A June 28 Instagram video shows a man speaking about the population of registered voters in Oregon.
"Today I'm going to talk about phantom voters," the man says. "The state claims that there are 3.1 million eligible voters in Oregon with 2.9 million registered. But voter registration data by county shows that there are more than 4.2 million active voters in Oregon. That's more than the entire population of the state."
The man goes on to discuss HB 2681, a law that was recently passed in Oregon. He claims the law prohibits "removing registered voters from the voter roll" and turns "all inactive voter registrations into active registrations."
The post garnered more than 2,000 likes in four days.
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There are 4.3 million residents and 3 million registered voters in Oregon. Active registration is still regularly updated to remove people who die, move or become ineligible for reasons other than not voting.
Ben Morris, a spokesperson for the Oregon Secretary of State, told USA TODAY the claim of more active than registered voters is false.
He said there are nearly 4.3 million residents in Oregon, while only 3.4 million are of voting age and nearly 3 million are registered voters. He added that only 2 million ballots were returned in the last general election.
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