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Postal cuts may affect Washington ballot count
Postal Service cutbacks could affect Washington's vote-by-mail system.
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Postal Service cutbacks could affect Washington's vote-by-mail system.
If pollster Matt Barreto is right, then Latino voters in Washington were one of the key factors in Gov.-elect Jay Inslee's win over Republican candidate Rob McKenna.
> read moreIf you ever feel depressed about our political system, dismayed by the growing influence of money, PACs and Super PACs, remember the 27th District state Senate race of 2012.
> read moreElection officials sorting through ballots in Clark County say they found more than a thousand uncounted.
> read moreThese maps show how Pierce County precincts voted on key races in the Nov. 6 election. A final map highlights swing precincts where most voted for both Democrat President Barack Obama and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.
> read moreNarrowly winning the Nov. 6 election was just the beginning for Washington states charter school movement that hopes to launch up to 40 independently managed, publicly funded schools over the next five years.
> read moreDerek Kilmer can look forward to a lot of five-hour airplane flights. Derek Kilmer took the first of his trips to Washington, D.C., last week to get a crash course on the Capitol along with the rest of the freshman class that will take office in January, a group that also includes Denny Heck, another Democrat elected to represent parts of Pierce County.
> read moreWASHINGTON — House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday. But the glow of victory couldn’t hide the leaders’ own Election Day failures.
> read more✔ Voter Guide The News Tribune's 2012 Voter Guide
There was no uptick Thursday in traffic accidents by stoned drivers, no run on Doritos or banana ice cream at Safeway stores; no public displays of stoner joy like the Smoke-ins crowds that lit up the night at the Seattle Center.
> read moreIf you’re an adult and want to smoke a bowl of marijuana while you stare into your fireplace tonight, you’re completely within your legal rights to do so.
> read moreThese endorsements represent the opinion of the TNT Editorial Board
> more storiesVoters can be excused if they’re scratching their heads over four measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. The ballot language can be confusing, especially on the two advisory vote measures.
Is the country better off than it was four years ago? We believe the answer is yes and that Barack Obama deserves re-election.
When it comes to ballot measures to be decided Nov. 6, most of the attention has swirled around the controversial referendum on same-sex marriage and initiatives backing charter schools and marijuana legalization.