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Student Voter registration challenge 2018

Student Voter registration challenge 2018

To encourage as many young adults as possible to make their voices heard in the 2018 General Election, Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Gov. Jay Inslee have launched a special Student Voter Registration Challenge to sign up Washington’s college students as new voters. As Gov. Inslee’s office describes here, the Student Voter Registration Challenge is a competition open to students at all 40 of Washington’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. Student teams must register by Aug. 1 to…

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From the Archives: Pineapples at Christmas

From the Archives: Pineapples at Christmas

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) For anyone who celebrated Christmas this week with children, one highlight is watching kids’ eyes light up as they open a cool gift. This State Archives photo from 1970 captures excitement in the Governor’s Mansion when Mark (left) and Bruce Evans, sons of Gov. Dan Evans and first lady Nancy Evans, opened up a box of pineapples sent to the Washington governor’s family by Hawaii Gov. John Burns.  The photo is found in the…

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Checking out the Governor’s library collection

Checking out the Governor’s library collection

Secretary of State Wyman and State Librarian Rand Simmons (left) visited the Governor’s Mansion Wednesday morning for a photo shoot with Gov. Inslee in the mansion library to help celebrate the upcoming 160th anniversary of the creation of the Washington Territorial Library, now the Washington State Library. During the visit, the guv showed Wyman and Simmons a rare literary item, Territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens’ poetry collection. A celebration of the big anniversary is taking place Oct. 15 from 2 to…

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See Reed’s Comcast Newsmakers interview

See Reed’s Comcast Newsmakers interview

Our faithful blog followers recall a post we did a few weeks ago on Secretary Reed being interviewed by Comcast Newsmakers in the Governor’s Mansion, along with many other public officials. The Comcast interviews were conducted by Sabrina Register and Steve Mumm (above). Comcast has started airing these interviews on CNN Headline News. Here is a five-minute interview that the Secretary did with Mumm, Comcast Newsmakers’ Eastern Washington host. The video is on YouTube. Reed talks with Mumm about civility,…

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Talking elections and redistricting

Talking elections and redistricting

With this year’s General Election exactly two months away, Secretary Reed talked elections issues with Comcast Newsmakers host Sabrina Register during a taped interview Thursday morning in the Governor’s Mansion. In addition to discussing statewide ballot measures and voter registration deadlines before the November 8 election (ballots go out to voters by Oct. 21), Reed also talked about the ongoing work by the state’s Redistricting Commission and the impact it will have on Washington’s congressional and legislative districts starting next…

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