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Local Elections Officials On New State Voter Registration Rules

Primary Election is Tues. Aug. 6, with a few candidate races and two tax levies on Chelan-Douglas County ballots. General Election is Nov. 5. But do you need to get registering to vote? Washington state just enacted three new voter registration laws intended to simplify the process, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.

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Wenatchee High School Bond Unlikely To Pass – Special Election Results

Results are in from yesterday’s special election for some districts in North Central Washington. The $120 million dollar bond to renovate Wenatchee High School currently does not have enough votes to pass. The bond needs 60% approval and with a majority of ballots counted has 55% approval, 44.7% against. County vote tabulators have processed more…

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2017 General Election Set Record-Low Voter Turnout

One month ago was General Election Day 2017. Locally, it included several city council, school board and fire district positions. Those decisions were made by a fairly small slice of the electorate, with voter turnout low across North Central Washington. In what’s called an “off election year,” only 26 percent of Chelan County voters returned…

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Today Is General Election Day 2017

It’s Election Day 2017. On your ballot this year are races for city councils, school districts, fire and water districts and other local measures specific to your voting district. Statewide it’s nearly 3,000 local races. The highest profile races include a new Seattle mayor and a special election the Senate’s 45th district in Seattle’s eastern…

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Election Day is Tues., Nov. 7, Ballots Arriving This Weekend

Chelan County Auditor Skip Moore joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about this fall’s General Election. Local races for city councils, school boards, water and fire districts and more are on the ballot, which Moore said will be arriving in mailboxes in the next week. If you’re not registered to vote,…

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