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Roy Russell (The Columbian files)

2005 murder of Chelsea Harrison in Vancouver becomes campaign issue

Roy Russell (The Columbian files)

October 27, 2022, 2:13pm Clark County News

Republican candidates in Clark County have been working hard to deliver the message that Democrats are soft on crime. That message was at the heart of a rally held Wednesday morning in front of the Clark County Courthouse. Read story

FILE - Rolls of "I Voted Early" stickers await voters in the final hours of early voting in the primary election in Noblesville, Ind., May 2, 2022. Election Day is still 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin

FILE - Rolls of "I Voted Early" stickers await voters in the final hours of early voting in the primary election in Noblesville, Ind., May 2, 2022. Election Day is still 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.

October 27, 2022, 8:26am Election

Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun. Read story

Columbia River senior Sophie Worden listens to candidates speak and takes notes Tuesday during a local candidate forum at Columbia River High School.

Candidate forum gives Vancouver students a look at local elections

Columbia River senior Sophie Worden listens to candidates speak and takes notes Tuesday during a local candidate forum at Columbia River High School.

October 26, 2022, 7:48pm Clark County News

Less than two weeks before the November general election, candidates took time to go back to school. Read story

Republican candidate for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District Joe Kent, left, answers a question on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, during a debate at the Vancouver Community Library.

Joe Kent’s employment comes under scrutiny

Republican candidate for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District Joe Kent, left, answers a question on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, during a debate at the Vancouver Community Library.

October 26, 2022, 7:07pm Clark County News

Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Joe Kent found himself the focus of scrutiny this week after a report surfaced questioning whether the company he said he works for actually exists. Read story

Tulsi Gabbard campaigns with ‘fellow veteran’ Joe Kent in Bucoda

October 25, 2022, 1:27pm Clark County Politics

Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard made a stop in Bucoda Sunday afternoon to campaign alongside Joe Kent, the Republican candidate facing Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in the race to represent Washington’s 3rd congressional district. Read story

Patty Murray, left, and Tiffany Smiley

Spokane debate between Murray, Smiley includes attacks on policing, inflation, abortion, Jan. 6

Patty Murray, left, and Tiffany Smiley

October 24, 2022, 7:43am Clark County Politics

Patty Murray and Tiffany Smiley employed what have become well-worn attacks in their divisive campaign to represent Washington in the U.S. Senate during their only scheduled formal debate Sunday in Spokane. Read story

In this 2018 file photo, Nancy Reyes of Seattle places her ballot inside a ballot drop-off box outside of New Holly Gathering Hall in Rainier Valley, Seattle. (Photo by Matt M.

Approval vs. ranked-choice voting: What’s the difference?

In this 2018 file photo, Nancy Reyes of Seattle places her ballot inside a ballot drop-off box outside of New Holly Gathering Hall in Rainier Valley, Seattle. (Photo by Matt M.

October 24, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Politics

In August, when Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola won a surprise victory over Sarah Palin and another Republican for a seat in Congress, it generated renewed discussion of ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to select multiple candidates on their ballots. Alaska voters adopted a version of this system in 2020, and… Read story

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, second from right, a Democrat, and Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson, left, running as a nonpartisan, shake hands after taking part in a debate, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Olympia, Wash., as moderator Melissa Santos, right, of Axios Local, looks on. Hobbs and Anderson are seeking to fill the remaining two years of the term of Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who left to take a key election security job in the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Ted S.

No attack ads from Washington secretary of state candidates. What’s the race about?

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, second from right, a Democrat, and Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson, left, running as a nonpartisan, shake hands after taking part in a debate, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Olympia, Wash., as moderator Melissa Santos, right, of Axios Local, looks on. Hobbs and Anderson are seeking to fill the remaining two years of the term of Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who left to take a key election security job in the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 24, 2022, 6:00am Election

To hear the candidates tell it, the campaign for secretary of state in Washington is about experience. Read story

Election workers Juanita Berry, left, and Valerie Vance gear up for the upcoming election at the Clark County Elections Office on Thursday afternoon. Ballots were due to be mailed Friday to approximately 325,000 registered voters.

The life of a ballot: Process is secure in Clark County

Election workers Juanita Berry, left, and Valerie Vance gear up for the upcoming election at the Clark County Elections Office on Thursday afternoon. Ballots were due to be mailed Friday to approximately 325,000 registered voters.

October 22, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Each election, Clark County voters get their ballots in mail, fill them out and return them to the county elections office. While most of us trust the process to verify and count those ballots is secure and private, do we really know what happens to ballots once they leave our… Read story

McMorris Rodgers, Hill debate abortion, election integrity, policing and more during televised debate for 5th Congressional district seat

October 21, 2022, 7:40am Election

The two women vying to represent Eastern Washington in Congress next year put each other on the defensive during a televised debate broadcast Thursday in Spokane. Read story