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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Today is General Election Day 2016. Haven’t voted yet? It’s time to get that ballot in!

Today is Gen­er­al Elec­tion Day in Wash­ing­ton State and across the Unit­ed States. Much is at stake. The pres­i­den­cy, four hun­dred and thir­ty five seats in the U.S. House, and a third of the seats in the Sen­ate are all on the line. And that’s just the fed­er­al lev­el posi­tions. Nine statewide exec­u­tive depart­ment posi­tions, three Supreme Court posi­tions, and three-fourths of the Leg­is­la­ture are also up.

In Ore­gon, there is a gov­er­nor’s race (owing to the res­ig­na­tion of John Kitzhaber) and a U.S. Sen­ate con­test in addi­tion to U.S. House contests.

Have you vot­ed yet? If you have, con­grat­u­la­tions on ful­fill­ing your civic duty. Haven’t vot­ed yet? It’s time to get that bal­lot in! You’ve only got a few hours left before time runs out to par­tic­i­pate. There’s no excuse for not voting.

You should have received your bal­lot in the mail a few weeks ago from the coun­ty you reside in. If you did not receive a bal­lot, or if you have mis­placed your bal­lot, you should call your coun­ty audi­tor or elec­tions office to obtain a pro­vi­sion­al ballot.

Don’t for­get to sign your bal­lot before putting it in a drop box or the mail. Wash­ing­to­ni­ans, locate the near­est drop box to you by going here.

If you live in Ore­gon, don’t take your bal­lot to a post office, as it’s too late to mail it. Find a drop box instead, and take your bal­lot there.

Not sure who to vote for? If you belong to or pre­fer a par­tic­u­lar polit­i­cal par­ty, you may want to con­sult their list of endorsements.

There’s also the Pro­gres­sive Vot­ers Guide main­tained by Fuse Washington.

NPI has tak­en posi­tions on the fol­low­ing statewide bal­lot mea­sures in Wash­ing­ton and Ore­gon (we do not endorse can­di­dates for office).

Wash­ing­ton

Ore­gon

  • Mea­sure 94: YES
  • Mea­sure 95: YES
  • Mea­sure 96: YES
  • Mea­sure 97: YES
  • Mea­sure 98: YES
  • Mea­sure 99: YES
  • Mea­sure 100: YES

We also urge you to vote YES on Sound Transit/Regional Propo­si­tion 1 if you live in urban King, Pierce, or Sno­homish counties.

But above all.… VOTE!

Written by Andrew Villeneuve :: 8:00 AM

Categories: Elections

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