According to the Multnomah County Elections Department, all registered voters in Multnomah County should have received their ballots by May 9 for the upcoming May 21 primary election.
To have your vote counted, ballots must be received by 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, May 21 at any election office in Oregon or any Official Ballot Drop Site location. If your ballot is postmarked by May 21, it can still be counted.
As a friendly reminder, this year’s primary election ballot will look different. Candidate contests for the city of Portland elected offices will not appear on the May 2024 ballot. These contests will appear on the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot, which will also be the City’s first use of ranked-choice voting. To learn more about ranked choice voting in the upcoming City of Portland elections, visit www.portland.gov/vote.
Leading up to the May Primary Election, both the Voting Center Express and Multnomah County Elections Office will offer extended hours:
- Wednesday, May 15 – Friday, May 17, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Monday, May 20, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Election Day, Tuesday, May 21, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
The Multnomah County Duniway-Lovejoy Elections Building is at 1040 S.E. Morrison St. in Portland. There is limited street parking, but this location is near TriMet bus routes 15 and 70.
The Voting Center Express, inside the Multnomah County East Building, is at 600 N.E. 8th St. in Gresham. The Voting Center Express is a closer service location for more than 165,000 Multnomah County voters who live east of Interstate 205. Parking is free. The Voting Center Express is also located near the TriMet Gresham Central Transit Center MAX Station.
Extended evening and Saturday hours are available at both the Voting Center Express and The Multnomah County Duniway-Lovejoy Elections Building. To find your nearest Official Ballot Drop Site, visit multco.us/dropsites.
Multnomah County Elections provides an interpreter, free of charge, to anyone who needs help voting in a language other than English. Additional voting and election information in 18 languages is online at multco.us/VEOLang.
To track your ballot, voters in Multnomah County can sign up for the Track Your Ballot service. The Track Your Ballot service is available in multiple languages and allows voters to receive ballot-tracking alerts and updates. These alerts also indicate whether a ballot has been accepted for counting or whether it requires further action by the voter.
You can sign up for the Track Your Ballot service at multnomah.ballottrax.net.
In Multnomah County, there are 30 official Ballot drop sites available now up until 8 p.m. on Election Day, those locations include most Multnomah County Library locations. Ballots are then picked up on a regular schedule from the library locations and any other official Ballot drop site.
All Multnomah County Official Ballot Drop Sites are listed at multco.us/dropsites.
If you have any questions regarding voter services or if you need a replacement ballot, please call 503-988-VOTE (8683).
