Pre-vote?

[Lamplighter]

Being very proud of the election system here in Oregon, I described it in my earlier post as
"usually" having the results by midnight because the ballots have to be received,
not just post-marked, on election day.

Today, I'm embarrassed to say there is still one election that is still undecided.
(Metro President - a 600 lead out of 1.3M votes cast)

We would have probably been in the same situation for the Governor's race
if the Republican (Dudly) had not conceded Thursday pm.
He gained respect by conceding and not asking for a recount at a time when
he was actually ahead in the counting, but knew Portland's voting record.

It's very hard to be a elected Republican in Oregon because just 2 cities (Portland and Eugene)
essentially control outcomes for the entire state.
Washington, Multnomah, and Lane Counties are more densely populated and heavily Demoncratic.
Here are the results for Governor in Multnomah County...