December 4, 2018 The November 6th Election Hand Recount began on November 29th and was completed today, December 4th. Auditor, Debbie Adelstein, and her team, concluded the recount with the ringing of a bell shortly before 10:00 a.m. The Whatcom Republicans recognize all our volunteers that came forward and gave their time and effort …
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Bellingham, WA, November 27, 2018: The Whatcom County Canvassing Board has directed the election staff of the County Auditor’s Office to commence the hand recount of the 42nd Legislative District Senate and House races at 8:00 am, Thursday, November 29, 2018. The recount will be conducted in Conference Room 513, on the fifth floor of …
Read More →The races in Whatcom County, especially the 42nd Legislative District, are extremely close. The best place to get the complete results, periodically updated, is at the Secretary of State website. Not all ballots have been counted yet. Updates are usually released at 5:00 pm. With an election this close, ballots will be disputed. Recounts may be …
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Here is the familiar yellow-and-black slate card, which may already have appeared in your mailbox and in doorbelling literature drops. We encourage you to vote, and then share this card with your like minded neighbors, friends and family, and ask them to do the same. Below, we list the Whatcom Republicans recommendations, in the order they …
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Washington Republicans can stay at home and vote. You don’t even need to leave your house, if you have stamps. This election is important. Leap on your ballot the instant it hits your doorstep to prevent Democrats from getting their meat-hooks on the levers of power. The issues include gun rights, carbon tax, income tax, in …
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So-called ‘gun safety initiative’ has so many constitutional problems that only the Washington State Supreme Court could possibly uphold it. Whatcom Republicans are just as saddened, outraged and angered as anyone, whenever some deranged bully violates the human rights of innocent victims by shooting up a school or other public place. But we are further …
Read More →The Washington State Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and said I-1639 would be on the ballot in November after all. Initiative I-1639 would classify any semi-automatic rifle as an assault rifle (including the most popular rifle in the world, the .22 caliber Ruger 10-22). The initiative was thrown out by a lower court, …
Read More →Bellingham, WA, August 23, 2018: The Primary Election results were certified August 21, 2018. There will be a mandatory manual recount of the 2nd Congressional District beginning Wednesday, August 29, 2018, County Auditor Debbie Adelstein announced. Election staff will begin pulling and sorting ballots for the recount starting Saturday, August 25, 2018, at 8:00 am. …
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Bellingham, WA, July 30, 2018: Whatcom County registered voters are reminded to vote and return their ballot by Tuesday, August 7th, Primary Election Day. New for the Primary Election; a stamp is not required if returning your ballot through the mail. The State has agreed to pay the postage in an effort to increase voter …
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