If you lost your ballot, mistakenly threw it out with some junk mail, spilled coffee on it,or the kids drew on it with crayons or the dog ate it, you are not SOL in Washington. County elections offices have "Voter Service Centers" where you can…
Voters who haven't marked their ballots yet may be waiting to research just one more thing about a particular candidate, or study one more thing about a ballot measure. For those looking for more, we offer the following links. The Spokesman-Review's Election Center, with information…
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A fun video. Worst line is the reporter quoting the Grateful Dead. But the clips are some of the best hits of 2012.
The lyrics aren't bad, the animation only so-so. But look for a guest appearance by Donald Trump.
There was a time in the mid 20th Century when, as Washington and Idaho went in presidential elections, so went the country. But voters in the two states have been imperfect bellwethers of the presidential elections before and since. Spokane County voters have been a…
The voice on the other end of the phone was deep and mellifluous. “Jim. It’s Santa Claus.” It did not belong to the most famous resident of the North Pole, but to a resident of Incline Village, Nev., whose legal name is Santa Claus. A…
OLYMPIA -- Washington has slightly more than 3.9 million registered voters for the 2012 general election. Those numbers include all the in-person registrations at county elections offices through Oct. 29. They are about 270,000 higher than 2008, which was also a record. Fora drill down…
If you don't like Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, you have other choices, and not just the four other candidates on Idaho’s presidential ballot, or the six others on Washington's. Voters also can – and hundreds do – write in another name on a space…
Rob McKenna, the Republican nominee for governor, has called remarks made by a Republican candidate for Congress in a close race in western Washington “inappropriate.” John Koster, who is running in the Congressional district that includes Seattle suburbs and Mount Vernon, told a liberal activist…
Washington state politicians are getting some ink in other publications. Politico has a long piece today assessing Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' prospects of moving up in House GOP hierarchy. It mentions she's been travelling around to other congressional districts to help Republicans campaign...something her Democratic…
Another example of Washington politicians getting in elsewhere: John Koster, the Republican running for the state's 1st Congressional District seat, is getting lots of attention -- not necessarily the good kind -- for a comment he made about rape. He's being lumped in with GOP…
Another example of Washington state politicians getting ink elsewhere: Huffington Post looks at state Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, noting her stance in support of gay rights and same-sex marriage. Spin Control readers with good memories might recall a post with a video of her…
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