What happens now after Oregon incorrectly registered more than 1,500 people to vote?

There are a series of seemingly right steps planned to correct the errors and prevent future ones. An outside contractor is being brought in to analyze how the voter registration process works and look for flaws. Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services says, “Through 2025, any errors identified and analyzed, and any errors turned up through the sampling process, will be shared in a monthly report that will be available on DMV’s website and shared with the Governor and Legislature.”

The Oregon Department of Transportation also plans to hire a person to be responsible, a voter registration integrity manager. That seems a particularly good change. When nobody is directly responsible for something, it can slip as a priority.

Those plans and more by the DMV and Secretary of State’s Office are good to know. It’s more important that it be backed up by an inner fire to protect Oregon’s voter integrity. That didn’t seem to be the case before.