OPEN PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE, REQUEST ...

OPEN PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE, REQUEST FOR OBSERVERS for 2025 February Special Election The Canvassing Board of Okanogan County, pursuant to chapter 29A.60 RCW, will hold public meetings on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM to determine the status of any provisional or challenged ballots, and on Friday, February 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM, to canvass the votes cast and certify the election, at the Okanogan County Auditor’s Office. These meetings of the canvassing board are open, public meetings, and shall be continued until the activity for which the meetings are held has been completed. Note: Checking of Signatures will begin on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 9:00AM Initial Processing (opening and scanning) of ballots will begin on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 9:00AM Vote totals will be tallied the day of the election and at least once after the election. The law allows ballots to be opened, checked, scanned, and resolved in the voting system from the date of receipt. On Election Day, the processed totals will be entered into the Tabulation system (Final Processing). No totals will be released until after 8:00 PM on Election Day (Tabulation). Final Processing and Tabulation times will be provided to the Official Party Observers. Official Party and Community Observers should be present during these processes. However, if Official Party Observers or Community Observers should not be appointed, the processing of ballots will continue. We will need no more than 3 official observers one from each party, and 1 Community Observer. Please notify us in writing at elections@co.okanogan.wa.us the day prior, please include a phone number in case we need to contact you. Published in the Quad City Herald on February 5, 2025. #9150