Deschutes County Clerk Steve Dennison is reminding voters who have not received their General Election ballots in the mail by Wednesday, October 23 to contact the Elections Office at 541-388-6547.
Recently, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported a mail theft incident north of Bend where several outgoing, unopened ballots were discarded on the side of the road. All of the discarded ballots were returned to the County Clerk’s Office, and the affected voters have been issued new ballots.
“Thank you to the Sheriff’s Office and local law enforcement for recovering the discarded ballots from the stolen mail, allowing our office to issue valid replacements,” said Dennison. “Voters can be assured that if they don’t receive their ballots by next Wednesday, we have a process to issue new ones. Only valid ballots with verified signatures will be counted.”
