Ballot Dropsite Locations

Benton County Elections – May 20, 2014 Primary Election Ballot Dropsites

Ballots must be in a County Elections office or an official ballot drop box by 8:00 pm on Election Day in order to be counted. Postal postmarks do not count.

24-HOUR OUTSIDE BALLOT DROP BOXES	OTHER BALLOT DROPSITES
Benton County Courthouse	Benton County Elections Office
Courthouse lawn on Fourth Street	Basement of County Courthouse
120 NW 4th St, Corvallis OR 97330	120 NW 4th St Rm 13, Corvallis OR 97330
Google Map	Office Phone: 541-766-6756
	TTY/TDD: 541-766-6080
Benton County Courthouse	Mon thru Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Handicapped entrance on Fifth Street	Election Day 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
120 NW 4th St, Corvallis OR 97330	Google Map
Google Map
	Corvallis Public Library
Benton County Courthouse	645 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis OR 97330
Across the street on Fifth Street	541-766-6793
180 NW 5th St, Corvallis OR 97330	Mon thru Thu 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Google Map	Fri thru Sat 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
	Google Map
Wells Fargo Bank
Next to Pizza Hut, in Timberhill Shopping Center	OSU Valley Library
2543 NW Kings Blvd, Corvallis OR 97330	121 The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331
Google Map	541-737-3331
	Mon thru Thu 7:30 am to Midnight
Benton County Sunset Building	Fri 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
Drop box in parking lot	Sat 10:00 am to Midnight
4077 SW Research Way, Corvallis OR 97333	Sun 10:00 am to Midnight
Google Map	Google Map
Lincoln Health Center	Senior Citizens Center of Corvallis
Drop box in parking lot	2601 NW Tyler Ave, Corvallis OR 97330
121 SE Viewmont Ave, Corvallis OR 97333	541-766-6959
Google Map	Mon thru Fri 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
	Election Day 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
North Albany Shopping Center	Google Map
Drop box in front of former Ray's location
621 Hickory Ave NW, Albany OR 97321	LBCC - Benton Center
Google Map	757 NW Polk Ave, Corvallis OR 97330
	541-757-8944
Monroe Community Library	When college is in session
Drop box in parking lot	Mon thru Thu 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
380 N 5th St, Monroe OR 97456	Fri 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Google Map	Google Map
Philomath Public Library	City Limits Market
1050 Applegate St, Philomath OR 97370	5800 NW Hwy 99W, Corvallis OR 97330
Google Map	541-745-7194
	Mon thru Thu 6:30 am to 8:30 pm
Unofficial Ballot Drop Sites	Fri 6:30 am to 9:00 pm
Benton County Elections Office discourages	Sat 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
voters from using Unofficial Ballot Dropsites	Sun 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
(PDF, opens in new window)	Google Map
	John Boy’s Alsea Mercantile Store
	186 E Main St, Alsea OR 97324
	541-487-4462
	Mon thru Sat 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
	Sun 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
	Google Map

Use the drop boxes for your ballots, it's too late to mail them

Fellow Republicans,

Please remember, Tuesday is Primary Election day. It is too late to mail in your ballots, so please remind your neighbors, friends and family to get them to Benton County ballot collection sites – http://www.sos.state.or.us/dropbox/#
 

 
Thank you in advance for your support of our election process!
 
Kristie
PCP Chair

Volunteer to observe vote counting!!

Next week is the State of Oregon's Primary Election!

Observing the processing of ballots is one way that we can work for honest elections.   
Observing is now done by camera.  We can have one observer from the Republican Party observing at a time. The observer sits in the lobby outside the elections office in the basement of the Benton County Courthouse, and the observer can see what's going on in all the rooms where ballots are being handled via video.
The areas that can be observed are: watching workers scan signatures on ballots; watching workers open ballots; watching workers process ballots; watching the machine count the votes.

WILL YOU BE AN OBSERVER on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, May 20,  from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.?  The Party has only this one observer slot left to fill.  Will you be the one?   If you will, please respond to this e-mail immediately so we can get you certified.
In order to be an observer, the Party chairman must submit your name to the county clerk,  along with the times that the person is available to observe. 
Handling the ballots has already begun. Workers are already removing the outside envelope and scanning signatures.  Next, the inner envelope is opened so that elections workers can quickly remove the ballot and check to see if it has been properly and adequately marked.  Elections workers work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 19 (a day that ballots will be processed) and 8 a.m. to sometime after8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20.  The workers take an hour off for lunch.  It's been my experience that ballot processing usually gets going at about 8:30 a.m. until 12:00noon and begins again a little after 1 p.m. until about 5 p.m.  There are breaks in the work about half-way through the shift.

 

If you will be an elections observer, please do the following:

1. Arrive early.  Let everyone know that they should be at their post in the basement of the Benton County Courthouse at the door of the Elections Office  at least 15 minutes early so that can be oriented by the Elections Office staff.

2.  Bring a bottle of water and a snack if you want something to eat.  You cannot leave your post except to go to the potty (which adjoins the lobby) when you are an observer.  No wandering around, and Absolutely no going outside. 

3.  No visiting with other people.  Be very careful not to disrupt anyone else who is observing.  

4.  Bring a pad of paper and a pen so if you see something irregular going on you can record it and report it to Benton County Clerk James Morales or Saw Ling, who is acting elections officer.  Be careful not to interrupt them, however; they are very busy and are trying their best to carry out honest, fair elections.

House district 23

This was sent as an email from Stella

I hope you read the article in the paper about our Town Hall Meeting for candidates, Jim Thompson, and Mike Nearman, running for State House District 23. If you reside in HD 23, we encourage you to come and hear each contender express why he deserves your vote.

 

 

 

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Friday, May 9th, 7:00 pmat Philomath High School in the Community Conference room a Town Hall Event will feature candidates for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 23, Jim Thompson and Mike Nearman.

Republican Voters in House District 23 are encouraged to come and get acquainted with the candidates. A Q&A session will be held. Opening and closing remarks by the candidates will be to express their own qualities that make them deserving of the District 23 House of Representatives position.

Philomath High School, 2054 Applegate St., 541-929-3211

When	Fri May 9, 2014 7pm – 8:30pmPacific Time
Where	Philomath High School, 2054 Applegate St, Philomath, OR, United States(map)