All Politics is Local
First ballot count for primary election
On Friday, the Washington Elections Division released the first numbers on returned ballots for the primary election, which ends August 1. So far, 12,097 of Clark County’s voters or 4.9 percent have cast their ballots. At the state level, that number is at 222,551 or 5.8 percent. The county has 245,560 registered voters while the […]
July 21, 2017 6:12 pm
Voters in Clark County and Washington are not freaking out about Trump’s electoral commission
The Trump administration has some voters spooked. In May, President Donald Trump convened a commission tasked with looking at how the country’s electoral system is running, specifically the possibility of voter fraud. Voter fraud is an issue that Trump and has allies have trumpeted since before his ascendency to the White House. Trump, who lost […]
July 21, 2017 5:30 pm
Candice Jackson’s Wikipedia page update
Battle Ground’s own Candice Jackson may be one of the few people from the city to have her own Wikipedia page; she is the assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education. But there’s a downside to that notoriety. In recent comments in The New York Times, she said 90 percent of […]
July 14, 2017 6:40 pm
Jim Karlock got kicked out of a League of Women Voters forum
If you’ve ever made it a habit to attend public meetings in Clark County there’s a good chance you’ve been in the same room with Jim Karlock. He’s a Portland-based conservative activist who has opposed light rail in Clark County and has frequently filmed public meetings. I remember seeing him film county council meetings during […]
July 14, 2017 2:17 pm
Why Jim Rumpeltes won’t smile for our photos
When I showed up yesterday to interview Jim Rumpeltes, Clark County’s new interim manager, for his first day of work, a Columbian photographer, noticed his flat expression and asked him if he was a “smiley person.” His answer: “sometimes.” The answer was somewhat surprising given that county councilors have described him as personable and most […]
July 11, 2017 5:24 pm
Mayor and city council candidates share stance on firework ban
One look at the comments on our stories covering the fireworks ban and it’s easy to see the topic could be a litmus test for many Vancouver voters as their cast their ballots in the upcoming election. With that in mind, we reached out to all of the candidates running for Vancouver mayor and city […]
July 7, 2017 4:45 pm
No, Jack Burkman isn’t investigating Seth Rich (at least not that Jack Burkman)
As a member of Vancouver City Council, Jack Burkman has a lot to think about. But he’s not working on resolving any lingering questions on what happened to Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer whose sudden death last year has spawned conspiracy theories that he was murdered in order to prevent him from leaking […]
July 5, 2017 5:13 pm
Two local political groups make endorsements
Nonpartisan elections can be hard to figure out. Instead of having a ballot full of names with D’s and R’s behind their names that voters can use as a barometer of where they candidates stand on the role of government. In nonpartisan elections, voters might have to actually read the paper and research candidates before […]
June 30, 2017 2:44 pm
Tomi Lahren knows what happens to Pacific Northwest snow flakes
On Sunday, the Clark County GOP held its annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Hilton Vancouver, which included Tomi Lahren as it special guest speaker. In case you’re not on the internet all day, Lahren has become a 24-year-old conservative darling for savagely eviscerating opposing viewpoints with the sheer, burning confidence of her own opinions […]
June 27, 2017 5:49 pm
Port canceled meeting has uncanny timing
If you were looking forward to rallying for or railing against the Vancouver Energy oil terminal — like so many of you love to do — at the upcoming Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners meeting, you’re going to be disappointed. If you were hoping the commission would use the upcoming meeting to cancel the […]
June 23, 2017 7:45 pm