FREE COPIES OF the North Olympic Peninsula Primary Voter Guide, which focuses on Clallam and Jefferson county candidates and election measures and was distributed with the Peninsula Daily News on July 20, are available in the lobby of the PDN’s Port Angeles office, 305 W. First St.
The PDN Voter Guide also can be accessed online at http://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/2012_primary_voter_guide?mode=window
peninsuladailynews.com.
Voting in the all-mail primary ends at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
IN ADDITION . . . we’ve put together a list of Web links about candidates for state offices (including state Supreme Court). It includes links to newspaper endorsements for many of the state candidates:
Online State Primary Voters Guide, by the state Secretary of State’s office in Olympia for federal, statewide, legislative and judicial candidates — http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/
The Secretary of State’s website also includes a video voters’ guide that lets you see and hear short clips from the candidates.
Voting for Judges — http://www.votingforjudges.org — is a nonpartisan, impartial source of information about judicial elections in the state. The site was established in 2006 to provide information to voters in connection with the appellate judicial contests that year, and it has expanded to cover all judicial elections throughout the state.
Newspapers around Washington interviewed state candidates in contested primary election races and made endorsements. Read about who they picked — and why:
Seattle Times – http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinionpages/2018669674_seattle-times-endorsements-august-2012-primary-election.html
Tacoma News Tribune — http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/endorsements/
Spokane Spokesman-Review — http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/31/editorial-its-time-for-a-primary-endorsement/
The Columbian, Vancouver (for state auditor) — http://www.columbian.com/news/opinion/endorsements/primary/
Tri-City Herald (for state Supreme Court) — http://www.votingforjudges.org/12pri/rating/triciity.html
Yakima Herald Republic — http://www.yakima-herald.com/elections.
The Stranger (offbeat Seattle weekly newspaper) — http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/vote-or-well-kill-you/Content?oid=14208972
