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Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Elections is seeking residents to write statements opposing two measures on the Feb. 13, 2018 special election ballot.


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Vancouver, Wash. – People wanting to serve on the board of one of two drainage districts or a diking district in Clark County can file as candidates for the February 2108 election during the second week of December.

Candidates can file for positions on Drainage District 2, Drainage Improvement District 5 or Diking Improvement District 14 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 11 to Dec. 15. People must file at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St.


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Vancouver, Wash. – Elections officials will hand count approximately 600 randomly selected ballots on Wednesday, Nov. 8, as part of a manual comparison against machine results of the general election a day earlier. The ballots will have been counted in the total Nov. 7 election returns.

The manual count, which is to prove the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment, will start at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Election Office, 1408 Franklin St. The manual count procedure was recommended by the Washington Secretary of State’s Office and is now standard procedure in Clark County.


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Vancouver, Wash. – During a check of precinct information against the county’s Geographic Information Systems’ data, Clark County Elections found that 172 voters received ballots for the Nov. 7 election that were based on a precinct other than the one where they live. The error means those voters received ballots with incorrect races and measures.

The voters have been identified, and Elections has flagged their incorrect ballots. Elections sent each voter a new, corrected ballot and a letter explaining that an error was made.


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Vancouver, WA ‒ Clark County citizens have until Tuesday, Oct. 10, to submit a mail-in voter registration form to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 7, 2017 general and special election. Voter registration forms must be postmarked no later than Oct. 10.

Online registration applications can be submitted up to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9. To register online, visit the Elections Office website at clarkvotes.org and click on MyVote. 


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Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Elections will conduct a logic and accuracy test of programming to tabulate ballots and accessible voting units for the Nov. 7 general election at 10 am Tuesday, Sept. 26.

The test will be  at Clark County Elections, 1408 Franklin St. The public is invited to attend this test, which is required under Washington law.

Ballots for the Nov. 7 general election will be mail to all Clark County registered voters Friday, Oct. 20.


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ A hearing regarding a challenge to the voter registration of a Port of Vancouver commissioner candidate has been rescheduled to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Conference Room 226 of the Auto Licensing and Elections Building, 1408 Franklin St.

The hearing originally was set for Sept. 8, but has been delayed to accommodate the schedules of all those involved.


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Each year, the Clark County Auditor’s Office and state publish a voters’ pamphlet for the general election and mail it to all Clark County households. It includes candidate statements and photographs and local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Starting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, Clark County Elections officials will conduct a hand count of approximately 600 randomly selected ballots as part of a manual comparison against machine results.

The 600 ballots will be counted in the total Aug. 1 election returns, but in this comparison, the Vancouver mayoral race also will be counted by hand to help prove the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.

The procedure was recommended by Washington Secretary of State’s Office, and is now standard procedure in Clark County.


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Vancouver, WA ‒ The last day to register to be eligible to vote in the Aug. 1 2017 primary and special election is Monday, July 3.

Mail-in voter registration forms must be postmarked no later than July 3.

Online registration applications can be submitted up to 11:59 p.m. July 3. To register online, visit the
Elections Office website at clarkvotes.org and click on MyVote.