Clerk's Office

Tuesday, May 11, is the last day for Deschutes County voters to safely mail their ballot for the May 18 Special District Election. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18. No stamp is required.

Ballots that are not mailed by May 11 should be delivered to an official ballot drop site. A full list of drop site locations is available online at https://www.deschutes.org/clerk/page/ballot-drop-box-locations.

The next election in Deschutes County is the Special District Election, which will be held on Tuesday, May 18.​ Each of Deschutes County’s more than 152,300 registered voters will be mailed a ballot on Wednesday, April 28.
 

Beginning Thursday, April 1, Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties will begin accepting applications for US Passports by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled online through the below websites:

Crook – co.crook.or.us/county-clerk/page/passports

Deschutes – www.deschutes.org/clerk/page/passport-services

Jefferson –  www.jeffco.net/cc/page/obtaining-passport

On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, an election will be held to fill a newly-vacated position on the Redmond School District Board. The position holder for Position No. 4, resigned on Wednesday, March 17. The term for Position No. 4 ends in 2023.

Candidates who are interested in applying to fill the vacant position must file a declaration of candidacy or petition for nomination for office with the Deschutes County Clerk by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 26. The Voters’ Pamphlet Deadline is also Friday, March 26 at 5 p.m.

Elected Deschutes County officials will be sworn into office at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, at the First Interstate Bank Center at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center.

Three elected officeholders are scheduled to attend the ceremony and take the oath of office, which will be administered by the Honorable Wells Ashby, Presiding Judge for the Deschutes County Circuit Court. 

Those scheduled to be formally sworn in are:

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship has certified the County’s Nov. 3 General Election results and forwarded final results to the State.

Since Election Day on Nov. 3, elections staff has been adjudicating ballots to determine voter intent, counting votes, documenting votes for one “no candidate filed” race, contacting voters with signature challenges and curing signature challenges so that all votes are counted.

85.28% of the 150,696 eligible Deschutes County voters returned ballots.

Initial election results are available at www.deschutes.org/electionresults.

Results will be updated again shortly after 10 p.m. and again between 12 and 2 a.m.

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship wanted to share information for the November 3 General Election:

Thursday, October 22:

The Clerk’s Office will test the County’s vote-counting system at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 22. The certification is conducted before each election and occurs at the County Clerk’s office, 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend, upper level. Due to COVID-19, space will be limited for public observation. Please RSVP in advance if you plan to attend.