Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Christine Drazan's Campaign Utilizes Ballot Collection Despite Past Efforts to Restrict Mail-In Voting
Oregon gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan's campaign is actively engaging in ballot collection, a practice sometimes referred to as 'ballot harvesting,' to help voters submit their completed ballots for the upcoming November election. This strategy involves campaign staff and volunteers picking up ballots from voters and delivering them to official drop sites. This development comes despite Drazan's previous legislative efforts to introduce House Bill 3872 in 2025, which aimed to replace Oregon's default vote-by-mail system with in-person voting and require voter ID at polling locations. Both this bill and a similar version in the Oregon Senate failed. Campaign staff, as revealed in audio and video recordings obtained by the _Mercury_, have discussed plans for collecting and dropping off ballots in bulk, particularly in rural areas, acknowledging that while the practice is legal in Oregon, it requires careful execution to avoid accusations of impropriety. The campaign asserts that operating within ex... 
