Is it time to vote yet?

Are you tired of the phone calls, junk mail, and ads on TV? No - I don't mean the credit card offers....those will continue. With election day just over two weeks away - everything will soon switch to Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping.

Voters in Oregon get to vote today - or at least those of us who got our ballots. Our vote-by-mail ballots arrived today. Voting in Oregon no longer takes place at polls - every registered voter gets a ballot in the mail. They have to be turned in by 8pm on election day - and that doesn't mean in the mail box. If they are sent in the mail, you need to mail them early enough to arrive at the official counting office by election day.