Lane County Elections corrects second round of incorrect voter registration after notification from state
The Lane County Elections Office was notified again on September 23 that the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles had mistakenly marked an additional 35 non-U.S. citizens as eligible to vote in Lane County and those people were subsequently registered by the Oregon Elections Division.
After a careful audit, Lane County Elections can confirm one mistakenly registered non-citizen returned a ballot in Lane County. Lane County will follow up with that person, who now lives out of state, to determine whether they had achieved citizenship before returning that ballot.
The additional non-citizen registrations have been removed from Lane County’s active voter roll and they will no longer receive ballots, including for the upcoming November 5 General Election. Those 35 people will be contacted by letter to inform them of the error.
These 35 people are in addition to the 11 people Lane County Elections was notified of on September 13.
Lane County remains committed to a transparent and accountable elections process and is appreciative of the Oregon Elections Division’s ongoing effort notify election officials across the state of this error. To learn more about election security in Lane County, visit www.LaneCountyOR.gov/electionsecurity.
If you have evidence that an election law is being violated, including evidence of unlawful voting, it should be reported at sos.oregon.gov/investigation.