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Hamlin touts ERIC Project to national commission

Hamlin touts ERIC Project to national commission

Shane Hamlin, Washington’s deputy elections director and chair of a new interstate project for voter outreach and more accurate registration rolls, was a featured speaker at the Cincinnati field hearing of the blue-ribbon Presidential Commission on Election Administration on Friday. Hamlin, joined by David Becker, director of election initiatives for the Pew Charitable Trusts, touted the work of the ERIC (Electronic Registration Information Center) project that is already up and running in seven states, with others lining up to join. …

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’13 Election: Video, online voters guides available

’13 Election: Video, online voters guides available

Want to get a head start studying up on the two statewide initiatives on this fall’s General Election ballot? Don’t know anything about the five non-binding advisory votes on the Legislature’s revenue bills that passed last session? Our Election Division has lots of useful voter information to help you be ready when you vote. The 2013 General Election Video Voters’ Guide is now available. Jointly produced  by our Elections Division and TVW, the video guide includes information about Initiative 517…

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Voters across WA & USA signing up for `incredibly important’ elections

Voters across WA & USA signing up for `incredibly important’ elections

Hoping to boost voter registration, Washington is taking part in a nationwide registration push by the National Association of Secretaries of State. The organization, headed by a board that includes Secretary Kim Wyman, has declared September as National Voter Registration Month and Sept. 24 as National Voter Registration Day.  In Washington state, there are two important deadlines to remember: Oct. 7 is deadline for online registration for new registrations and for updates such as address changes.   And Oct. 28 is…

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ERIC helps WA upgrade voter registration

ERIC helps WA upgrade voter registration

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman and the 39 county election departments are breaking new ground as they begin updating over 53,000 voter registration records and mail voter registration information to more than 140,000 potentially eligible, but unregistered residents. Updating such a large number of records and conducting focused registration education recently has become possible, thanks to the state’s leadership and participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). ERIC is a non-profit organization that assists states with improving the…

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Evelyn Arnold joins Secretary Wyman’s team

Evelyn Arnold joins Secretary Wyman’s team

Evelyn Arnold shares a story as Secretary Wyman (middle) and Elections Director Lori Augino (right) listen. Evelyn Arnold, former Chelan County Auditor and King County elections official, has joined the Office of Secretary of State as financial services manager. Monday was her first day on the job and it was “old home week” at a Capitol reception in her honor.  She and Secretary of State Kim Wyman are old friends, dating back to 1991, when Arnold was a new county…

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WA voters pick their Primary favorites

WA voters pick their Primary favorites

Washington voters have narrowed the field for the General Election, including the hotly contested race for Seattle Mayor, three special state Senate races and literally hundreds of important local offices. By Wednesday midday, counties had tallied over 660,000 ballots after carefully verifying the voter signatures. That amounted to 20.5 percent of those who received ballots, a number sure to increase as Tuesday evening’s drop-box ballots and those still in the mail are added in. Washington’s election law allows any ballot…

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SecWyman promotes county election drop boxes for 11th-hour voters

SecWyman promotes county election drop boxes for 11th-hour voters

(Photo courtesy of Stephanie Horn) With just hours to go until Washington’s 2013 Primary wraps up, Secretary of State Kim Wyman hit the airwaves doing TV and radio interviews to talk up the election and remind voters to return their ballots before the deadline ends at 8 p.m. Here she is shown being interviewed by KOMO Radio’s Jane Shannon and Tom Hutyler.  Wyman’s best tip: The safest bet is to use a ballot drop box provided by your county elections…

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Primary ends Tuesday; have you voted?

Primary ends Tuesday; have you voted?

Washington’s 2013 Primary ends Tuesday at 8 p.m., so do it before it’s too late. If you’re waiting until the last minute to return your ballot, Secretary of State Kim Wyman recommends that you NOT put your ballot in the mail. Ballots must be postmarked by Election Day (Aug. 6) in order to be counted, but there is no guarantee that the post office will postmark it in time to count. Wyman, the state’s chief elections officer, says it’s better…

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Wyman elected to national exec board

Wyman elected to national exec board

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, rounding out her first six months in office, was honored to be elected to the executive board of the National Association of Secretaries of State. Wyman, second from right in photo, was unanimously elected vice president for the western region of the United States by her peers at the NASS summer conference in Anchorage over the weekend.  Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, to the left of Wyman in the photo, is the president-elect….

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