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October 29, 2026

How To Guarantee Your Ballot Gets Counted, Another Suburban School District Eyeing Closures, and Listener Mail

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How To Guarantee Your Ballot Gets Counted, Another Suburban School District Eyeing Closures, and Listener Mail

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Today we're discussing everything you need to know about how to vote in the upcoming election — including deadlines, how ranked-choice is going to work, and what to expect from Trump's incoming election observers. Plus, more possible school closures in the suburbs, and we're diving into our listener mailbag. Executive producer John Notarianni is joined by Multnomah Elections ranked-choice voting project manager Leah Benson and Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler. (Plus, we had a visit from County Elections Office intern Julia Pullano, who helped with our mailbag.)

Discussed in today's episode:

Information for Voters [Multnomah County Elections]

Ranked Choice Voting Explained [Multnomah County Elections]

Another suburban Portland school district eyes school closure, attendance boundary adjustments [Oregonian]

Contentious and complicated: Oregon’s two largest districts face opposition as they attempt to close multiple schools [OPB]

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League of Women Voters Portland

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