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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Every election, the Clark County Auditor’s Office provides an online voters’ guide with information about candidates and ballot measures for voters to make informed decisions when completing their ballots. The voters’ guide includes statements by and photographs of candidates for elective offices as well as local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.


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Vancouver, Wash. – Beginning at 8:30 am Wednesday, Nov. 7, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.

The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day. But for this comparison, the United States Representative, 3rd Congressional District race on those ballots also will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.


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Vancouver, Wash. – Ballots are in the mail to all registered voters for the upcoming Nov. 6 general election. For this election, all Clark County voters will receive a ballot.

If a voter does not receive a ballot by Thursday, Oct. 25, please contact the Elections Office at 564.397.2345 to request a replacement ballot. Replacement ballots also can be requested by email, by mail, or in person at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St. Office hours are 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Clark County citizens have until Monday, Oct. 8, to submit a mail-in voter registration form to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 6 general and special election.

Online registration applications can be submitted up to 11:59 pm Monday, Oct. 8. Visit the Elections Office website at clarkvotes.org and click on MyVote to register online. 


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ At 12:30 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 18, the Clark County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming to be used to tabulate ballots and the accessible voting units for the Nov. 6 general election.

The test will be held at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St. The public, members of the news media and jurisdictions with measures on the ballot are invited to attend this test, which is required under Washington law.

Ballots will be mailed Friday, Oct. 19.   


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Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey will conduct a coin flip to determine the winner of the primary election for Precinct 692 Precinct Committee Officer.

The coin flip will be 9 am Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Elections Office at 1408 Franklin St. It will be open to the public.

The original electronic ballot count for candidates Carolyn Simpson and Sean Emerson resulted in a tie.


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Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Canvassing Board met Tuesday, Aug. 21, to certify the results of the Aug. 7, 2018, primary and special election. 

At this meeting a schedule for the manual recount of ballots for the office of Precinct 692 Precinct Committee Officer, was set for 9 am Monday, Aug. 27, 2018.

The recount of ballots in this race will begin by elections staff sorting the ballots to isolate the ballots needing to be recounted. The sorting process will continue through Tuesday, Aug. 28, if needed.


• Elections

Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Each year, the Clark County Auditor’s Office partners with the state to publish a voters’ pamphlet for the general election and mails it to all households in the county. It includes statements by and photographs of candidates for elective offices as well as local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.


• Elections

Vancouver, Wash. – Beginning at 8:30 am Wednesday, Aug, 8, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.

The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day. But for this comparison, the County Council Chair – At Large race on those ballots will also be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.


• Elections

Vancouver, Wash. – Ballots are in the mail to all registered voters for the upcoming Aug. 7 primary. For this election, all Clark County voters will receive a ballot.

If a voter does not receive a ballot by Thursday, July 26, please contact the Elections Office at (564) 397-2345 to request a replacement ballot. Replacement ballots also can be requested by email, by mail, or in person at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St. Office hours are 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.