HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

New Linn election office: Transparent, secure

Written September 30th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

The new quarters of the Linn County Clerk’s Office could not be more convenient for people going past just outside on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path. On Monday I got off the bike and stopped in.


An election reminder off the riverfront path

Written September 18th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

In case you forgot or didn’t get the news at the time, the Linn County Clerk’s Office moved out of the courthouse. The office is now in the Wheelhouse Building on the Albany riverfront, as the ballot drop box outside reminds me every time I pass it on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path.


D’s, R’s and Nons: The local numbers

Written October 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

In case it matters, and maybe it does in local politics, Democrats have a slight edge in Albany registrations over Republicans. But both major parties are running behind the number of Albany voters signed up as nonaffiliated.


Voting — or not

Written March 11th, 2013 by

I don’t know why we are always urging people to vote no matter what. If an election is in the offing, it is customary for civic-minded voices in public to say things like: “Regardless of which way you decide, be sure to vote.” And yes, there’s great value attached to the act of voting itself, […]

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