The election cycle is entering its final hours.  Ballots must be in to Oregon election offices or official drop boxes by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, while in Washington they must be postmarked by Tuesday.  In Oregon, processing of ballots has been underway since the middle of last week.  Wasco County Clerk Lisa Gambee says a first set of election returns will be posted shortly before 8 p.m., and then updated later in the night, noting they won’t be certified until 20 days after the election to allow for dealing with ballots that are challenged in some way.  Gambee says some of that involves dealing with ballots with challenged signatures or no signature at all.  Those voters will be notified and will have 14 days to rectify the issue.  She does say that national results may take longer than usual because of some states using both absentee ballots and polling places.