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WTBBL hosts event to help voters with disabilities

WTBBL hosts event to help voters with disabilities

In conjunction with Get out the Disability Vote Week, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library  hosted an event to help members of the disability community take part in this summer’s Primary. Accessible voting units were made available at WTBBL Wednesday for voters who need assistance completing their ballot. The event was a partnership between WTBBL and the National Federation of the Blind of Washington, Washington Council of the Blind, King County Elections and the state Elections Division. WTBBL is…

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Shannon Cortez joins WA Elections Division as deputy director

Shannon Cortez joins WA Elections Division as deputy director

Secretary of State Kim Wyman has announced the appointment of Shannon Cortez as the new deputy director of elections. Cortez will take her new role on Monday after 18 years of experience in elections administration, both with Pierce County and King County, where she has been deputy elections director. In Pierce, she worked with Auditors Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, Pat McCarthy, Jan Shabro and Julie Anderson, and in King, she assisted Julie Wise. Cortez succeeds Allyson Ruppenthal, who has joined Thurston County…

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Watch Secretary Reed on KCTS Connects

Watch Secretary Reed on KCTS Connects

If you want to learn more about the upcoming General Election, watch tonight’s KCTS Connects show, which airs Fridays at 7 p.m. Longtime host Enrique Cerna interviews Secretary of State Reed and King County Elections Director Sherril Huff about the election, including their voter turnout predictions. Their interview segment will appear at 7:30 p.m. Reed and Huff did the taped interview on Thursday. If you miss the show on TV, don’t worry. KCTS will post the show online. KCTS Connects…

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