Ballots continue to flow into county election offices throughout the region over the past week at a record pace.  As of Thursday morning, 10,006 of 15,726 ballots distributed in Hood River County have been returned, 63.6%.  And in Wasco County the return rate is 55.3%, 10,056 out of 18,196.  As a comparison, at the same time in 2016 47.4% of ballots had been returned in Hood River County and 41.9% in Wasco County.  In Oregon ballots must be returned to county election offices or official drop boxes by Tuesday at 8 p.m.