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• New Washington voting districts will stand for 2012

  March 15, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington voters will choose candidates this fall for the new congressional and legislative districts drawn by a special commission, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday. Whether those districts …

• Spin Control: Not everyone wants voter registration tweaks

  January 15, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Washington voters have a very good track record of casting ballots – among the best in the country. Is it perfect? No. Could it be better? Yes. Are … 1

• Presidential candidates have differing views of tax cut debate

  December 21, 2011 Mitt Romney refused to be pinned down today on how Congress should break an impasse that threatens to raise taxes for 160 million workers — the latest pressing policy debate … 10

• House approves payroll tax cut extension, with strings attached

  December 13, 2011 in Nation/World A payroll tax cut package engineered by House Speaker John A. Boehner was overwhelmingly approved by Republicans despite a veto threat from President Barack Obama, escalating a year-end showdown over … 18

• Billionaire N.J. Nets owner to challenge Putin for Russian presidency

  December 12, 2011 After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia’s richest and most glamorous figures: The billionaire owner of the New … 5

• Many candidates, issues familiar from past ballots

  November 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 Washington voters checking their ballots this weekend for the first time may feel a sense of déjà vu. They voted last year on proposals to get the state out of … 59

• Spin Control: Consistency in the eye of the beholder

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B7 OLYMPIA – As the news media lurches between ignoring and overexposing the Occupy Wall Street/Spokane/Seattle/ Everywhere movement, is it too much to ask for the pontificators to show a little … 3

• Spin Control: Council president race in North Side voters’ hands

  August 21, 2011 in City on Page B3 The race for Spokane City Council president would appear to be a tossup, particularly in many north Spokane precincts where a clear favorite has yet to emerge. No duh, you …

• Spin Control: West Side’s answer to rowdy drunks unlike East’s

  July 17, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – After almost two years living in Pugetopolis, I’m still surprised by things that highlight the big differences between the East Side and the Wet Side. Take for example, …

• Spin Control: It’s time to serve up that great idea of yours

  March 27, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Two questions for the big thinkers out there: Do you have an idea how to improve Washington state in the future? Do you think it would stack up …

• Third District’s voter turnout low

  December 31, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – New numbers from the Washington secretary of state’s office confirm what political experts in Spokane have long believed: Central Spokane’s 3rd Legislative District, one of the state’s poorest, …

• Note to Democrats: Areas with high voter turnout hurt you

  December 5, 2010 in City on Page B3 Statistics may be for losers, as Scotty Bowman once said. But losers who don’t pay attention to statistics may be destined to keep losing. So it might be wise for … 1

• Vestal: In judicial elections, judgment often lacking

  November 17, 2010 in City on Page A5 I have a confession: I’m not 100 percent sure who I voted for in the Supreme Court race. I’m pretty sure. Almost positive. Odds are 5-to-1 or better that I …

• Vestal: Sometimes indecision is ignorance in disguise

  November 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Sasquatch of politics has come and gone again. And we’re left to consider whether the Undecided Voter really exists, and if so, what natural phenomena provide an explanation. 3

• Costumed canvassers try to scare up voters

  November 1, 2010 in City on Page A1 Most trick-or-treaters ask for candy. But on Sunday, several dozen in Spokane requested civic engagement. About 80 people in costumes canvassed city neighborhoods Sunday encouraging younger adults to mail in … 60

• Washington voters seeking new path

  October 31, 2010 in City on Page A1 Washington voters stagger to Tuesday’s election bombarded by television commercials designed to convince them their incumbent senator is a spendthrift changeling and her would-be replacement is a sleazy grifter. The … 20

• Forcing transparency of PACs would be sound step forward

  October 31, 2010 in City on Page B3 Here’s a modest proposal on campaign finance reform that might meet constitutional muster with the U.S. Supreme Court: Let’s have a truth-in-labeling law that requires political committees to say what … 1

• Voting help just a few clicks away

  October 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 Voters in search of more information about a candidate or an issue before marking their ballots need not despair – or, worse yet, rely on the latest negative commercial or … 4

• Job creation tops Idahoans’ concerns

  October 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 With the election less than a week away, Idaho voters are worried about their state’s economy, wary of plans to run huge trucks across scenic U.S. Highway 12, and averse … 1

• Voter registration deadline is today

  October 25, 2010 in City on Page A6 Washington state residents must be registered to vote by today to cast a ballot in the Nov. 2 general election. All registered voters in Eastern Washington should have received their …

• Ballot envelopes disputed over auditor’s name, status

  October 17, 2010 in City on Page B3 A Republican complaint to the state Public Disclosure Commission accuses Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton of electioneering by printing her name prominently on ballot envelopes. Dalton dismisses the complaint out … 12

• Strong voter turnout expected

  October 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – About two out of three voters in Washington will cast ballots in this year’s general election, Secretary of State Sam Reed predicted Monday.

• Wash., Idaho voters cast ballots with local, national implications

  October 12, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A19 Most voters across the Inland Northwest will have their ballots by this weekend for a Nov. 2 midterm election that will decide everything from control of the U.S. Congress to … 3

• Appellate court upholds inmate voting ban

    October 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington state does not discriminate against minorities by denying prison inmates the right to vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. In an 11-0 ruling … 2

• Spin Control: Enough already with oohs, aahs over young vote

  October 3, 2010 in City on Page B3 After listening to decades of hype about young voters, I have a request. Don’t bug me about Rock the Vote, unless it’s something akin to “Rock Around the Clock” the … 1

• Primary dominated by older voters, data show

  September 29, 2010 in City on Page A6 If you don’t like the choices produced by Washington’s Aug. 17 primary, you have two choices: • Blame voters over 55, who cast most of the ballots. 1

• Spin Control: Look at law can calm fuss over ballot waiver

  September 5, 2010 in City on Page B3 Have you heard that lunkheads in Washington state are trying to take away that most precious right of our brave men and women dodging bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan? And … 1

• Incumbents persevere, but challenges await

  August 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 Thousands of votes are still to be counted from Tuesday’s primary, but along with most races, some lessons are clear. Lesson 1: It may be uncomfortable to be an incumbent …

• Obama to campaign for Murray Tuesday in Seattle

  August 16, 2010 in City President Barack Obama plans to stop in Seattle on Tuesday to campaign for Sen. Patty Murray. 89

• Elections boss: Effort precedes machine counting of ballots

  August 16, 2010 in City on Page A5 About half of Spokane County voters in Tuesday’s mail-in primary probably have returned their ballots. Typically, though, the rest wait until election day to cast their ballots, according to elections … 2

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