Are you ready to Vote? Find unbiased information on candidates & issues on Vote411.org.
VOTE411.org is an online Voters’ Guide that shows you the candidates and issues on your ballot. It includes everything in our Voters’ Guide and more. There are links to videos of our forums and of talks with the candidates.
Enter your address to find out about the candidates and ballot measures that you will be voting on.
Printed nonpartisan Oregon & Multnomah County Voters’ Guides
Look for copies of the LWV voters’ guides in English and Spanish at all branches of the Multnomah County Library; the Multnomah County Elections Office; New Seasons and other stores; college, university and community college campuses; Gresham City Hall, churches, markets and many other locations.
Click on the links below to view a pdf of the English General Election guides. (Links to the Spanish guides are in the Informacion Electoral post above.)
Nov. 2018 Oregon Voters’ Guide – English
Nov. 2018 Multnomah Voters’ Guide – English
Video Voters’ Guide – recordings of candidate interviews
Click here to watch Video Voters’ Guide recordings of interviews with candidates running for office in Multnomah County. The Video Voters’ Guide recordings also are linked to each candidate on Vote411.org.
The Video Voters’ Guide includes interviews of candidates for U.S. Congress, Governor, the Oregon State Legislature, Circuit Court, and Metro, County and City offices. There are even interviews with the two candidates in the election for Judge of the Circuit Court, 4th District.
Election Forums
Watch the videos of our 2018 General Election forums. (Scroll down and click on the title of each debate in the lists below.) See the schedules for the playbacks on Comcast and Frontier channels by clicking here for the October 2 forum and here for the October 9 forum.
Candidate forums
Portland Commissioner Position 3, Candidate Debate – JoAnn Hardesty vs. Loretta Smith
Multnomah County Auditor Candidate Debate – Scott Learn vs. Jennifer McGuirk (Presented with City Club of Portland)
Ballot measure Forums
Debate on Metro Measure 26-199, Metro affordable housing bonds, plus explanation of Oregon Measure 102, which allows local bonds for financing affordable housing with nongovernmental entities.
Explanation of Oregon Measure 105 – Repeals law limiting state/local enforcement of federal immigration laws
Debate on Oregon Measure 103 – Prohibits taxes/fees for groceries
Debate on Measure 26-201 – Portland’s retailer surcharge for clean energy projects
Short on time? Watch key parts of the forums.
Portland Commissioner Position 3: Candidate Answers to 3 Questions + Closing Remarks
Multnomah County Auditor: Opening, Closing and Answers to 2 Questions
Metro Measure 26-199: Opening, Closing, Answers to 3 Questions
Portland Measure 26-201: Opening and Closing
Oregon Measure 103: Opening and Closing
Oregon Measure 102: Explanation
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Did you vote? There were many important issues on the ballot for the November 6 election—affordable housing, taxes, clean energy, jobs, abortion, the influence of money in politics and how we treat immigrants. We also elected leaders for our national, state and local governments – the people who will represent you in the next two to four years.
