Voter registration name change in Oregon
What Oregon requires after a legal name change, whether the DMV change carries across, and when the book closes. Checked 25 July 2026.
Updating the name on your Oregon voter registration is free.
Oregon does not allow a name change online — it takes a paper form or an in-person visit.
Oregon does not say whether a DMV name change reaches your registration, so check rather than assume.
What Oregon Secretary of State publishes
| What | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Free | Oregon Secretary of State | |
| Change it online? | No — paper or in person | Oregon Secretary of State | |
| Does the DMV do it for you? | Oregon does not say. | Oregon Secretary of State | |
| Registration closes | Oregon does not publish a figure we could verify. | Oregon Secretary of State | |
| Run by | Oregon Secretary of State | Oregon Secretary of State |
A name change has to be reported on a new paper registration form rather than online, because Oregon wants a record of the voter's updated signature.
Do this after your license, not before
Federal motor-voter law puts a voter registration block on most state license applications, so the DMV visit is often the moment a registration is updated too. Whether it actually propagates is a state-by-state answer, and it is the one worth checking rather than assuming — arriving at a polling place under a name the roll does not hold is a problem you cannot fix on the day.
Your registration should match the name you give at the polling place, and it should match the ID you present if Oregon asks for one.
Oregon voter registration questions
- Does changing my name at the Oregon DMV update my voter registration?
- Oregon does not say. The two systems do not always talk to each other, so check your registration rather than assume it happened.
- Does it cost anything to update a Oregon voter registration?
- No. Updating a voter registration is free in every state that registers voters.
All Oregon name change requirements · Oregon DMV
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