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County auditor presents elections 101: filing week, ballot processing and post-election audits
Summary
Kittitas County deputy auditor gave a condensed "Elections 101" covering registration, filing week, ballot printing and the county's signature-verification and tabulation process, including post-election audits and canvassing.
Kittitas County election staff delivered a shortened "Elections 101" presentation that described voter registration, filing requirements, the ballot print-and-mail timeline and the county's ballot-processing and post-election audit procedures.
Brian Alley, deputy county auditor, said filing week for local candidates is May 5'9 (presented as the upcoming filing week in the orientation) and urged prospective candidates: "If you're interested in running for city council, you gotta come. Either come in person and file or you can actually do it online as well." He said resources and instructions are available on the county website and social media.
Alley walked the audience through the county's process: ballots are printed by a commercial vendor and mailed roughly three weeks before an election; returned ballots are batch-sorted; signature verification is performed by trained staff (about 97'98% proceed); ballot images may be scanned before election night and are loaded on secured media for official tabulation; and post-election procedures include a batch hand-count audit and canvassing by the canvassing board to adjudicate signature mismatches and postmarks consistent with state law. Alley also discussed ballot drop boxes and cautioned about relying on late postal delivery for timely return.
No changes to election procedure were proposed; the session provided information for voters and prospective candidates.
