5 Eager beavers.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

The Beaver State lives up to its nickname at the ballot box. Oregonians eagerly turn out to vote, routinely boasting some of the highest voter-turnout rates in the nation. In 1998, Oregon was the first state to switch to all-mail voting, leading to voter participation higher than 70 percent. This year, legislators passed a law to automatically...