VOTER INFORMATION POLITICAL WEBSITES Voting Requirements For more information about the political process and infor- U.S. citizens, 18 years of age by the day of the election, and a resident mation about candidates, legislators and ballot issues, the of Washington State are eligible to register to vote. Citizens who are following sites may be helpful: 16 and 17 may preregister to vote and then will receive a ballot for the election when they turn 18. Persons who have been convicted of Access Washington the official Washington State website. a felony and are no longer under the supervision of Department of www.access.wa.gov Corrections are eligible to register to vote. Persons who have had their voting rights removed by a court order cannot register to vote. Washington Secretary of State’s election page. Information Register to Vote - on voter registration, an elections calendar, campaign financ- They Paper Form - available at Spokane County Elections, Official State ing and election laws. www.sos.wa.gov/elections offices, all City Clerks, the Department of Motor Vehicles, staffed fire stations, schools and libraries or get a printable registration form on- Washington State Legislative www.leg.wa.gov line at www.votewa.gov. Mail to county address on the form. Represent On-Line - register on line - www.votewa.gov League of Women Voters of Washington Automatic Voter Registration when eligible voter interacts with www.lwvwa.org www.VOTE411.org certain state agencies including Driver’s Licensing (Motor Voter) Paper and on-line registration must be returned 8 days prior to Project Vote Smart. Nonprofit site covers candidates and an Election. After that, registration must be completed in person at You elected officials in five basic categories: biographical informa- Spokane County Elections Office, 1033 W. Gardner Ave, Spokane or tion, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and at a Voter Service Center designated by the County Auditor. Office interest group ratings. www.votesmart.org Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Same Day Registration may be completed at Spokane County Elec- 2020 tions Office or Voter Service Center on Election Day. Hours: 7 a.m. Public Agenda. Nonprofit site focuses on research on public to 8 p.m. policy issues, and provides unusual “Choicework” exercises that allow users to work through difficult issues. Citizen’s Directory of www.publicagenda.org Change of Registration Change of name or address, even within the same precinct, will make Elected Officials it necessary to change your voter registration. Submit a new voter Polling Report. Rounds up surveys of public opinion from registration form following the same deadlines above. various sources. www.pollingreport.com/ Prepared by: Public Disclosure Commission (Wash.) Provides public ac- Vote-by-Mail Ballots League of Women Voters Washington State elections are vote-by-mail for all elections. All bal- cess to campaign information. www.pdc.wa.gov lots are mailed to registered voters 18 days prior to the election. Mark of the Spokane Area the ballot, sign the affidavit on the back of the envelope, and return: Federal Election Commission. www.fec.gov/ 2404 N. Howard Mail; No postage is needed. Ballots must be postmarked no later Spokane, WA 99205 than Election Day. Verify the final pick-up of the mail box. Federal Legislative Information. Federal information that www.lwvspokane.org Official Elections Office Drop Boxes; Deliver to boxes at most includes bill access, committee reports and links to U.S. Sen- public libraries throughout Spokane County and downtown Spokane ate and House directories. www.congress.gov Transit Authority Plaza. Not all drop boxes are open for every elec- Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy. tion. Please check ballot for available boxes for the current election. - Boxes appropriate for each election will be open starting 20 days be The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan fore the election until 8 p.m. Election night. Ballots will be collected political organization that regularly from the drop boxes. County Elections Office; 1033 W. Gardner Ave. - deliver any time encourages the informed and active participation before 8 p.m. Election Night. A drop box is on Gardner Ave. Spokane County Elections Office of citizens in government, and influences the public policy through education and advocacy. Voter Service Centers; Available on Election Day only from Information on candidates and ballot issues, online voter 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. – call Elections Office (477-2320) or go towww. registration, elections calendar, and past election results. for locations. Services available for those spokanecounty.org/elections www.spokanecounty.org/elections - who need to register, have spoiled their ballot, need replacement en 1033 W. Gardner Ave, Spokane WA 99260 velopes, need to vote a provisional ballot, want to drop-off their ballot (509) 477-2320 TDD (509) 477-2333 Thank you to Avista for printing. instead of mailing it or those needing special assistance. Each Center [email protected] has a Disability Accessibility Voting Unit (DAU) for those who need Office Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. help in filling out their ballot, such as persons with limited eye sight or dexterity or those with cognitive disabilities. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WASHINGTON STATE U.S. SENATORS STATE OF WASHINGTON Senators elected by all voters in the state and serve six-year terms. Next election State officials are elected by all voters in the state and serve four-year PRESIDENT terms. Their office addresses are in Olympia, WA 98504. Donald J. Trump (R) 2020 Maria Cantwell (D) 2024 The website for State government is www.wa.gov. All Washington The White House 511 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20510 State agencies information line - 1-800-321-2808. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW (202) 224-3441 Fax: (202) 228-0514 Washington, DC 20500 Email: use “Contact Button” at website Next election Comment Line: (202) 456-1111; TTY/TDD: (202)456-6243 Website: www.cantwell.senate.gov GOVERNOR Jay Inslee (D) 2020 Email: www.whitehouse.gov/contact 920 W. Riverside, Suite 697, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 353-2507 Fax: (509) 353-2547 Office of the Governor Website: www.whitehouse.gov PO Box 40002 Patty Murray (D) 2022 (360) 902-4111 www.governor.wa.gov VICE PRESIDENT 154 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510 Mike Pence (R) 2020 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (202) 224-2621 Fax: (202) 224-0238 Email: use above links under President Cyrus Habib (D) 2020 Toll Free: 866-481-9186 PO Box 40400 Email: use “Contact Button” at website (360) 786-7700 www.ltgov.wa.gov UNITED STATES SENATE www.senate.gov Website: www.murray.senate.gov Majority Leader 10 N. Post St., Suite 600, Spokane, WA 99201 ATTORNEY GENERAL Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (202) 224-2541 (509) 624-9515 Fax: (509) 624-9561 Bob Ferguson (D) 2020 Minority Leader PO Box 40100 Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) (202) 224-6542 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5-U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (360) 753-6200 www.atg.wa.gov Representatives elected by voters in the District in even-numbered UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years and serve two-year terms. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS www.congress.gov Hilary Franz (D) 2020 Speaker of the House PO Box 47001 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 2020 (360) 902-1000 www.dnr.wa.gov Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) (202) 225-4965 203 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20515 Majority Leader (202) 225-2006 Fax: (202) 225-3392 INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (202) 225-4131 Email: use “Contact Button” at website Mike Kreidler (D) 2020 Minority Leader Website: www.mcmorris.house.gov PO Box 40256 Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (202) 225-2915 10 North Post Street, Suite 625, Spokane, WA 99201 (360) 560-6900 www.insurance.wa.gov (509) 353-2374 SECRETARY OF STATE Kim Wyman (R) 2020 Political Parties-updated Democratic Central Com- hello@greenpartywashing- www.waprogressiveparty. PO Box 40220 2/10/2020 mitee Spokane ton.org org (360) 902-4151 www.sos.wa.gov 1912 N. Division, St #100 www.greenpartywashington. info@waprogressiveparty. Spokane, WA 99206 org org STATE AUDITOR Christian Liberty Party-WA (509) 324-8525 Pat McCarthy (D) 2020 1407 60th Place W. www.spokanedemocrats.org Green Party-Spokane County Republican Party-Spokane 302 Sid Snyder Ave SW Edmonds, WA 98062 [email protected] 3507 E. 22nd 1011 E. 2nd Ave (360) 902-0370 www.sao.wa.gov 1 (206) 696-0689 Spokane, WA 99223 Spokane, WA 99202 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION [email protected] Democratic Party-WA (509) 838-6162 Chris Reykdal (NP) 2020 PO Box 4027 Libertarian Party-WA www.clparty.org/ www.spokanegop.com PO Box 47200 Seattle, WA 98194 3377 Bethel Rd. SE Ste 107 [email protected] (360) 725-6000 www.k12.wa.us Constitution Party of WA (206) 583-0664 Port Orchard, WA 98366 PO Box 141015 www.wa-democrats.org (253)-327-3875 Republican Party-WA State TREASURER Spokane Valley, WA 99214 [email protected] www.lpwa.org 11811 N.E. First St., Duane Davidson (R) 2020 (360) 339-4767 [email protected] # A306 PO Box 40203 [email protected] Green Party-WA State Bellevue, WA 98005 (360) 902-9000 www.tre.wa.gov www.cpofwa.org PO Box 70493 Progressive Party-WA (425) 460-0570 Government Access: www.access.wa.gov. Seattle, WA 98127 2445 NW 57th St. #503 www.wsrp.org Seattle, WA 98107 [email protected] WIN (community resources): www.win211.org (206)718-1529 1-877-211-9274 (cont’d next column) (206) 898-3672 STATE OF WASHINGTON (continued) SPOKANE COUNTY State Senators serve four-year terms. Half the Senate is elected every two years. State Representatives serve two-year terms. Elections Spokane County Commissioners are elected in the Primary are in even-numbered years.