PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s third-largest political party says it’s going to pull off what the secretary of state’s office says would be the state’s first online-only primary.
Linda Williams of the Independent Party of Oregon says the primary will begin sometime in July and last for two weeks.
The party has grown from 359 registered voters in February 2007 to more than 54,000 in May.
Williams says party members will receive an identification number in the mail that they can use to log in and vote.
Under an Oregon law passed last year, candidates can seek more than one party’s nomination.
The Independent Party has 77 candidates seeking its nomination, including Democratic candidate for governor John Kitzhaber.
