Election Board

The Election Board is responsible for voter registration and conducting federal, state, county, municipal, and school district elections in Washington County.

Administrative duties include:

• Supervising voter registration and maintaining registration records.
• Receiving Declarations of Candidacy for county, municipal, and school district elections.
• Printing, testing, and distributing election ballots.
• Programming, testing, and maintaining voting devices.
• Training and appointing precinct election officials and absentee voting boards.
• Locating, surveying and designating polling places.
• Conducting mail-in and in-person absentee voting activities.

County Election Board duties include:

• Hearing and deciding contests of candidacy and conducting election recounts.
• Tallying election returns and certifying official election results.

The Election Board is composed of three members; a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary, who are appointed by the State Election Board. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are nominated by the Washington County Democratic and Republican Party Central Committee, respectively. The Secretary is the administrative officer and supervises staff activities.

Debra Cook, Chairman
Rebekah Dorris, Vice Chairman
Yvonne House, Secretary