Stevens County Auditor Lori Larsen and Pend Oreille County Auditor Marianne Nichols
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COMMENTARY: The U.S. Constitution grants states the authority to conduct federal elections, and Congress sets certain minimum standards. Here in Washington, our legislature has determined that vote-at-home is the official method of conducting elections — and that’s not just the law, it’s a system that works.
Commentary: Our country and our communities are experiencing division and polarization. We have already seen flashes of political violence. It has to stop.
(The Center Square) – California officials Thursday urged voters to vote early in the Nov. 4 special election that will determine whether and how the state draws new congressional districts to pick up five additional Democratic seats.
(The Center Square) – Maine Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation after hundreds of mail ballots for the November election were mistakenly sent to a woman in an Amazon delivery.
(The Center Square) - People are speaking up about a lawsuit filed against the commonwealth Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice for failure to comply with a request for the state’s voter registration data.
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(The Center Square) – States are gearing up to deliver more votes for their favored political parties in a rare, mid-decade overhaul of voting maps that threatens to frustrate voters ahead of the 2026 midterms.
