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Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says President Trump will "have hell to pay" for attempting to change vote-by-mail.
Trump signed an executive order that requires Homeland Security to create a list of verified U.S. citizens who can vote, and the Postal Service will only deliver absentee ballots to those people.
Wyden posted on X that Oregonians have successfully voted by mail for over 30 year and they won't allow Trump to change the way Oregon runs elections.
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is releasing the following statement:
“This is another desperate, illegal power grab that shows a total lack of respect for the American people and our Constitution. The Constitution is clear: states run elections. Oregon’s gold standard vote-by-mail elections are secure, fair, and accurate. We don’t need decrees from Washington D.C. My message to the President: We’ll see you in court.”
This executive order is just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to illegally control elections and gain access to Oregon’s sensitive personal data.
In January, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit that would have required the State of Oregon to share private voter data with the Trump administration. Another judge also ruled in favor of Oregon and Washington’s lawsuits against the Trump administration, blocking the Trump administrations first illegal executive order from March 2025.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said, “Oregonians have been voting by mail for decades. It’s safe and secure. Even the president does it. Vote by mail increases access to the ballot which is a cornerstone to our democracy, and we’ll use every legal tool available to us to fight this and protect Oregonians’ right to vote.”