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Beginning at 9 am Wednesday, April 26, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results for the April 25, 2023, Special Election.

For this comparison, a proposition in the Washougal School District will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment. The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day.


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Beginning Friday, April 7, ballots will be mailed to all registered voters who reside in the Washougal and Woodland  School Districts.


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Vancouver, Wash. ‒ At 9 am on Wednesday, March 22, the Clark County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming that is used to tabulate ballots as well as the accessible voting units for the April 25 Special Election.  

The test will be held at the Elections Office, 1408 Franklin Street. This test is required under Washington state law before every election. Members of the news media, jurisdictions with measures on the ballot and the public are invited to attend this test.

Ballots for this election will be mailed on Friday, April 7.


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Beginning at 9 am Wednesday, Feb. 15, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.

For this comparison, the City of Vancouver measure will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment. The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day.

If a voter has not received their ballot, they should contact the Elections Office at 564.397.2345 or elections@clark.wa.gov.


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Beginning Friday, Jan. 27, Clark County Elections will mail ballots to all eligible registered voters residing within the City of Vancouver, Vancouver School District, Washougal School District and Woodland School District.


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The Clark County Elections Office, at 10 am on Wednesday, Jan. 11, will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the programming that is used to tabulate ballots as well as the accessible voting units for the Feb. 14 Special Election.

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

Ballots for this election will be mailed on Friday, Jan. 27.


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Every election, the Clark County Auditor’s Office provides an online and printed voters’ guide with information about candidates and ballot measures for voters to make informed decisions when voting. The February voters’ guide includes local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.


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Clark County Elections received notification from the Office of Secretary of State that Joe Kent provided a written application requesting a machine recount for the 3rd Congressional District race from the November general election.


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The Clark County Canvassing Board will convene at 3 pm Tuesday, December 13, 2022, to canvass returns of a requested partial manual recount of the Clark County Council, Councilor, District No. 5 race from the November 8, 2022 General Election. The board will convene to examine two additional ballots discovered and perform other canvassing duties and certify the amended abstract.


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Clark County Elections received an application from candidate Don Benton for a partial manual recount of specific precincts involved for the Clark County Council District 5 Race.