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WA primary underway! Military & overseas ballots in mail

WA primary underway! Military & overseas ballots in mail

Over 50,000 ballots are making their way to Washington’s military and overseas voters, the vanguard for the state’s long-awaited August 7 Primary. Katie Blinn, co-director of Elections, has informed the U.S. Department of Justice that all military and overseas ballots went out by last Saturday, in compliance with the federal law that all such voters be sent their ballots at least 45 days before Election Day.  Some were sent by surface mail and others were emailed, depending on the voter’s…

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Feds’ OK of waiver request will help state’s military voters

Feds’ OK of waiver request will help state’s military voters

We’ve received word from the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice that they approved our state’s request for a waiver of a federal law’s “45-day rule” in which states are supposed to mail ballots to military and oversea voters at least 45 days before Election Day. “Washington’s elections officials care deeply about our military voters and are fully committed to doing everything we can to ensure each has an opportunity to vote,” said…

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