Elections

OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has announced this year’s Election Award winners.

The Secretary of State Election Awards recognize exemplary election workers and counties across the state that engage and educate voters, promote greater election transparency and accountability, and administer secure, accurate, and accessible elections for all Washingtonians.

State Elections Director Stuart Holmes presented the awards at this year’s Washington State Elections Conference in Spokane.

The awards and awardees include:

OLYMPIA — Candidate Filing Week is May 16-20 for people who want to run for any of the 165 federal, state, and multicounty legislative or judicial offices up for election in Washington this year.

OLYMPIA — The Office of the Secretary of State has received multiple reports of third-party canvassers presenting themselves as elections officials and going door-to-door across Washington asking residents about their voter information and other election-related questions.

These canvassers are not affiliated with and do not represent the Office of the Secretary of State, its Elections division, or any of Washington’s 39 county elections offices.

OLYMPIA — Secretary of State Steve Hobbs today launched the 2022 Washington Campus Voting Challenge for colleges and universities statewide.

The Washington Campus Voting Challenge, part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, is a nonpartisan competition among higher-education institutions to increase voter participation and encourage colleges and universities to help students form the habits of active and informed citizenship.

Funding enables the Office of the Secretary of State to strengthen election security, fight election disinformation, enhance voter education, and preserve vital state records and archives

OLYMPIA — The 2022 state budget, awaiting Governor Inslee’s signature, enables the Office of the Secretary of State (OSOS) to strengthen election security, counter misleading and harmful election disinformation, and enhance voter education.

OLYMPIA — Public high schools throughout Washington will observe Temperance and Good Citizenship Day Friday, Jan. 14.

OLYMPIA — Ballots for the Nov. 2 General Election have been mailed to Washington voters, giving them several days to study the issues and candidates and return their ballots as soon as possible.

OLYMPIA – The Office of the Secretary of State is calling on students and teachers across Washington to take part in the 2021 Student Mock Election.