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Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
Voter turnout is estimated at 78.15% with all ballots received through Nov. 6, 2024
Clackamas County Elections added 31,635 ballots to unofficial results Wednesday and will continue work through Saturday, Nov. 9 to count every eligible vote.
Oregon City, OR – As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 voter turnout is estimated at 78.15% (250,450 ballots) for the November 5, 2024 General Election. This updated figure includes all ballots received Election Day, and all on-time ballots received through the USPS mail Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Clackamas County Elections will continue to receive and process on-time ballots through the USPS mail through Tuesday, Nov. 12. In addition, voters who forgot to sign their ballot return envelope or their signature did not match have up until 21 days after Election Day (Nov. 26) to address the issue so that we can count their vote. Voters are notified via a mailed letter if their signature has been challenged. Voters signed up for Track Your Ballot are also notified via text, phone, or email.
Unofficial Election Results Update
An updated unofficial election results report was released at 4:39 p.m. yesterday, Nov. 6. To-date Clackamas County Elections has tallied 184,728 ballots, and all are part of yesterday’s unofficial election results update. The next unofficial election results release will be today, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m.
Unofficial election results and the election results release schedule are posted online at https://www.clackamas.us/elections/unofficial-november-5-2024-general-election-results. Unofficial election results will continue to follow that schedule.
Ballot Processing Update
Clackamas County Elections added 31,635 ballots to unofficial election results Wednesday, Nov. 6. At the end of day yesterday the office has approximately 65,000 ballots left in-house to count and add to unofficial election results. We continue to be fully staffed, working accurately and efficiently to receive, verify, and count every eligible vote.
The counting rate will begin to slow today as we finish tallying the bulk of ballots and shift focus to tallying ballots that take more time to process. These include ballots that need to be manually received and accepted, ballots needing additional signature review, ballots where voters voted their first ballot after being issued a replacement ballot, ballots received from military and overseas voters, and damaged ballots that need to be duplicated before they can be scanned.
Clerk Catherine McMullen has a full team of sworn election staff working extended hours through the week until all ballots have been processed and tallied. Election staff are working today until 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 8, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The observation schedule is posted online at clackamas.us/elections/november-5-2024-general-election. Final official results will be certified Dec. 2.
Clerk McMullen will continue to provide daily media updates at 2 p.m. via Zoom, addressing any election-related inquiries. Media representatives may register by emailing PIO@clackamas.us.
For more information and updates on voting and elections in Clackamas County, visit clackamas.us/elections.
Contacts: Catherine McMullen, County Clerk and Justin Larsen, Elections Manager | countyclerk@clackamas.us or 503-655-8510