`VOTE! To Claim Your Seat At the Table!` HOTLINE FOR HELP NOW OPEN if You Face VOTING BARRIERS!!!

VOTING HOTLINE NOW OPEN + ONLINE RESOURCES-CALL

888-339-VOTE (888-339-8683)

Website especially for Voters with Disabilities seeking help filling and returning ballots at https://www.droregon.org/voting-resources

If voters are not being helped by county clerks, are calling to report ballot boxes that are inaccessible and/or voters are being kept from submitting their ballot in any way, Disability Rights Oregon will contact the Secretary of State’s Elections Office and help file complaints. 

Voters with disabilities can call 888-339-VOTE to report

Inaccessible Ballot Drop Boxes and other Voting Barriers

Portland, OR—Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) encourages voters across Oregon to contact its Voter Hotline if they experience Accessibility Barriers or other Voting Problems during the November 2026 election.

Voters with disabilities can call the Disability Rights Oregon Voter Hotline at 888-339-VOTE (888-339-8683).

Oregon votes by mail and through ballot drop boxes, so voters do not have to visit inaccessible polling places.

But barriers can still come up, and Disability Rights Oregon especially wants to hear about ballot drop boxes that are hard or impossible to use. Voters can also call about other disability-related voting problems, such as

trouble getting, filling out, or returning a ballot, OR SUPPORT STAFF who are not allowing a person with a disability to vote.

Disability Rights Oregon can contact the Elections Office, answer voting questions, and file complaints.

“Voting is how people with disabilities claim their seat at the table,” said Jake Cornett, executive director and CEO of Disability Rights Oregon. “No one should lose that power because of a drop box they can’t reach or a ballot they can’t fill out on their own. If you run into a barrier, call us. Your vote matters, and we’ll fight to make sure it counts.”

If you have not yet voted, DRO strongly encourages you to drop your ballot in an official ballot box — or ask someone to do it for you — rather than mailing it to ensure your vote is counted. This is especially important for voters in Rural Areas and on the North Oregon coast where there might be postal delays. Voters can find their local county ballot drop boxes at https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/drop-box-locator.aspx.

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For nearly 50 years, Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) has turned rights into reality for people with disabilities to live, work, and engage in the community. Serving as Oregon’s federally mandated Protection & Advocacy System since 1977, the nonprofit works to transform systems, policies, and practices to give more people the opportunity to reach their full potential.

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Disability Rights Oregon has reopened its Hotline and launched New Online Resources for voters struggling to receive, fill out and return ballots.

By Alex Baumhardt -OREGON CAPITOL CHRONICLE-October 29th

Disability advocates announced Thursday they’ve opened their phone hotline and a new website for people with disability-related voting problems to get assistance and report issues in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm election.

Disability Rights Oregon has opened its voter hotline for every election for many years, according to Tom Stenson, the group’s deputy legal director. Stenson’s among those who answer calls to the hotline.

Reach the Voter Hotline:  888-339-VOTE(888-339-8683).  Disability Rights Oregon’s accessible, online voting resources written in plain language with closed-captioned, ASL-interpreted videos can be found here:   https://www.droregon.org/voting-resources

“The number one thing people call about is they don’t know what their rights are,” Stenson said.

Voters with blindness or low vision have called to see if it is legal for someone to help fill out their ballot and return it for them (the answer is yes, besides the signature) or if there is an alternative way to fill out and cast their ballot that protects their privacy. 

For that, Stenson said, voters with limited or no vision can call their county clerk and arrange to vote at the clerk’s office via a computer tablet that reads out loud the ballot options and allows voice selection.

 Clerks can also bring tablets to voters at their homes if needed. 
And people who have lost mobility in an arm or hand have called with concerns about whether their ballot could be disqualified because their signature will look different than in the past. 

“So much of our election security is tied to signatures, so we explain to them how to do their signature,” Stenson said. He advises them to contact their county elections office, where they can register a name stamp or other mark as their signature.`

Stenson advises every caller to get their ballot to a box, and not to put it into the mail.