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Trick or treat! Oct. 31 is voter registration deadline

Trick or treat! Oct. 31 is voter registration deadline

If you haven’t already read about it here or elsewhere, this is our last reminder: If you have never registered to vote in Washington and you want to vote in this fall’s General Election, you need to register in person at your county elections department by this Monday (Oct. 31). Go here to find more info about your county elections department. And if you want to learn more about the statewide measures found on this fall’s ballot, you can check…

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Are you ready to vote?

Are you ready to vote?

After weeks of watching campaign ads on TV, reading news articles about measures and local candidates, and seeing yard signs here or there, Washington’s registered voters soon will have their chance to voice their opinion by casting their ballot in this year’s General Election. But before you vote, we encourage you to read your Voters’ Pamphlet. Various versions of the statewide Voters’ Pamphlet were put in the mail starting Monday, which means you should receive yours any day now, if…

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Mailing in your voter registration? Get it postmarked by Saturday!

Mailing in your voter registration? Get it postmarked by Saturday!

Because next Monday (October 10) is Columbus Day and thus a federal holiday, the U.S. Postal Service and its post offices will be closed that day. This means that filled out voter registration forms and voter registration updates that are put in the mail on Monday will not be postmarked that day, which means those forms will not meet Monday’s mail-in deadline for the 2011 General Election later this fall. As a result, the Secretary of State’s Elections Division urges…

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