The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WALLA WALLA—The public is invited to take to the sidewalks on Sunday, October 25, at 1:30 p.m. to Walk the Vote. With or without their ballots in hand, community voters will celebrate the act of voting in a peaceful neighborhood walk, a free event organized by the Network of Exceptional Women. Walkers will start at Washington Park, or outside Garrison Middle School, Whitman College’s Reid Campus Center, or Edison Elementary school. Walk leaders from the Network for Exceptional Women will provide maps and lead walkers to the two Downtown Walla Walla ballot boxes and the Eastgate ballot box. The walks are approximately one mile from the starting point.

Walk the Vote will also start from Lions Park in College Place on Sunday, October 25, at 1:30 p.m. and end at the College Place ballot box near City Hall.

All walkers are asked to wear masks and to maintain recommended physical distance (6 feet) as appropriate to shared household status.

Walk the Vote was created to bring attention to getting out the vote and to encourage all eligible voters to complete their ballots correctly and return them on time. Walkers may start at the location of their choice and are invited to bring friends and family, particularly teens who will be eligible to vote in future years.

The Network of Exceptional Women is a group dedicated to supporting progressive women in their campaigns for elected office and seeking appointments to boards, commissions, and committees.

For more information, see https://www.thenetworkww.com or contact Kirsten Nicolaysen or Linda Gunshefski at persist@thenetworkww.com.