Ballots to be mailed this week
Last updated 7/14/2020 at 3:27pm
OLYMPIA – Ballots for statewide primary elections are scheduled to go in the mail July 17.
Thirty-six candidates are running for governor, a record for a statewide race according to the office of the Secretary of State. The previous record for candidates in a Washington governor’s race is 15, set in 1924 and repeated in 1996.
Candidates pay a filing fee equal to 1% of the job’s yearly salary; in the case of the governor’s office, that would be $187,353 as of July 1, or 1% of $187,353.
According to Washington state law, a candidate who claims to be unable to afford the filing fee can...
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