Douglas County Clerk Accused of Flipping Election After 8-Day Blackout
Todd Vaughn of Roseburg, OR
Vaughn v. Loomis lawsuit exposes how thousands of late ballots swung the outcome and why Oregon’s elections can’t be trusted.
For Immediate Release
27AUG2025 – Roseburg, OR
On 20MAY2025, voters in Douglas County watched as Umpqua Public Transit District Board Member Todd Vaughn went to bed with an 82-vote lead.
Then the reporting stopped.
For eight straight days, Douglas County Clerk Dan Loomis withheld results for the first time in his career as Clerk. When he resurfaced, the outcome had flipped: Vaughn now trailed by 238 votes. That’s a 320-vote swing, manufactured entirely from 4,218 ballots counted after election day. These ballots constitute 49% of the ballots submitted by election day and one-third of all ballots cast in the election.
“This wasn’t an election,” said Vaughn. “It was a theft carried out in the dark.”
This morning Vaughn filed a Second Amended Petition in Douglas County Circuit Court, formally contesting the election under ORS 258.016.
The filing alleges that illegal votes were counted and that public records were deliberately withheld.
Despite repeated formal requests, including the Umpqua Public Transportation District, Loomis refused to provide any meaningful records specifically denying the release of cast vote records, election activity logs, adjudicated ballots, or batch reports. Instead, his office cited directives from the Oregon Secretary of State to block transparency.
This contest also exposes a deeper pattern. Loomis, a former commissioner candidate turned political insider, has been accused of working with Douglas County politicians to manipulate outcomes and shield establishment incumbents. Evidence in the petition shows:
Loomis participated in a scheme to recall America First Republicans from the Douglas GOP, including Vaughn and ENDVBM Chief Petitioner Michaela Hammerson.
He signed letters urging Vaughn’s removal.
He campaigned alongside Senator David Brock Smith while overseeing elections.
He was even slated to appear at a nursing home “ice cream social” to harvest ballots from vulnerable seniors.
Why It Matters
The Vaughn v. Loomis contest is the first direct legal strike against the machinery of secrecy underpinning Oregon’s vote-by-mail regime.
If Douglas County can flip an election by counting one-third of ballots in secret, and then hide behind Salem’s directives to avoid scrutiny, no Oregon election is safe.
This case is about more than one board seat. It’s about exposing how Oregon’s elections are run in the dark — and why the people of Oregon must ENDVBM.
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About ENDVBM
ENDVBM is a statewide movement to restore transparency, accountability, and public oversight to Oregon elections by abolishing the vote-by-mail system. We believe in precinct-level, in-person voting with hand-counted ballots. It’s the only way to secure free and fair elections.
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