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JPR has gathered all our coverage of Election 2018 here, in one place. So, if you missed our stories about any of the candidates or ballot measures you'll be voting on, you can catch up, refresh your memory or delve a little deeper to make your final decision.

"I Want Paper Ballots For Every Election In America"

As the mid-term election approaches, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is talking up his proposed legislation to require a paper ballot for every election in the U.S.

It’s called the Protecting American Votes and Elections or the PAVE Act of 2018. Wyden, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says his bill goes to the heart of what independent cyber-security experts say must be done to protect the voting process.

“It’s not just the Russians, you’ve got a lot of dangerous foreign hackers that are just sort of tapping on the doors,” Wyden says. “They are sort of like burglars –looking for an opening. What they want to do is infiltrate our democracy.”

Wyden says legislators from Washington, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois are on board. He hopes to see more bi-partisan support after the November election. The democratic senator says a next step would be for other states to adopt a vote by mail system, similar to Oregon’s. 

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Tiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked in a variety of media including television and daily print news. For KLCC, Tiffany reports on health care, social justice and local/regional news. She has won awards from Oregon Associated Press, PRNDI, and Education Writers Association.