Portland in the News: Blazers Get Out the Vote; Ballots Don’t Need to Be Requested; Outdoor Ballet | September 24, 2020

Despite what a recent USPS mailer claims, Oregon voters do not need to request a mail-in ballot. If you’re registered to vote, your ballot will automatically be mailed to you.

Oregon Ballet Theatre is traveling to various outdoor locations around the city for “OBT Moves.”

And Pearl District businesses are making NW 13th more pedestrian friendly with food plazas and outdoor seating.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Oregonian: Portland Trail Blazers working to boost voter turnout, census participation: ‘It’s so important’

• Hasson: 18 Oregon Podcasts Covering the Outdoors, Travel, News, Entertainment, Sports + More

• KGW8: USPS mailers about early voting don’t apply to Oregon, Washington

• Willamette Week: Oregon May Soon Legalize the Use of Magic Mushrooms as Mental Health Treatment. Many Portlanders Aren’t Waiting.

• PDX Eater: With New Outdoor Plazas, Portland’s Pearl District Plays Around With a Pedestrian-Centric NW 13th

• KOIN: Oregon Ballet Theatre moving all over Portland

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