AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoVoting Push: Washington election officials are urging voters to return ballots early after more than 20,000 primary ballots were rejected for arriving late. No Kings rallies in Seattle, Spokane, Union Gap and elsewhere also made early voting their focus ahead of Nov. 3. High-Stakes Ballot: Voters will decide whether to repeal the state’s new income tax through Initiative 645, as five of nine state Supreme Court seats draw challengers in an unusually competitive judicial election. Local Races: Endorsements are split in the Pacific County sheriff’s contest: the deputies’ guild and civil staff back incumbent Daniel Garcia, while challenger Rich Byrd has also won law-enforcement support. State Pay: A citizen panel rejected a pay raise for Gov. Bob Ferguson; his salary is frozen for two years as state workers go without raises.
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