Julia Shumway
Oregon Capital ChronicleJulia Shumway has reported on government and politics in Iowa and Nebraska, spent time at the Bend Bulletin and was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix. Julia is an award-winning journalist who reported on the tangled efforts to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona.
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Federal officials intercepted a “suspicious package” addressed to Oregon’s election office before it arrived in the state, Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday. -
Election officials will begin mailing ballots to most Oregon voters in mid-October. -
The U.S. Supreme Court found Monday that states sued too early to prove they would be harmed by the order. -
Oregon, the first state to adopt universal mail voting, is one of more than 20 states suing to block the order -
More than 350 Oregonians, veteran elected officials and newcomers alike, filed to run for statewide, congressional and legislative offices by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline. -
The Wednesday call with election officials featured a prominent election conspiracist urging states to add voter data to a national database. -
Oregon lawmakers forced by the threat of a citizen-led ballot measure to adopt a sweeping law limiting campaign contributions in 2024 are once again trying to delay key portions of the law before it takes effect. -
A federal judge tentatively ruled Wednesday that Oregon does not have to hand over personally identifiable data of more than 3 million Oregon voters to the federal government. -
The two northwestern states were the first to vote entirely by mail -
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read previously called for Christy McCormick to resign. -
Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees. -
For the first time in years, Oregon landlords governed by the state’s rent stabilization law can’t hand out double-digit rent increases.
