PCC VOTES!
Turning in your Ballot
All ballots must be turned into an official ballot drop box or postmarked by 8:00PM on Election Day (Tuesday, November 5th).
To find a ballot drop box near you, please visit the Secretary of State website linked below:
Washington Ballot Dropbox Locator
Registering to Vote
When students register to vote in large numbers, it shows legislators at the local, state, and federal levels that students are a community whose needs must be prioritized. Many students are either not registered to vote or have not updated their current information.
- Has your name and/or signature changed since you last registered to vote?
- Has your political party affiliation changed?
- Have you updated your address since the last time you voted?
These are all reasons that you would need to update your Voter Registration Card.
TurboVote
PCC is partnering with TurboVote
TurboVote allows you to check your registration status, update your registration and sign up for election reminders – all in one place!
Accessibility Notes for TurboVote
- The website can be navigated without the use of a mouse. However, the logical order in Chrome is incorrect; headers and footers are read before form contents.
- Tab order may be reset after entering information and pressing “Next.”
- Visual indication of focus does not appear when using Firefox.
- The website does not indicate changes in dynamic content to users of assistive technology. The user will not be able to tell when a page has loaded, and will not receive notification of changes when selecting items or entering data.
- Form errors are indicated using color and relationships between fields. Screen reader users will not receive any error notification. They will need to review each field and try to find the error. Users with color blindness may have difficulty locating errors.
- On some pages, the user will be redirected to an external website without warning. The external site opens in a separate tab, and the user must return to the original TurboVote tab after completing actions on the external site. External sites have not been tested and may vary in accessibility.
- Headings on the “Almost Done” page are clickable, but screen readers may not indicate this.
November 2024 Election Timeline
Oregon Voters
- Eligible voters must be registered to vote by Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
- To see if you are eligible to vote in Oregon you can visit the Oregon Secretary of State’s website
- Registered Oregon voters will receive their mail-in ballots two to three weeks before the election at the address listed on their voter registration
- The election will be on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 with ballots collected until 8:00pm that day.
- You may drop off your ballot at any County Elections Office or Official Ballot Dropboxes up until 8pm on election day
- Mailing your ballot
- Ballots have prepaid postage and do not require additional postage to be submitted by mail
- Ballots MUST be postmarked by 8:00pm on Election Day
- Please note that the last postmark of the day for a Post Office location may be before 8:00PM and turning in a ballot after the last post mark will result in it being post marked the following day. If mailing your ballot on election day we encourage you to confirm the postmark with your post office or use an official drop box instead.
Where can you register to vote in Oregon?
- In person at your county elections office
- By mail using an Oregon voter registration form (Oregon voter registration form – Spanish)
- Oregon Secretary of State website
- Portland Community College TurboVote website
- Confirm your registration status
- Update your registration
- Sign up for important reminders regarding the election
Oregon felons and voting rights
Voting rights in Oregon for persons convicted of a felony – FAQ: Oregon residents can vote if convicted of a felony in Oregon as long as they are not currently incarcerated, on work release, or on a stay of execution from their sentence for any purpose other than probation.
Washington Voters
Registration timeline
- The next election will be the General Election on November 5, 2024.
- The deadline to register to vote online and by mail is 8 days before the election, October 28, 2024.
- Eligible voters may register to vote in person during business hours and any time before 8pm on Election Day.
- Registered Washington voters will have their ballots mailed out at the start of the 18-day voting period, October 18, 2024.
- Accessible Voting Units (AVUs) will also become available at the start of the 18-day voting period.
- Ballots must be received by 8pm on Election Day or postmarked by Election Day.
Where can you register to vote in Washington
- Online at sos.wa.gov
- By mail using a Washington voter registration form in English and Washington voting in other languages
- In person at a Washington state county elections office
Washington felons and voting rights
Voting rights in Washington for persons convicted of a felony: Washington residents may register to vote once they are no longer under the authority of the DOC (incarcerated or in community custody).