{"status":"ok","citation_id":"deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026","kind":"deadline","title":"Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, November 3, 2026","statement":"Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day: November 3, 2026. Official source: Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division. This record covers regular civilian voters using the drop box method. Ordinary civilian ballots left in an official drop box must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day; military and overseas return rules differ.","record_date":"2026-11-03","record_date_label":"Deadline date","official_source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/current-election.aspx"},"last_checked":"2026-09-25","last_checked_basis":"Official source and later court orders last reviewed by VoteFiles","permalink":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026","votefiles_url":"https://votefiles.com/midterms.php?state=OR#calendar","publisher":"Vote Files","formats":{"ap":"Vote Files, \"Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, November 3, 2026,\" last checked Sept. 25, 2026, citing Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026","apa":"Vote Files. (2026, September 25). Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, November 3, 2026 [Election deadline record]. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026","chicago":"Vote Files. \"Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, November 3, 2026.\" Last modified September 25, 2026. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026.","bibtex":"@misc{votefiles_deadline_or_drop_box_return_general_2026,\n  author       = {{Vote Files}},\n  title        = {{Oregon official drop-box ballot deadline: received by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, November 3, 2026}},\n  year         = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026}},\n  note         = {Citation ID deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026; official source: Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/current-election.aspx; last checked 2026-09-25; accessed 2026-09-25}\n}","link":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-or-drop-box-return-general-2026"}}