Administers elections in Thurston County.
Accepts voter applications, as well as changes in a voter's information. 
Compiles voter registration guides, and sends out the ballots. 
Counts the returned ballots and posts the election results.
Also offers accessible voting for those with vision impairment.

Ballots are processed at a separate location. 
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Elections Division offered at Thurston County Auditor Administration Office

Administers elections in Thurston County. Accepts voter applications, as well as changes in a voter's information. Compiles voter registration guides, and sends out the ballots. Counts the returned ballots and posts the election results.

Programs that provide information about the procedures that people are required to follow in order to become candidates for public office and/or which enforce compliance with requirements by candidates.

Filing Procedures for Candidates

Government offices that provide copies of voter registration applications and maintain official records of individuals who have exercised their right to participate in the election process by registering to vote. Included are the local Registrar of Voters offices and other government offices through which people can obtain and file their registration forms; and offices that are responsible for managing online voter registration. In order to qualify, people must be citizens; age 18 or older; and residents of the state, county/municipal district or precinct for at least 30 days. People are required to re-register if they change their names, their addresses or their party affiliations.

Voter Registration Offices

The offices of individuals who have been appointed or elected to a town, city, county or other local public office for a specified tenure and who are thereby in a position to exercise that portion of the sovereign functions of government that are conferred on that office. Forty-eight of the 50 states have operational county governments. Connecticut and Rhode Island are divided into geographic regions called counties, but they do not have functioning governments. Alaska calls its counties boroughs and Louisiana calls them parishes. Cities and towns may also have other designations including townships, boroughs and villages.

Local Officials Offices

Programs that provide official information about the number of votes that were cast for each candidate or ballot proposition that was voted upon during an election.

Election Results

Programs that arrange for the participation (usually by mail) in elections by qualified voters who, because of serious illness, military service or absence from home for business or other reasons, are unable to appear at the polls in person on election day.

Absentee Ballots

Programs that publish and/or distribute voter information guides, sample ballots and other materials that provide information regarding the positions of rival candidates in an election, summaries of the pros and cons of specific ballot measures (including potential costs to taxpayers and arguments for and against individual measures prepared by proponents and opponents), rules for same day voter registration and general information about precinct boundaries, the location and hours of polling places, early voting options, secured vote by mail ballot drop-off locations (where available), as well as other details regarding the content or the mechanics of the election.

Election Information

Programs that provide information about the requirements and procedures for initiating legislative or constitutional changes through the filing of petitions or the introduction of proposals to be acted upon by the legislature or the total electorate at the polls, and/or which oversee the initiative and referendum process.

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Elections Division offered at Thurston County Auditor Administration Office