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Online voter registration reaches new heights

Online voter registration reaches new heights

A decade after Washington became the second state in the country to take voter registration online, 35 states and the District of Columbia (that other Washington, as some know it) have followed suit. Under current law, the deadline for online voter registration is 30 days before Election Day, so the deadline for registering to vote in the August Primary Election passed this week, on July 9th. Thanks to the excellent work by our Elections Division, thousands of Washingtonians registered to vote…

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Filing week 2018: Look who’s on the ballot now

Filing week 2018: Look who’s on the ballot now

Now that filing week for candidates to get onto Washington ballots for the 2018 August Primary and November General Election has passed, along with the May 21st deadline for candidates to withdraw their names, here are a few quick facts about this year’s election lineup With 596 races to be decided on levels from local to federal, 1,151 candidates filed to run — including 30 candidates for U.S. Senate, which is one of the largest fields in Washington history. It…

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Senate passes key elections bill

Senate passes key elections bill

Legislation that would help ensure that our state’s military and overseas voters can vote in our elections has cleared a key hurdle. The Senate voted 47-1 Friday morning to pass this important elections bill requested by Secretary Reed. Senate Bill 5171 would move Washington’s Primary Election two weeks earlier, to early August, to ensure that Washington complies with a new federal law requiring military ballots to be mailed 45 days before Election Day. ESSB 5171 also would count military and…

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Candidate Filing Week: And they’re off!

Candidate Filing Week: And they’re off!

Washington’s 2009 candidates are making it official. It’s Filing Week and so far, a lot of candidates have taken advantage of the option to file online. As of close of business Monday, nearly 700 candidates filed through the Washington Election Information (WEI) system used by the Secretary of State’s Elections Division and 31 of Washington’s 39 counties. There was a rush of activity in the morning, then a lull during lunch, followed by a steady flow from about 1 p.m….

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