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Voting, again? Ballots coming your way

Voting, again? Ballots coming your way

It seems like we just counted the last of the November ballots and put the election equipment away, but any day now, most Washington voters will be getting ballots in the mail for the February 9 election. The state Elections Division has tallied it up: 254 measures are on the ballot in 37 counties, mostly special property tax levies for support of local schools.  Most of the state’s 3.5 million registered voters will take part, although Ferry and Pend Oreille…

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Countdown to end of May voting …

Countdown to end of May voting …

Folks in 11 Washington counties are voting as we speak, and it’s one of the final times a May election will be held. Under terms of newly approved legislation that will scale down from four to two the number of dates authorized for springtime elections, the May date will disappear after the May, 2011,  elections are run. The March election dates will be eliminated right away, leaving dates in February and April as the special election opportunities. The primary will remain in August and…

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