Oregon To Remove 800,000 Voters (20%!) From Its Electoral Rolls

Another major blow to the “nothing is happening crowd” as Oregon is now taking steps to remove 800,000 voters from its Electoral Rolls in response to several lawsuits.

Read that again: 800,000!

Now let me put it in context: There are roughly 3.86 million total voters on the rolls, meaning roughly 20% (!!) of the current voter rolls are inactive and will be removed!

Oregon to remove up to 800,000 (!!) voters from electoral rolls 👀https://t.co/601jxZcb9d

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) January 13, 2026

Gee, you don’t think they were using those 800,000 to rig the election in any way, do you?

Nah, they would never do that!

Big credit goes to Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch in helping make this happen:

HUGE: After @JudicialWatch lawsuit, Oregon Secretary of State just announced removal of 800,000 dirty names from voter rolls! So now it looks like Judicial Watch lawsuits will clean 5.8 MILLION names from the voter rolls nationally. We also have federal lawsuits to clean millions… pic.twitter.com/XH87w61TOI

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 12, 2026

Fox News confirms my math and the 20% figure:

Oregon election officials are set to begin removing hundreds of thousands of inactive voters from the state’s registration rolls, a move that comes after years of inaction, mounting public pressure, and lawsuits filed against the state in recent months.

Oregon’s Democratic Secretary of State Tobias Read, in a press release Friday, outlined two new directives he said will “restart” the “routine cleanup of outdated, inactive voter registration records” in accordance with state law to address the roughly 800,000 inactive voter records that are being maintained by election officials.

The first directive orders counties to immediately cancel long-inactive voter registrations that already met the legal requirements for removal before 2017. These are registrations where election mail was returned as undeliverable, voters failed to respond to official notices, and they did not participate in multiple federal elections. State officials estimate roughly 160,000 registrations fall into this category and should have been removed years ago.

The second directive changes how the state handles inactive voters going forward. It updates the language on voter confirmation cards to clearly warn voters that their registrations will be canceled if they do not respond or vote within the required time frame. State officials say this step restores a process that allows routine cleanup of inactive registrations under federal law.

Together, the directives are designed to address a backlog of inactive records and restart regular voter-roll maintenance after Oregon paused removals in 2017.

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“These directives are about cleaning up old data that’s no longer in use so Oregonians can be confident that our voter records are up-to-date,” Read said. “From day one, our goal was clear: run elections that are secure, fair, and accurate. This move will strengthen our voter rolls and reinforce public trust in our elections.”

State officials acknowledge there are about 800,000 inactive registrations total, roughly 20% of Oregon’s voter rolls, though they stress multiple times in the press release that inactive voters do not currently receive ballots, saying at one point, “again, none of the individuals associated with these records will receive ballots, and these inactive records have no impact on Oregon elections.”

Meanwhile, other reports say this might not be all…

Oregon may also move to In-Person voting:

🚨 BREAKING: Oregon, IT'S HAPPENING.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Reed said Oregon could pivot to IN-PERSON voting if federal laws change and will also clean up Oregon voter rolls by REMOVING 800,000 inactive voters.

Oregon hasn't seen a Republican governor since 1987, the… pic.twitter.com/U7T3gSCFgd

— David Medina 🦫🇺🇸 (@davidmedinapdx) January 13, 2026

Is Oregon about to go Red for the first time since 1987?

What’s your stance?