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The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Voters rejecting Evergreen Public Schools replacement levy

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

February 8, 2022, 9:51pm Clark County News

Tuesday’s first batch of special election results are showing strong voter opposition to a replacement maintenance and operations levy for Evergreen Public Schools. Read story

(The Columbian files)

Vancouver Fire Department levy ahead

(The Columbian files)

February 8, 2022, 9:50pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Fire Department’s fire and emergency services may receive about $15 million annually in property taxes with preliminary voter approval of Proposition 2. Read story

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Vancouver voters backing fire levy; Ridgefield, Evergreen school measures failing

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

February 8, 2022, 8:26pm Clark County News

Voters in Vancouver approved a levy lid lift to generate about $15 million a year in extra funding for the Vancouver Fire Department on Tuesday. A school construction bond in Ridgefield was failing, and maintenance and operations levies in five other districts were having mixed results as of Tuesday evening. Read story

A voter swings by the Fisher's Landing ballot drop-off box on in February 2022.

Special election ballots due today in Clark County

A voter swings by the Fisher's Landing ballot drop-off box on in February 2022.

February 8, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Clark County voters have one last day to get their ballots in for the Feb. 8 Special Election. All ballots, including replacement ballots, must be dropped off in one of the 22 permanent ballot drop boxes no later than 8 p.m. today. Read story

Ballot inspectors perform a manual count of 600 ballots to ensure election integrity at the Clark County Elections Office on Wednesday morning, Nov. 3, 2021.

Clark County special election ballots trickling in

Ballot inspectors perform a manual count of 600 ballots to ensure election integrity at the Clark County Elections Office on Wednesday morning, Nov. 3, 2021.

February 5, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News

Just a few days remain for voters in Clark County to cast their ballots in next week’s special election. Read story

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo vote-by-mail ballots are shown in U.S. Postal service sorting trays the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 14. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Washington counties rejected ballots from people of color, men, younger voters at higher rates

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo vote-by-mail ballots are shown in U.S. Postal service sorting trays the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 14. (AP Photo/Ted S.

February 4, 2022, 7:38am Election

In the 2020 general election, Washington counties were more likely to reject ballots by younger voters, men and people of color, compared to other racial and demographic groups, according to a review by the state auditor’s office. Read story

The Clark County Elections Office to perform manual count Feb. 9

February 2, 2022, 5:56am Clark County News

The Clark County Elections Office will perform a hand count of about 600 randomly selected ballots to compare against machine results beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 9. Read story

Language Services and Community Engagement Specialist at King County Elections Nhien Huynh assists Jordan Landry, who is visually impaired, as he uses an Accessible Voting Unit to cast a vote in the November 2019 election while incarcerated at King County Correctional Facility.

Gov. Inslee’s budget seeks to expand voting access in Washington’s county jails

Language Services and Community Engagement Specialist at King County Elections Nhien Huynh assists Jordan Landry, who is visually impaired, as he uses an Accessible Voting Unit to cast a vote in the November 2019 election while incarcerated at King County Correctional Facility.

January 30, 2022, 2:40pm Election

Election officials across Washington state may soon have extra money to break down the barriers that often prevent county jail inmates from voting. Read story

A Senate security worker walks near a video display outside the Senate chamber showing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee testifying remotely at a committee hearing on a bill that would make it a gross misdemeanor for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Bill targeting election lies mulled by Washington lawmakers

A Senate security worker walks near a video display outside the Senate chamber showing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee testifying remotely at a committee hearing on a bill that would make it a gross misdemeanor for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 28, 2022, 2:10pm Election

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday urged state lawmakers to approve a bill that would make it a crime for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence. Inslee, a Democrat, said that the measure “confronts an unrelenting threat that is a… Read story

Supporters of the Ridgefield schools bond wave signs Friday at the intersection of Pioneer Street and Royle Road in Ridgefield. Ballots for the upcoming Feb. 8 special election were sent to voters Friday.

Ridgefield, other Clark County communities to vote on school funding Feb. 8

Supporters of the Ridgefield schools bond wave signs Friday at the intersection of Pioneer Street and Royle Road in Ridgefield. Ballots for the upcoming Feb. 8 special election were sent to voters Friday.

January 21, 2022, 6:47pm Clark County News

Parents and community members lined street corners and roundabouts in Ridgefield on Friday to raise awareness for a bond measure on February’s special election ballot. Read story