Oregon tallies finally complete: Obama wins by 18%, 108,000 votes, +10 delegates

[Buzz Clik]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#OR

It took some time, but it's done:

Obama: 360,728 votes, 59%, 31 delegates
Clinton: 252,270 votes, 41%, 21 delegates.

[Major Hogwash]

1. Didn't really take very long.

Does the state of Oregon pay the postage for the ballots, or do the people who vote have to pay for their own stamp?
Do you know?

[Buzz Clik]

2. I heard that the state does not pay postage.

[davidpdx]

3. The ballot I got said that postage was paid if within the US

though I'm overseas. So, yes postage is paid if you are voting within the US.

http://www.oregonvotes.org/vbm/faq.html

[Buzz Clik]

4. Really? This is what I saw:

PHILLIPS: Well, you know, I have to ask you this. Why don't you pay for the postage? A lot of seniors that I know in Oregon saying ask him why they don't pay for the postage.

BILL BRADBURY, OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE: Well, you know, we never paid for the gas for you to drive to your polling place. So my attitude is you can pay for the postage because we mail you the ballot. We pay for that postage, so you can pay for sending your vote back in.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3318591

And then I found this:

Voting by mail began in 1998. Oregon voters pick a political party when they first register to vote. The County Board of Elections sends ballots to each voter according to his or her party affiliation. No postage is needed to mail in the ballot, which can be dropped in any mailbox throughout the two weeks leading up to election day.

So ... I dunno. I'll take your word for -- no postage needed if mailed within the US.

:shrug: