Before entering the building this week for shifts that could last up to 10 hours, workers and volunteers had their temperatures checked. (Amanda Cowan/ The Columbian), Please take a second to review our community guidelines, NY judge: Postal service must timely process election mail, Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat, Wanted: Bilingual poll workers who reflect U.S. diversity. 1, Legislative District 17 State Representative Pos. Congressional District 3 U.S. Representative, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Legislative District 14 State Representative Pos. Despite all of the indications this week, the realities of the virus still leave a lot to be discovered up to and in the days after Nov. 3, “It’ll really depend on what the pandemic is doing, don’t you think?” Geiger said. “We are so appreciative of our voters who came out in incredible numbers for this primary,” Kimsey said. 6 Proposition No. But her older spouse has medical conditions, so the pandemic made her reconsider accepting a temporary job for this election. 4 COUNCILOR, DISTRICT NO. It was a bit more difficult, though, with senses such as hearing being limited as those in the office maintained space. Receive latest stories and local news in your email: Columbian “Actually no, that does not bother me at all, and I know my co-workers have the same experience. Complaint flushed: No charge in toilet election display, Trump’s Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north. 1, Legislative District 14 State Representative Pos. Visit columbian.com/elections, or search #ClarkElex on Twitter. 4, CLARK COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE Proposition No. 2, COUNTY COUNCILOR DISTRICT NO. This is such an interesting time.”. 1, Legislative District 20 State Representative Pos. Like everyone else in the room, Nielsen, 79, did so while wearing a mask. Instead of hosting dozens of polling places, ballot processors gather in one location, making it administratively easier and less costly but, this year, challenging to implement. As with most other norms this year, the elections process required some additional steps to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19. We all adapt,” Nielsen said. 192nd Ave., Vancouver, and the Washougal Community Library, at … Visit www.clark.wa.gov/elections for more information on where to drop off your ballot. It’s just different.”. Results include only Clark County. Postal Service this week. county government and small cities reporter, A protective panel separates Vancouver residents Gail Hinchsliff, left, and Tim Richardson as they help collect and sort ballots Tuesday morning at the Clark County Elections Office. “That’s par for the course for what we’re going through right now.”. Receive latest stories and local news in your email: Columbian

4, RIDGEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3 COUNCILOR, DISTRICT NO. Election Results. “It makes it a whole lot harder for election workers to adhere to those social distancing guidelines.”. The elections office received nearly 1,300 ballots in the two days since polls closed for this week’s primary and special elections. “I think we do just as good observing as we did before. “I think it runs pretty much, functionally, like it has for every other election I’ve worked.”. Clark County Auditor | Elections | August 4, 2020 Primary . Edri Geiger heads the group of election observers from the League of Women Voters of Clark County. By comparison, in 2016, another presidential election year, primary voter turnout was just 30 percent.

Joan Liddicoat, 64, has worked as a Clark County elections helper for more than four years. 2, Legislative District 18 State Representative Pos.
122 Proposition No. Kimsey, a Republican who has been the auditor for 21 years, said that he was “very pleased” with the performance of the U.S. Despite the unusual protocols, those who have participated in the complicated and precise ballot counting process before seemed largely unfazed. Turnout trends low in special elections. “I had to really, really think about it,” Liddicoat said. The general election that year attracted 77 percent of Clark County registered voters, so the elections office could face an atypically high volume of ballots this November. They adapt. “We don’t know what is going to happen. August 4, 2020 Primary and Special Election information. This year, county staff placed green tape on the floor to indicate where observers could walk and stop. The Clark County Elections Office opened two 24-hour drop boxes at Shahala Middle School, at 601 S.E.

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Traditionally more people tend to go to the elections office to cast ballots in the general election than in the primaries. Black voters in Detroit key for Biden, but are they engaged? Temporary locations at schools and churches will also be opened on Election Day only. About 20 temporary workers who usually show up decided not to come to the elections office this year, presumably due to the virus, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said. The mail-in ballots, which are eligible for counting if they were postmarked before 8 p.m. Tuesday, skyrocketed voter turnout from roughly 31 percent on election night to just over 50 percent by Thursday. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday, or must be postmarked that day. “Vote-by-mail makes it a whole lot easier for voters to adhere to social distancing guidelines,” Kimsey said.