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Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs talks to The Columbian Editorial Board in 2022.

WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs talks misinformation, primaries

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs talks to The Columbian Editorial Board in 2022.

March 4, 2024, 6:05am Election

As Washington voters think about what they’re going to do with their presidential primary ballots, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has bigger concerns: how to convince voters the system is safe, secure and worth participating in. Read story

Leslie Lewallen, center, who is running as a Republican to represent the 3rd Congressional District, talks with supporters at her campaign headquarters in Camas on Friday afternoon.

3rd District candidate Leslie Lewallen opens office in Camas

Leslie Lewallen, center, who is running as a Republican to represent the 3rd Congressional District, talks with supporters at her campaign headquarters in Camas on Friday afternoon.

March 2, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Supporters gathered Friday afternoon to help Leslie Lewallen decorate her campaign’s new offices in downtown Camas. Read story

Observers look on as election coordinator Robert Easterly, foreground, conducts logic and accuracy tests before the March 12 presidential primary at the Clark County Elections Office. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a proofing process that makes sure that everything&rsquo;s correct,&rdquo; Clark County Elections Director Cathie Garber said.

All systems go: Clark County Elections Office conducts logic, accuracy test ahead of presidential primary

Observers look on as election coordinator Robert Easterly, foreground, conducts logic and accuracy tests before the March 12 presidential primary at the Clark County Elections Office. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a proofing process that makes sure that everything&rsquo;s correct,&rdquo; Clark County Elections Director Cathie Garber said.

February 29, 2024, 8:09pm Clark County News

Election offices in Washington are required by law to test their ballot counting equipment before every election and invite the public to observe. Typically, the tests generate little interest. This year, however, interest in election processes is growing as a contentious presidential election looms. Read story

Clark County elections worker Greg Talbert loads ballots into a ballot bag Nov. 8, 2022, at Fisher's Landing Transit Center.

If WA doesn’t require party affiliation when voting, why is my ballot asking for my party?

Clark County elections worker Greg Talbert loads ballots into a ballot bag Nov. 8, 2022, at Fisher's Landing Transit Center.

February 27, 2024, 7:35am Election

The presidential primary is fast approaching, with ballots being delivered now for the March 12 voting deadline. Read story

John Zingale, Teaches middle school

Vancouver teacher John Zingale announces run for 18th Legislative District representative

John Zingale, Teaches middle school

February 23, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

John Zingale, a Vancouver public schoolteacher, announced Tuesday that he is again running to represent the 18th District. Read story

FILE - Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, on Nov. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. A nonprofit that became a point of controversy for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices, including in states where Republican lawmakers tried to ban the practice.

Washington lawmakers advance bill making it a felony to threaten election workers

FILE - Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, on Nov. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. A nonprofit that became a point of controversy for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices, including in states where Republican lawmakers tried to ban the practice.

February 22, 2024, 1:36pm Election

The Washington state Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to make harassing election workers a felony, three months after four county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powder — including three testing positive for fentanyl — and had to be evacuated. Read story

Clark County Elections Office announces voter registration deadlines for March 12 presidential primary

February 22, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Clark County Elections will mail ballots for the March 12 presidential primary election to all registered voters Friday. Read story

FILE - People vote on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2023, at Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati. Ohio&rsquo;s Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this election season despite wielding the power in both chambers of the state Legislature. The primaries in March 2024 will likely be used to wage a bitter power battle within their own party that could determine just how red the state runs. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Ohio’s March primary highlights fracturing GOP House and state races riddled with party infighting

FILE - People vote on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2023, at Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati. Ohio&rsquo;s Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this election season despite wielding the power in both chambers of the state Legislature. The primaries in March 2024 will likely be used to wage a bitter power battle within their own party that could determine just how red the state runs. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

February 21, 2024, 12:52pm Election

Despite wielding power in both chambers of the state Legislature, Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this election season as incumbents face challengers from their own party in the midst of a bitter GOP power struggle. Read story

A voting sticker is seen on the jacket of Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey outside the Clark County Department of Elections on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2016.

Ballots heading out Friday for March 12 presidential primary

A voting sticker is seen on the jacket of Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey outside the Clark County Department of Elections on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2016.

February 21, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Washington’s March 12 presidential primary is just around the corner. Clark County’s elections office will mail ballots Friday, and they should arrive in mailboxes no later than Feb. 29. Read story

All school measures from Tuesday’s election still passing

February 16, 2024, 5:48pm Clark County News

Clark County Elections tallied another 300 ballots in Tuesday’s special election Thursday afternoon, yielding no changes in the results of school levy votes in Camas, Battle Ground, Woodland and Green Mountain. Read story