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Will it allow same day voter registration? <br />Oregon does not allow same day voter registration. However, nothing in the vote by mail process <br />would prevent an unregistered voter from registering and voting in any given election. Unregistered <br />voters would use the absentee ballot process (either in person or by mail) and receive a ballot. <br />What about disabled, seniors or others who may have difficulty completing a ballot? <br />Oregon voters can call their county if they need assistance completing ballots <br />their homes to assist with completing the ballots. This is not used very often. <br />judges to nursing homes. <br />Other information <br />According to the Oregon Secretary of State, vote by mail: <br />• Increases voter participation <br />. Election judges go to <br />They also send election <br />• Removes barriers that can keep people from getting to the polls <br />• Allows more time for people to study issues and candidates before marking the ballot <br />• Has built-in safeguards that increase the integrity of the elections process <br />• Saves t�payer dollars <br />According to analysis by University of Oregon Professor Priscilla L. Southwell, Ph,D., more than 80% <br />of Oregonians preferred voting by mail. Voters 65 years and older or 25 years or younger preferred it <br />by more than 86%. <br />Southwell also reported that 66.6% of voters said they were as likely to vote by mail as in the polling <br />place while 29.3% said they were more likely to vote by mail. <br />According to one report, voting by mail reduced Oregon's elections cost from $4.33 per vote to $1.24 <br />per vote. <br />www. oregonvotes. org/vbm/ <br />