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SecWyman surprises art contest winner

SecWyman surprises art contest winner

Talia Anderson stands next to Secretary Wyman and holds up her winning artwork with her parents, Tamara Keller (left) and Dean Anderson. (Photo courtesy of Jen Estroff) When Talia Anderson joined her fellow Dry Creek Elementary School students for an assembly Tuesday afternoon, she only knew that Secretary of State Kim Wyman was going to speak there. What Anderson didn’t know was that Wyman really was there to inform everyone that the Port Angeles fifth-grader had won this year’s Voters’…

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Bringing together art and elections

Bringing together art and elections

When Washington residents receive their General Election Voters’ Pamphlet each fall, they obviously notice the helpful info about candidates and ballot measures. But if they look closer, they’ll notice something else – voting-related artwork created by a Washington elementary school student. In 2002, we added a fun element to the Voters’ Pamphlet by starting an art contest in which the winner’s work would be featured in the pamphlet that fall.  It’s a great way to have students do a fun…

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