Benton County Elections – Canvassing Board Meetings

Greetings,

The Benton County Canvassing Board will be meeting at various times during the August 5, 2025 Primary Special Election cycle.  This is to advise you of the current ballot processing schedule and canvassing board meetings for this election. 

Commencing Monday, July 21^st, 2025 the following processes may occur daily, depending on the level of ballots returned on a day-to-day basis. 

Official L&A test – Tuesday, July 1, 2025 – 10:00 am

• Ballot Drop Boxes will be opened – July 14th
• Ballots Mailed – July 16th
• Ballot Runs will be done 3 times a week.  As of now we are looking at July 21, 23, 25, 28, 30.  August 1, 4, 5, 6 for ballot runs and signature verification.
• Ballot scanning and opening will begin July 28th

• August 18– Pre-Certification processes begin for the August Primary Election @ 9 am
• August 19 – Certification of the August Primary Election @ 9am

The processing schedule may be modified from time to time depending on the number of ballots received daily.

All election processes will take place at the Benton County Election Center, located at 7122 W. Okanogan Pl., Bldg. F, Kennewick. 

During processing, no persons except those employed and authorized by the county auditor may touch any ballot, ballot container, or vote tallying system.  We also ask that no photos be taken without the approval of the Election Manager.

To determine which processes are being conducted on a given day, we advise that observers contact our office directly.

Please let me know if you should have any questions.