Deschutes County still has thousands of ballots to count from November election

Thousands of ballots from the midterm election remain uncounted in Deschutes County — enough that a few close races still hang in the balance. Oregon counties have until Nov. 10 to receive any qualified ballots that were mailed and postmarked by Election Day. Deschutes County has between 5,000 to 6,000 such ballots that have yet to be counted, according to county clerk Steve Dennison. Dennison said those ballots are likely to be counted and uploaded to the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office unofficial results website on Friday afternoon. “Friday (updates will) capture a lot of that other cleanup work that we do,” Dennison said. Ballots yet to be counted include those that were mailed and postmarked by Election Day that arrived after that date, ballots received from other counties, and ballots that had signature challenges or reviews that have since been resolved.

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