1 Clark County Official Local Voters’ Pamphlet August 4, 2020 Primary and Special Election No postage is needed when mailing your ballot Look for your Primary ballot by July 22, 2020 STAY INFORMED Published by the Follow Us Clark County Auditor’s Office @ClarkCountyWAElections 2 Table of contents Voter Resources County Auditor letter ................................................................................. 3 Political parties Voting in Washington State | Be an informed voter ................................... 4 Washington State Democrats What District am I in? ................................................................................. 5 PO Box 4027 Seattle, WA 98194 Ballot deposit locations ........................................................................... 6-7 206-583-0664 [email protected] Accessible voting ........................................................................................ 8 wa-democrats.org Voting instructions ..................................................................................... 9 Washington State Republicans Do your part! .............................................................................................10 11811 NE 1st Street, Ste. A306 Bellevue, WA 98005 Voter Registration Form ........................................................................... 87 425-460-0570 [email protected] Candidate Statements* wsrp.org United States House of Representatives 3rd Congressional District ..... 11-13 State of Washington Governor ...............................................................................................13-31 Lieutenant Governor ............................................................................31-36 Who donates Secretary of State .................................................................................37-38 to campaigns? State Treasurer ......................................................................................... 39 View financial contributors for State Auditor ....................................................................................... 40-41 candidates and measures: Attorney General ................................................................................. 42-43 Public Disclosure Commission Commissioner of Public Lands ............................................................. 44-47 www.pdc.wa.gov Superintendent of Public Instruction ..................................................48-50 Toll Free 877-601-2828 Insurance Commissioner ...................................................................... 51-52 14th Legislative District Senator ................................................................52 14th Legislative District State Representative ...................................... 53-54 17th Legislative District Senator .................................................................55 17th Legislative District State Representative .......................................56-57 18th Legislative District Senator .......................................................... 58-59 18th Legislative District State Representative .......................................59-61 20th Legislative District Senator ................................................................61 20th Legislative District State Representative .....................................62-64 49th Legislative District Senator ............................................................... 65 49th Legislative District State Representative .....................................66-68 Clark County Councilor District No. 3 .................................................. 69-70 Clark County Councilor District No. 4 ........................................................ 71 Ballot Measures City of Woodland ................................................................................. 72, 77 Ridgefield School District No. 122 .................................................. 73, 78-80 Clark County Fire & Rescue ................................................................. 74, 81 *Precinct Committee Officer Clark County Fire Protection District No. 6 .................................... 75, 82-83 candidates do not appear in East County Fire & Rescue ............................................................. 76, 84-85 this voters' pamphlet. County Auditor Letter 3 County Auditor letter Dear Clark County Voter, Welcome to the 2020 Primary Voters’ Pamphlet. Every election-related service you may require can be obtained online at clarkvotes.org, via email at [email protected] or by calling 564-397-2345. We strongly urge you to use one of these options instead of visiting us at our office in the midst of the current pandemic. Contacting us early prevents you from the possibility of standing in a long line waiting to be helped at the Elections Office. Many Election Day ballot drop box locations are no longer available. We have Has your address installed several additional “permanent” ballot drop boxes (24 hours a day, seven days a week). Permanent ballot drop boxes will be available beginning changed? Has July 17. Locations of ballot drop boxes can be found on page 6. We are in the process of providing additional permanent ballot drop boxes. your signature Only voters residing in Clark County Councilor Districts 3 and 4 will have those changed? Lost or offices on their ballots. Your voter registration card lists the districts in which damaged ballot? you reside. You can also find this information online at clarkvotes.org, click on the “MyVote” icon and after entering your personal information go to “My Contact: Elected Officials.” You could also call the Elections Department at 564-397-2345 Clark County or via email at [email protected]. Elections Office Precinct Committee Officers (“PCOs”) are elected in even-numbered years to 564-397-2345 a two year term. Each precinct has two PCOs, a Democrat and a Republican. If [email protected] only one person files for one of these offices, that person is deemed to have clarkvotes.org been elected and their name does not appear on the ballot. Mailing address If you are a registered voter and have not received your primary ballot in the PO Box 8815 mail by Wednesday, July 22, please contact the Elections Department for a Vancouver, WA 98666-8815 replacement ballot. Street address 1408 Franklin Street, Vancouver I urge you to read this pamphlet but to also seek out more information. The more people who participate in the collective decision-making process, the better our democracy works. I hope you will join in by casting your ballot in the For other formats, contact the August 4 Primary. Every vote counts! Clark County ADA Office Voice 564-397-2322 Sincerely, Relay 711 or 800-833-6388 Fax 564-397-6165 Email [email protected] Greg Kimsey Clark County Auditor Follow Us @ClarkCountyWAElections 564-397-2078 [email protected] Cover photo by Aaron Burden Above and back cover photos by Beth Conyers 4 Voting in Washington State | Be an Informed Voter Voting in Washington State Registering to vote How to vote Registering takes only a few minutes, and you may do it by Clark County voters will receive their ballots by mail. If mail or online at you are a registered voter in Clark County, we will mail clarkvotes.org. you a ballot for every election in which you are entitled to participate. A Washington driver’s license or The page Voting instructions (page 9) in this pamphlet ID is required to explains how to vote using the Clark County voting process. register online. If you have moved within the same county, Please read the instructions in this pamphlet. We want your you may complete a new voter registration form (page 87) or vote to count! contact the Elections Office by mail, email or phone. Lost or damaged ballot? The deadline to receive new voter registrations and voter If you lose your ballot, or it becomes damaged, you can obtain updates to existing registrations online, by phone or by mail a replacement ballot by contacting the Elections Office. is 5 pm Monday, July 27, 2020. You may still register and update existing voter registrations Phone: 564-397-2345 after July 27, but you must do so in person by 8 pm Tuesday, Email: [email protected] August 4. Mailing address: PO Box 8815, Vancouver, WA 98666-8815 Who is eligible to vote? Street address: 1408 Franklin Street, Vancouver The requirements for registering to vote are simple. You Speech-to-speech relay: 800-833-6384 must be a United States citizen, 18 years or older on August 4, 2020 and live in Clark County 30 days prior to the election. Be an informed voter. Here’s how. There are many sources of information for citizens wishing to know more about candidates, and coverage of the August 4, 2020 Primary and Special Election. Read all about it Watch cable TV Look online The Columbian CVTV Clark-Vancouver Television on Election coverage can be found on columbian.com Comcast cable channels 21 and 23. the Clark County Elections Office The Oregonian Election coverage will include candidate website at clarkvotes.org. forums and interviews of candidates oregonlive.com/elections All Fort Vancouver Regional Library in various races. See TV listings in District branches and Camas Public The Camas-Washougal Post-Record The Columbian, cable channel 2, and camaspostrecord.com Library have computers with the CVTV website, cvtv.org or call internet connections available for The Reflector 360-696-8233. thereflector.com public use during their business If you do not have cable TV you can hours. Clark County