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Friday’s election tally shows no reversals in races

August 5, 2016, 7:47pm Clark County News

A new batch of election results released Friday afternoon showed small changes in several races, but no reversals from Tuesday night’s first returns. Read story

Report: State’s jails fail to provide voting access

August 5, 2016, 7:41pm Election

While most of the country is actively engaged in the election process, an entire class of individuals — inmates in Washington state jails — can’t participate because the officials charged with overseeing them have failed to provide the tools and information needed to make that happen, according to a new… Read story

A voter drops a ballot into a ballot drop box Tuesday in Seattle. Washington's voters are weighing in on dozens of races across the state as they winnow their choices for offices ranging from Congress to the Legislature in the state's primary election.

Voter turnout up to about 34 percent in Washington primary

August 4, 2016, 10:32am Election

Ballots are still being counted across Washington state as elections officials continue to tally results from the state primary. Read story

Council candidate Tanisha Harris, left, hears the election results from her campaign manager Steve Kuyatt, center, with Pete Aller, right, at the Clark County Public Service building in Vancouver, Wa., Tuesday August 2, 2016.

Updated tally seals Madore’s fate

August 3, 2016, 6:52pm Clark County News

Clark County Councilor David Madore’s fate was sealed with the release of new election results Wednesday afternoon. Read story

Elections office: About 24K ballots left to count in primary

August 3, 2016, 10:37am Clark County News

There are another 23,732 ballots left to count at the Clark County Elections Office, officials said this morning. Read story

U.S. Congressional District 4 candidate Rep. Dan Newhouse, right, talks with candidate for governor Bill Bryant, center, over Skype at Sharky's Pizza Shack in Yakima on Tuesday.

Inslee, Bryant advance in primary; others too close to call

August 3, 2016, 9:40am Election

Results from Washington state’s all-mail primary election will continue to trickle in throughout the week, but the races that were decided early on were no surprise: Democratic incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Bill Bryant easily advanced through Washington’s primary to the November ballot, as did Democratic U.S. Sen.… Read story

Incumbent Pike, Gillespie move on to general election

August 3, 2016, 12:03am Clark County News

Incumbent state Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, and Democratic challenger Kathy Gillespie will advance to the general election for the Position 2 House seat in the 18th Legislative District, according to preliminary election results released Tuesday night. Read story