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A rendering of how the competition and leisure pool at the proposed Camas community center could look.

Camas voters reject city bond for community center

November 5, 2019, 10:16pm Clark County News

Camas residents overwhelmingly voted against the city’s controversial $78 million bond to build a new community center. Read story

Incumbent County Councilor Gary Medvigy had a substantial lead over challenger Adrian Cortes on Tuesday night.

Medvigy appears to keep county council seat

November 5, 2019, 9:59pm Clark County News

Republican Clark County Councilor Gary Medvigy appears to have retained his position for another year. Read story

Election workers including Jan Reese open ballots at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

Washington rejecting affirmative action referendum

November 5, 2019, 8:55pm Election

A measure that reinstates the use of affirmative action in state employment, contracting and admission to public colleges and universities was losing Tuesday night in early returns. Read story

Anti-tax activist Tim Eyman darts across traffic after he stopped to shake hands with a motorist who honked at him as he waved a sign supporting Initiative 976, which would cut most car registration tabs to $30 in Washington state, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, on election day in Bellevue, Wash. If passed by voters, the measure would leave state and local governments scrambling to pay for road paving and other transportation projects. (AP Photo/Ted S.

$30 car tabs passing in early voting returns

November 5, 2019, 8:55pm Editor's Choice

A Washington initiative that would slash car tabs to $30 and leave the state and local governments scrambling to pay for road paving and other transportation projects was passing in early returns Tuesday. Read story

Traffic backs up on West 14th Street as voters drop off ballots in downtown Vancouver on Election Day.

Camas voters overwhelmingly reject community center bond

November 5, 2019, 8:20pm Clark County News

Voters in Camas have overwhelmingly defeated a $78 million bond measure to build a community center in Tuesday's election. Read story

Anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman, center, waits before speaking during a Feb. 13 public hearing of the Senate State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections Committee at the Capitol in Olympia. Eyman testified Tuesday in favor of his “Bring Back Our $30 Car Tabs” initiative.

$30 car tabs? Washington voters to decide

November 5, 2019, 9:03am Election

Voters will decide Tuesday whether to cut most car tabs to $30 in Washington state, a measure that if passed would leave the state and local governments scrambling to pay for road paving and other transportation projects. Read story

Not registered to vote? It’s not too late

November 5, 2019, 5:59am Clark County News

Today is Election Day, but it’s not too late to register to vote. Read story

Voters to decide affirmative action, car tab measures

November 4, 2019, 11:20am Election

Voters in Washington have a crowded ballot to fill out for this week’s election, with a referendum on affirmative action and an initiative on the price of car tabs among the things they are being asked to decide. Read story

Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey views the first primary election result printout in the Ballot Tabulation Room of the Clark County Election Office on Tuesday night, Aug. 6, 2019.

Auditor: New write-in laws ease workload on elections officials

November 4, 2019, 6:15am Clark County News

The five write-in candidates who have announced for office in Camas, Battle Ground and Yacolt won’t see their names on the ballot this Tuesday, of course. They also won’t see their names listed in the results. State legislators passed a new law in 2018 that changes how write-in votes are… Read story

Linda Smith describes photos from her work in Fiji at the Shared Hope International offices in Vancouver on Oct. 31, 2019. After leaving politics, Smith founded Shared Hope International, a nonprofit that works to end sex trafficking. Smith has worked in dozens of locations and with thousands of people around the world since she founded Shared Hope International in 1998.

As five write-in candidates declare, Linda Smith reflects on her 1994 win

November 4, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

As legend tells it, Linda Smith entered the 3rd Congressional District race a few weeks before the 1994 primary as a write-in candidate. But she’ll be the first to tell you it really took her much longer to achieve her historic victory. Read story