Grant, Asotin voters to get postage-paid envelopes

MOSES LAKE — Voters in Grant and Asotin counties will be receiving postage-paid envelopes in the mail to replace the envelopes they originally received that required stamps to be mailed.

According to the Washington Secretary of State’s office, a printing error resulted in voters in the two counties receiving the incorrect envelopes. Both Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of State Kim Wyman pledged to pay for return postage on ballots in this year’s August primaries and November general election.

Immedia, the Tacoma-based printing company that produced ballots for Grant and Asotin counties, “has now printed and mailed postage-paid return envelopes to every voter in both counties,” according to Erich Ebel, communications director for the Washington Secretary of State’s office.

Voters can use the replacement envelope if they have not mailed their ballots, or they can put a stamp on the current envelope, or they can drop the their ballots in the current envelope in mail.

“Post offices in both counties have indicated they will deliver those envelopes as well,” Ebel said.

Or, voters can take their envelopes to one of five drop boxes across Grant County.

Drive-up ballot boxes are located at the Grant County Courthouse Public Lot A in Ephrata, Moses Lake City Hall, The Grant County Public Utility District offices in Grand Coulee, Grant County Fire District No. 10 fire hall in Royal Cit, and the Quincy Public Library.

“Ballots will be accepted at drop boxes until 8 p.m. on election night, or through the mail with a postmark no later than Nov. 6,” Wyman said in a news release. “But the bottom line is to try not to wait until the last minute. Return your ballot as early as possible.”