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Thurston County elections office wins national award for outreach and accessibility
Summary
Thurston County Auditor's Office received an Election Assistance Commission national award for outreach and an honorable mention for accessibility after an in‑house campaign that featured election workers and targeted online misinformation.
The Thurston County Auditor's Office received a national award from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission for its voter-outreach work and an additional honorable mention for accessibility, county officials said at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on May 6.
The award recognized a video-based outreach campaign the auditor’s office produced in house that features local election workers speaking unscripted about their duties. Auditor Hall said the videos were aimed at building trust by showing “the faces of the people that count the ballots.” Emmett…
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