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FILE - In this May 17, 2016, file photo, ballots are prepared for counting at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore. The coronavirus has knocked presidential primaries back several weeks as officials worry about voters crowding into polling places. If the disease remains a hazard in November, Democrats say there&#039;s only one solution to preserve the November election, national voting by mail.

How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots

FILE - In this May 17, 2016, file photo, ballots are prepared for counting at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore. The coronavirus has knocked presidential primaries back several weeks as officials worry about voters crowding into polling places. If the disease remains a hazard in November, Democrats say there&#039;s only one solution to preserve the November election, national voting by mail.

March 31, 2020, 4:32pm Election

As the coronavirus pandemic knocks primary election after primary election off schedule, Democrats argue the outbreak shows the country needs to move toward one of their longtime goals — widespread voting by mail — to protect the November election. Read story

Fire District 6 to put levy lid lift on August primary ballot

March 26, 2020, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark County Fire District 6’s Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution asking voters to consider a fire levy lid lift as part of the Aug. 4 primary election. Read story

Today’s canvassing board meeting postponed

March 20, 2020, 11:07am Clark County News

Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said this morning that today’s Canvassing Board meeting will be postponed by two hours. The board will now meet at 5 p.m. at the auditor’s office, 1408 Franklin St. The board is expected to review and certify the results of the presidential primary election today. Read story

Wyman asks Inslee to cancel April special elections

March 18, 2020, 4:48pm Election

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman has asked Gov. Jay Inslee to use his emergency authority to cancel the April 28 special elections in response to the coronavirus. Read story

With 3 more victories, Biden pulls further away from Sanders

March 18, 2020, 9:51am Election

Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign. Read story

Former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate Sunday at CNN Studios in Washington, D.C.

Biden wins statewide vote in Washington state

Former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate Sunday at CNN Studios in Washington, D.C.

March 16, 2020, 8:03pm Election

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the statewide vote in Washington’s vote-by-mail Democratic presidential primary, maintaining the narrow lead he’s held over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders since last week as additional results were counted Monday. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Biden to press contrast with Trump in coronavirus address

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

March 12, 2020, 9:40am Election

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday called for a sweeping national response to the coronavirus outbreak, chiding President Donald Trump for a response he said was woefully insufficient and warning that the widening public health crisis should not be viewed through a lens of politics. Read story

Joe BIden, left, and Bernie Sanders.

Joe Biden takes lead over Bernie Sanders in Washington

Joe BIden, left, and Bernie Sanders.

March 11, 2020, 5:28pm Clark County Politics

Former Vice President Joe Biden took the lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington after additional results in the vote-by-mail state posted Wednesday afternoon. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., visits outside a polling location at Warren E. Bow Elementary School in Detroit, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Dem campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., visits outside a polling location at Warren E. Bow Elementary School in Detroit, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

March 11, 2020, 10:35am Election

Bernie Sanders is vowing to press ahead with his presidential campaign at least long enough to debate Joe Biden this weekend, even while acknowledging his deficit in the Democratic race may be insurmountable. Read story

Democratic presidential primary results in Washington were too close to call Tuesday night, with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders essentially tied.

Presidential primary in Washington too close to call

Democratic presidential primary results in Washington were too close to call Tuesday night, with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders essentially tied.

March 10, 2020, 8:55pm Election

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders were in a dead heat on election night in Washington’s presidential primary, while Biden’s resurgent campaign looked poised to capture most of the six primaries held across the country Tuesday. Read story