Your November 3 ballot: how voting works in Tualatin.
Oregon's November 3, 2026 general election is a vote-by-mail election, and every registered voter in Tualatin gets a ballot in the mail. Ballots must be received by 8:00 PM on Election Day, and Tualatin's drop boxes at City Hall and the public library make returning yours fast and free. Here is what to know before November 3, from deadlines and drop-off spots to what is actually on this year's ballot.
The essentials
Returning your Tualatin ballot.
When your ballot arrives
Ballots are mailed about three weeks before Election Day
Oregon mails ballots to every registered voter roughly 18 days before an election, so Tualatin ballots for November 3 started landing in mailboxes in mid-October. Fill yours out, sign the return envelope where indicated, and choose your return method. If a ballot has not arrived or gets lost or spoiled, contact the elections office and request a replacement; there is still time before Election Day.
Drop it, don't mail it
Two drop boxes right in Tualatin
The most reliable way to return a ballot is a drop box. Tualatin's official sites are outside Tualatin City Hall (18880 SW Martinazzi Ave) and at the Tualatin Public Library (18878 SW Martinazzi Ave), with a drive-thru drop available around the clock. They are open 24 hours a day and need no postage. Any official drop site in Oregon works, so you are never far from a box.
The 8 PM deadline
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 8:00 PM
This is the date that matters: your ballot must be received by an elections office or official drop site by 8:00 PM on Election Day. If you choose the mail instead of a drop box, the return envelope must be postmarked on or before November 3. Return postage is prepaid, but the mail takes days, so a drop box is the safer play in the final stretch.
Which county is yours?
Washington County, with a Clackamas County sliver
Most of Tualatin votes in Washington County, where the Elections Office is at 2925 NE Aloclek Dr in Hillsboro, but the city's east side along the Tualatin River sits in Clackamas County. Either way the rule is the same: a ballot dropped at any official site in Oregon by 8 PM counts. Washington County's elections site, washingtoncountyor.gov/elections, has drop site maps, replacement-ballot forms, and the voters' pamphlet.
Start to finish
What is on the ballot (and what is not).
The headline for the November 3, 2026 ballot is a quiet one: there are no statewide measures on it, a first for an even-numbered-year November election in Oregon since 1908. The initiative petition that had been working toward the ballot, a proposal about hunting and fishing regulations, was disqualified earlier this year for an insufficient number of valid signatures, and the one measure certified for 2026, Measure 120, was moved to the May 19 primary.
Measure 120 was a veto referendum on the legislature's transportation funding bill, HB 3991, which would have raised the gas tax and doubled vehicle and transit fees. Oregon voters rejected it in May, with roughly 83 percent voting against, so the gas tax stays at 40 cents a gallon and the fees stay as they were.
That leaves the November ballot to races: federal, statewide, and local seats such as legislative districts and judgeships, plus any local measures in your area. The Washington County voters' pamphlet, mailed with the ballot and posted online, spells out every race and measure on your specific ballot. If you are deciding how a new home fits into the community, an election is a great excuse to read the pamphlet and meet local candidates, and our Tualatin events page lists Election Day alongside the rest of the November calendar.
Plan the day
A five-minute civic checklist.
Find your ballot and sign it
Check the envelope the ballot came in, fill it out, and sign the return envelope. An unsigned ballot will not be counted, and the county will contact you if yours comes back missing a signature.
Fill out or replace anything wrong
Made a mistake or lost the ballot? Contact Washington County Elections at 2925 NE Aloclek Dr in Hillsboro or through washingtoncountyor.gov/elections for a replacement. Ballots can be replaced right up until close to Election Day.
Drop it at City Hall or the library
Both Tualatin drop boxes sit along SW Martinazzi Ave, minutes from 22379 SW 107th Ave: City Hall at 18880 and the library at 18878, drive-thru available at the library. Both are open around the clock, so a walk, a bike ride, or an errand run takes care of it.
Track your ballot
Oregon lets you track your ballot through the mail and confirm it was received, using the tracking service linked from the county elections page. It is a small reassurance that your vote is in and counted.
Make Your Move
A home in the middle of it all.
Living at 22379 SW 107th Ave puts you minutes from Tualatin City Hall, the library, the Commons, and every community event on the calendar. Paul Knighton of MORE Realty can show you the neighborhood that makes civic life this easy.
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