Now who counts the ballots?
Oregon has a voter apathy problem. Not a mystery. Not a conspiracy. A reality.
Multnomah County alone has more than half a million registered voters, and like it or not, it drives statewide outcomes. That fact has pushed many Oregonians outside Portland into resignation. Some joke darkly that the state is “run by Portland.” Others stop joking and start packing maps for Idaho under the banner of Greater Idaho. When people feel politically irrelevant, apathy isn’t a moral failure, it’s a rational response…