now outnumber opponents by nearly 2-to-1, according to a new survey of U.S. adults from the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index.

  • And much more!