The Oregon Elections Division shut down its phone lines on Oct. 17 after the system was “overwhelmed” by out-of-state callers responding to false information about why former President Donald Trump does not appear in the Oregon voters’ pamphlet, according to an announcement by the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.
State officials also assured voters that the Republican candidate will be on the ballot.
“Social media posts have been falsely claiming this as election interference, when it is in fact a decision made by the Trump campaign” to not submit a campaign statement for the pamphlet, according to a news release from the Secretary of State’s office….