In an effort to keep the public and staff safe, we will not be conducting in person Election Observer training. Alternatively, we would like to invite you to complete the Jefferson County Election Observer training online.

The 2023 Election Observer online training is a series of 39 readable slides click here to start.

Election observers who complete the training online will be required to sign a testament of completion prior to observing the election process.

Click here for the 2023 Jefferson County Election Observer Rules.

Click here for the 2023 Jefferson County Guide to Election Observing. 

Public Access at the Election Center:

Citizens may view ballot processing at the Jefferson County Election Center, located at 1820 Jefferson St, Port Townsend during the dates and times listed in the official Notice of Election published in the Port Townsend Leader and posted on our web page.

Although space is limited, we will attempt to accommodate as many citizens as we can. Visitors may be required to sign an oath of non-divulgence when observing ballot processing at the Election Center.

Acts Prohibited in the Vicinity of a Voting Center or Ballot Deposit Site:

During the voting period, no person may, within a voting center or ballot deposit site:

• NO ELECTIONEERING within 100 feet of a voting center.
  •  No person may suggest or persuade or attempt to suggest or persuade any voter to vote for or against any candidate or ballot measure.
  • Circulate cards or handbills of anykind.
  • Solicit signatures to any kind of petition.
  • Engage in any practice which interferes with the freedom of voters to exercise their franchise or disrupts the administration of the voting center within 100 feet of the entrance to a voting center. 
  • Without lawful authority, remove any ballot from a voting center or ballot deposit site.
• NO ELECTIONEERING within 25 feet of a ballot drop box.
  • No person may suggest or persuade or attempt to suggest or persuade any voter to vote for or against any candidate or ballot measure.
  • Circulate cards or handbills of anykind.
  • Solicit signatures to any kind of petition.
  • Engage in any practice which interferes with the freedom of voters to exercise their franchise or disrupts the administration of the voting center within 25 feet from a ballot drop box.
  • Without lawful authority, remove any ballot from a voting center or ballot deposit site.

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