County ballot mailout at 22,229

Total count of general election ballots which hit the mail Friday for voters in Whitman County was 22,229. The ballots were actually be mailed out by a contractor in Seattle that has been hired for the task because of staff shortages in the auditor's election office here.

The Nov. 7 general election is the state election for towns, schools, fire districts and other small entities in the county.

The mailings will include 141 versions of the ballot which will go to voters in different districts. Two state advisory measures and the Port of Whitman seat held by appointee Kristine Meyer, now the lo...