Protecting Oregon's Election Integrity (24 Sep 2026)

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Trump administration has tried to severely restrict or stop mail-in voting in Oregon and other states. Tactics have ranged from demands for sensitive voter information, to executive orders, to threats of lawsuits, and more, and have made for an uncertain, unsettling mid-term election landscape.

How are these tactics affecting the bedrock of our free and fair elections-election administration, election worker responsibilities and morale, and voter trust and turnout?

Dr. Paul Gronke, founder of the Election Voting and Information Center (EVIC), will provide an inside look at this critically important issue. Beginning in 2018, the EVIC team has employed their Local Election Official (LEO) survey every year, in every Oregon county, to investigate challenges faced by county election offices.

Speaker

Dr. Paul Gronke

Paul Gronke is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Reed College. He studies and teached about American politics, election administration, public opinion, and elections. Dr. Gronke has appeared on regional and national media, including Portland commercial TV stations, OPB's Think Out Loud, the NBC Today Show, and on MSNBC and National Public Radio. He has published more than thirty peer reviewed articles, reports, and monographs. Dr. Gronke served for eight years as editor of the Election Law Journal and is currently co-editor of PS: Political Science and Politics, one of three flagship journals of the American Political Science Association. Dr. Gronke earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.

Event Details:

Doors open at 11:30

Program starts at 12:00

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Protecting Oregon's Election Integrity (24 Sep 2026)