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1490            // vertical
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1492            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/Medium-Rectangle-2', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1697578806515-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1493            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/Half-Page-300x600-1', [300, 600], 'div-gpt-ad-1697580620104-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1494            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/Half-Page-300x600-2', [300, 600], 'div-gpt-ad-1697581024322-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1495            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/NOPOLITICS-Med-Rectangle-1', [[300, 600], [300, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1721857167432-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1496            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/NOPOLITICS-Med-Rectangle-2', [[300, 250], [300, 600]], 'div-gpt-ad-1721857391454-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1497            googletag.defineSlot('/22979373981/Paid-Content-Article-Medium-Rectangle', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1765389561980-0').addService(googletag.pubads()),
1498        ];
1499
1500        gptSlots.forEach((slot, index) => {
1501            if (index <=1) {
1502                slot.defineSizeMapping(mappingBillboard).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true);
1503            } else if (index <= 4) {
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1505            } else {
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1508        })
1509
1510        googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();
1511        googletag.enableServices();
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2383<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Washington voters are accustomed to a simple promise: You receive your ballot, fill it out and return it. But the way that ballots move through the U.S. Postal Service has changed, and those changes deserve attention before the Nov. 3 general election.</p>
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2387<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am a city letter carrier out of Mount Vernon and a union steward. Before entering public service, I received my doctorate in political science and international relations from the University of Delaware. I approach this issue both as someone who studies political institutions and as someone who works inside one.</p>
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2391<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I care deeply about the postal service as a public institution and about the communities we serve. Over the past year, the postal service has implemented Regional Trans
2391portation Optimization, or RTO, at post offices throughout Skagit and Whatcom counties. Instead of traditional morning and afternoon transportation between local post offices and processing facilities, these offices now typically have one trip per day.</p>
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2395<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That matters for election mail. When a carrier collects a ballot during the day, or a voter deposits one in a blue collection box after the outgoing transportation has left, that ballot may remain at the local post office overnight before beginning its trip into the postal processing network.</p>
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2399<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For previous general elections, our local office had a way of addressing this problem. Returned ballots were separated from ordinary outgoing mail and given special handling. Clerks manually applied what postal employees call a round-date postmark, reflecting the date the ballot was accepted at the local office, rather than allowing the ballot to simply enter the normal automated mail stream.</p>
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2403<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was told by my postmaster that this additional scrutiny was implemented in response to extensive litigation over election mail and was intended to prevent disputes over whether ballots had been timely accepted by the postal service.</p>
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2407<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The important point is that the postal service has demonstrated that it can build procedures around the unique deadline faced by election mail. But that procedure was not used at my local office during the August 2026 primary.</p>
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2411<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And we have already seen a striking change in the number of Skagit County ballots rejected as “too late” (<a href="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/04/states-rural-areas-see-increase-in-rate-of-ballots-rejected-for-late-postmarks/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/04/states-rural-areas-see-increase-in-rate-of-ballots-rejected-for-late-postmarks/">CDN, Sept. 4, 2026</a>). In the August 2022 midterm primary, 179 ballots were rejected for that reason. In the comparable August 2026 midterm primary, the number of rejected ballots was 637, an increase of 458 ballots, or approximately 256%. At the same time, fewer ballots were returned in 2026: 35,656 compared with 38,064 in 2022.</p>
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2415<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not claiming that RTO caused every one of those 637 rejected ballots. The county’s election records tell us what happened, not why each individual ballot arrived too late.</p>
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2419<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But from the perspective of a postal employee, there are two obvious changes worth examining: RTO has changed the transportation schedule, and our local office did not use the round-date postmarking procedure during the August primary. Those changes deserve scrutiny before November.</p>
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2423<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is an important development since the primary. A Sept. 4 report from the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General states that USPS will implement extraordinary measures for the 2026 midterm elections beginning Oct. 27. The OIG says these measures will be consistent with those used during the 2020 federal election. However, the detailed memorandum explaining those measures has not yet been issued. The OIG says it will be provided to postal service employees before the election.</p>
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2427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That leaves an important question for those of us working at the local level: What will those extraordinary measures actually look like, and will they adequately address the transportation and postmarking problems created by the changes implemented since 2020?</p>
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2431<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Washington law allows ballots received after Election Day to be counted if they were postmarked by Election Day. The Secretary of State nevertheless recommends that voters mailing their ballots do so more than a week before Election Day. If voters are returning a ballot close to Election Day, the Secretary of State recommends using an official ballot drop box. (General election ballots will be mailed to voters by Skagit and Whatcom county election offices on Wednesday, Oct. 14.)</p>
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2435<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not the fault of the employees processing the mail. The carriers and clerks I work alongside care deeply about getting the mail where it belongs. The question is whether the systems and procedures we are being asked to work within are adequate for something as time-sensitive as an election ballot. A birthday card can wait an extra day, though it shouldn’t have to. A ballot may not have that extra day.</p>
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2439<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So my advice to Skagit County voters is simple: Vote early. If you are getting close to Election Day, use an official ballot drop box rather than relying on the mail. And before Nov. 3, I hope the postal service can give its employees — and the voters who depen
2439d on them — clear answers about how election mail will be handled.</p>
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2443<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Because when it comes to something as important as a ballot, “eventually” isn’t good enough.</p>
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2447<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Christopher Tharp is a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Skagit County and a trustee for the Washington State Association of Letter Carriers. He lives in Mount Vernon.</em></p>
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3094				 * Process standard remember me inputs
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3096				function processRememberMeElements() {
3097					rememberMeNames.forEach(function(inputName) {
3098						// Find inputs by exact name match
3099						var inputs = document.querySelectorAll('input[name="' + inputName + '"]');
3100						inputs.forEach(function(input) {
3101							checkElement(input);
3102						});
3103						
3104						// Also find inputs where name contains the input name (partial match)
3105						var partialInputs = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]');
3106						partialInputs.forEach(function(input) {
3107							if (input.name && input.name.includes(inputName)) {
3108								checkElement(input);
3109							}
3110						});
3111					});
3112				}
3113				
3114				/**
3115				 * Handle WooCommerce specific elements
3116				 */
3117				function processWooCommerce() {
3118					var wooInputs = document.querySelectorAll('.woocommerce-form-login__rememberme input[type="checkbox"]');
3119					wooInputs.forEach(function(input) {
3120						checkElement(input);
3121					});
3122				}
3123				
3124				/**
3125				 * Handle Ultimate Member Plugin
3126				 */
3127				function processUltimateMember() {
3128					var umCheckboxLabels = document.querySelectorAll('.um-field-checkbox');
3129					
3130					umCheckboxLabels.forEach(function(label) {
3131						var input = label.querySelector('input');
3132						if (input && rememberMeNames.includes(input.name)) {
3133							// Set as active and checked
3134							checkElement(input);
3135							label.classList.add('active');
3136							
3137							// Update icon classes
3138							var icon = label.querySelector('.um-icon-android-checkbox-outline-blank');
3139							if (icon) {
3140								icon.classList.add('um-icon-android-checkbox-outline');
3141								icon.classList.remove('um-icon-android-checkbox-outline-blank');
3142							}
3143						}
3144					});
3145				}
3146				
3147				/**
3148				 * Handle ARMember Forms
3149				 */
3150				function processARMember() {
3151					var armContainers = document.querySelectorAll('.arm_form_input_container_rememberme');
3152					
3153					armContainers.forEach(function(container) {
3154						var checkboxes = container.querySelectorAll('md-checkbox');
3155						
3156						checkboxes.forEach(function(checkbox) {
3157							if (checkbox.classList.contains('ng-empty')) {
3158								checkbox.click(); // Activate the checkbox
3159							}
3160						});
3161					});
3162				}
3163				
3164				// Execute all processing functions
3165				processRememberMeElements();
3166				processWooCommerce();
3167				processUltimateMember();
3168				processARMember();
3169			};
3170			
3171			// Run when DOM is ready
3172			if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
3173				document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', wppl_precheck_remember_me);
3174			} else {
3175				wppl_precheck_remember_me();
3176			}
3177			
3178			// Also run after a short delay to catch dynamically loaded forms
3179			setTimeout(wppl_precheck_remember_me, 500);
3180			
3181		})();
3182		</script>
3182
3183				
3183<script>
3184		(function () {
3185			var params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
3186			var keys = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content'];
3187			var data = {};
3188			keys.forEach(function (k) { var v = params.get(k); if (v) { data[k] = v; } });
3189			if (!Object.keys(data).length) { return; }
3190			var expires = new Date();
3191			expires.setDate(expires.getDate() + 30);
3192			document.cookie = 'lp_utm=' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(data))
3193				+ '; expires=' + expires.toUTCString() + '; path=/; SameSite=Lax';
3194		})();
3195		</script>
3195
3196				<style>
3197								.hide-video-lead {
3198						display: none;
3199					}
3200									.hide-gallery-carousel {
3201						display: none;
3202					}
3203									.hide-alternate-lead-photo {
3204						display: none;
3205					}
3206									.hide-faces-crowd {
3207						display: none;
3208					}
3209									.hide-horoscopes {
3210						display: none;
3211					}
3212				
3213			/*.hide-obit-lead-container {
3214				display: none;
3215			}*/
3216		</style>
3217		
3218<!-- Sign in with Google button added by Site Kit -->
3219		<style>
3220		.googlesitekit-sign-in-with-google__frontend-output-button{max-width:320px}
3221		.interim-login #login>.googlesitekit-sign-in-with-google__frontend-output-button{margin-bottom:16px}
3222		</style>
3223		
3223<script src="https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client"></script>
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3223
3224<script data-siwg-config="{&quot;clientID&quot;:&quot;914323968731-1thres7jsrgieec5fpol1dd0dd3ktnkk.apps.googleusercontent.com&quot;,&quot;defaultButtonOptions&quot;:{&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;outline&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;signin_with&quot;,&quot;shape&quot;:&quot;rectangular&quot;},&quot;loginURI&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cascadiadaily.com\/wp-login.php?action=googlesitekit_auth&quot;,&quot;isUserLoggedIn&quot;:false,&quot;isWPLogin&quot;:false,&quot;isPreview&quot;:false,&quot;isWooCommerce&quot;:false,&quot;isExistingUserFlow&quot;:false,&quot;connectNonce&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;followsPostRedirect&quot;:false,&quot;redirectTo&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirectCookieName&quot;:&quot;googlesitekit_auth_redirect_to&quot;,&quot;redirectCookiePath&quot;:&quot;\/&quot;,&quot;redirectCookieTTL&quot;:0,&quot;nonceCookieName&quot;:&quot;googlesitekit_auth_nonce&quot;,&quot;nonceCookiePath&quot;:&quot;\/&quot;,&quot;nonceCookieTTL&quot;:900,&quot;shouldShowOneTapPrompt&quot;:false}" src="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/wp-content/plugins/google-site-kit/dist/assets/js/sign-in-with-google-5a9e012872c712a23a12.js"></script>
3224
3225
3226<!-- End Sign in with Google button added by Site Kit -->
3227		
3227<script>
3228		( function () {
3229			var months = [ 'Jan.', 'Feb.', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'Aug.', 'Sept.', 'Oct.', 'Nov.', 'Dec.' ];
3230
3231			function apDate( d ) {
3232				return months[ d.getMonth() ] + ' ' + d.getDate();
3233			}
3234
3235			function prevWeekday( dayName ) {
3236				var days = [ 'sunday', 'monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday', 'saturday' ];
3237				var target = days.indexOf( dayName.toLowerCase() );
3238				var today  = new Date();
3239				var diff   = ( today.getDay() - target + 7 ) % 7;
3240				if ( diff === 0 ) { return today; }
3241				var d = new Date( today );
3242				d.setDate( today.getDate() - diff );
3243				return d;
3244			}
3245
3246			document.querySelectorAll( '.mo-previous-weekday' ).forEach( function ( el ) {
3247				el.textContent = apDate( prevWeekday( el.getAttribute( 'data-day' ) || 'friday' ) );
3248			} );
3249		} )();
3250		</script>
3250
3251		
3251<script type="text/javascript">
3252		/* MonsterInsights Scroll Tracking */
3253		if ( typeof(jQuery) !== 'undefined' ) {
3254		jQuery( document ).ready(function(){
3255		function monsterinsights_scroll_tracking_load() {
3256		if ( ( typeof(__gaTracker) !== 'undefined' && __gaTracker && __gaTracker.hasOwnProperty( "loaded" ) && __gaTracker.loaded == true ) || ( typeof(__gtagTracker) !== 'undefined' && __gtagTracker ) ) {
3257		(function(factory) {
3258		factory(jQuery);
3259		}(function($) {
3260
3261		/* Scroll Depth */
3262		"use strict";
3263		var defaults = {
3264		percentage: true
3265		};
3266
3267		var $window = $(window),
3268		cache = [],
3269		scrollEventBound = false,
3270		lastPixelDepth = 0;
3271
3272		/*
3273		* Plugin
3274		*/
3275
3276		$.scrollDepth = function(options) {
3277
3278		var startTime = +new Date();
3279
3280		options = $.extend({}, defaults, options);
3281
3282		/*
3283		* Functions
3284		*/
3285
3286		function sendEvent(action, label, scrollDistance, timing) {
3287		if ( 'undefined' === typeof MonsterInsightsObject || 'undefined' === typeof MonsterInsightsObject.sendEvent ) {
3288		return;
3289		}
3290			var paramName = action.toLowerCase();
3291	var fieldsArray = {
3292	send_to: 'G-MTLNS4MKQP',
3293	non_interaction: true
3294	};
3295	fieldsArray[paramName] = label;
3296
3297	if (arguments.length > 3) {
3298	fieldsArray.scroll_timing = timing
3299	MonsterInsightsObject.sendEvent('event', 'scroll_depth', fieldsArray);
3300	} else {
3301	MonsterInsightsObject.sendEvent('event', 'scroll_depth', fieldsArray);
3302	}
3303			}
3304
3305		function calculateMarks(docHeight) {
3306		return {
3307		'25%' : parseInt(docHeight * 0.25, 10),
3308		'50%' : parseInt(docHeight * 0.50, 10),
3309		'75%' : parseInt(docHeight * 0.75, 10),
3310		/* Cushion to trigger 100% event in iOS */
3311		'100%': docHeight - 5
3312		};
3313		}
3314
3315		function checkMarks(marks, scrollDistance, timing) {
3316		/* Check each active mark */
3317		$.each(marks, function(key, val) {
3318		if ( $.inArray(key, cache) === -1 && scrollDistance >= val ) {
3319		sendEvent('Percentage', key, scrollDistance, timing);
3320		cache.push(key);
3321		}
3322		});
3323		}
3324
3325		function rounded(scrollDistance) {
3326		/* Returns String */
3327		return (Math.floor(scrollDistance/250) * 250).toString();
3328		}
3329
3330		function init() {
3331		bindScrollDepth();
3332		}
3333
3334		/*
3335		* Public Methods
3336		*/
3337
3338		/* Reset Scroll Depth with the originally initialized options */
3339		$.scrollDepth.reset = function() {
3340		cache = [];
3341		lastPixelDepth = 0;
3342		$window.off('scroll.scrollDepth');
3343		bindScrollDepth();
3344		};
3345
3346		/* Add DOM elements to be tracked */
3347		$.scrollDepth.addElements = function(elems) {
3348
3349		if (typeof elems == "undefined" || !$.isArray(elems)) {
3350		return;
3351		}
3352
3353		$.merge(options.elements, elems);
3354
3355		/* If scroll event has been unbound from window, rebind */
3356		if (!scrollEventBound) {
3357		bindScrollDepth();
3358		}
3359
3360		};
3361
3362		/* Remove DOM elements currently tracked */
3363		$.scrollDepth.removeElements = function(elems) {
3364
3365		if (typeof elems == "undefined" || !$.isArray(elems)) {
3366		return;
3367		}
3368
3369		$.each(elems, function(index, elem) {
3370
3371		var inElementsArray = $.inArray(elem, options.elements);
3372		var inCacheArray = $.inArray(elem, cache);
3373
3374		if (inElementsArray != -1) {
3375		options.elements.splice(inElementsArray, 1);
3376		}
3377
3378		if (inCacheArray != -1) {
3379		cache.splice(inCacheArray, 1);
3380		}
3381
3382		});
3383
3384		};
3385
3386		/*
3387		* Throttle function borrowed from:
3388		* Underscore.js 1.5.2
3389		* https://underscorejs.org
3390		* (c) 2009-2013 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
3391		* Underscore may be freely distributed under the MIT license.
3392		*/
3393
3394		function throttle(func, wait) {
3395		var context, args, result;
3396		var timeout = null;
3397		var previous = 0;
3398		var later = function() {
3399		previous = new Date;
3400		timeout = null;
3401		result = func.apply(context, args);
3402		};
3403		return function() {
3404		var now = new Date;
3405		if (!previous) previous = now;
3406		var remaining = wait - (now - previous);
3407		context = this;
3408		args = arguments;
3409		if (remaining <= 0) {
3410		clearTimeout(timeout);
3411		timeout = null;
3412		previous = now;
3413		result = func.apply(context, args);
3414		} else if (!timeout) {
3415		timeout = setTimeout(later, remaining);
3416		}
3417		return result;
3418		};
3419		}
3420
3421		/*
3422		* Scroll Event
3423		*/
3424
3425		function bindScrollDepth() {
3426
3427		scrollEventBound = true;
3428
3429		$window.on('scroll.scrollDepth', throttle(function() {
3430		/*
3431		* We calculate document and window height on each scroll event to
3432		* account for dynamic DOM changes.
3433		*/
3434
3435		var docHeight = $(document).height(),
3436		winHeight = window.innerHeight ? window.innerHeight : $window.height(),
3437		scrollDistance = $window.scrollTop() + winHeight,
3438
3439		/* Recalculate percentage marks */
3440		marks = calculateMarks(docHeight),
3441
3442		/* Timing */
3443		timing = +new Date - startTime;
3444
3445		checkMarks(marks, scrollDistance, timing);
3446		}, 500));
3447
3448		}
3449
3450		init();
3451		};
3452
3453		/* UMD export */
3454		return $.scrollDepth;
3455
3456		}));
3457
3458		jQuery.scrollDepth();
3459		} else {
3460		setTimeout(monsterinsights_scroll_tracking_load, 200);
3461		}
3462		}
3463		monsterinsights_scroll_tracking_load();
3464		});
3465		}
3466		/* End MonsterInsights Scroll Tracking */
3467			/* MonsterInsights Conversion Event */
3468	jQuery(document).ready(function() {
3469		jQuery('a[data-mi-conversion-event]')
3470			.off('click.monsterinsightsConversion')
3471			.on('click.monsterinsightsConversion', function() {
3472				if ( typeof(__gtagTracker) !== 'undefined' && __gtagTracker ) {
3473					var $link = jQuery(this);
3474					var eventName = $link.attr('data-mi-event-name');
3475					if ( typeof eventName === 'undefined' || ! eventName ) {
3476						// Fallback to first word of the <a> tag, lowercase, strip html
3477						var text = $link.text().trim();
3478						text = text.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, '').toLowerCase();
3479						var firstWord = text.split(/\s+/)[0] || '';
3480
3481						if ( firstWord ) {
3482							eventName = 'click-' + firstWord;
3483						} else {
3484							eventName = $link.parent().hasClass('wp-block-image') ? 'image-click' : 'button-click';
3485						}
3486					}
3487					__gtagTracker('event', 'mi-' + eventName);
3488				}
3489			});
3490	});
3491	/* End MonsterInsights Conversion Event */
3492	
3493</script>
3493<link rel='stylesheet' id='elementor-post-65689-css' href='https://www.cascadiadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/css/post-65689.css?ver=1790878744' media='all' />
3494<script id="post-views-counter-pro-crawler-detect-js" src="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/wp-content/plugins/post-views-counter-pro/js/crawler-detect.js?ver=1.7.14"></script>
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3494
3495<script id="post-views-counter-pro-frontend-js-before">
3496var pvcpArgsFrontend = {"mode":"rest_api","content":{"type":"post","subtype":"post","data":528215},"contentActive":true,"requestURL":"https:\/\/www.cascadiadaily.com\/wp-json\/post-views-counter\/view-post\/528215","nonce":"b70eb78e5a","dataStorage":"cookieless","storageBuckets":["post","term","user","other"],"blockAI":true,"blockBots":false,"multisite":false,"path":"\/","domain":"","adminAjax":"https:\/\/www.cascadiadaily.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonceCount":"570b67fb85"};
3497
3498//# sourceURL=post-views-counter-pro-frontend-js-before
3499</script>
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3499
3500<script id="post-views-counter-pro-frontend-js" src="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/wp-content/plugins/post-views-counter-pro/js/frontend.js?ver=1.7.14"></script>
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3500
3501<script id="ctlb-slider-script-js" src="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/wp-content/plugins/timeline-block-pro-for-gutenberg/assets/js/slider.min.js?ver=3.3.5"></script>
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3502
3503<script id="leadin-script-loader-js-js-extra">
3504var leadin_wordpress = {"userRole":"visitor","pageType":"post","leadinPluginVersion":"11.3.75"};
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3506</script>
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3506
3507<script async defer id='hs-script-loader' src="https://js.hs-scripts.com/39682422.js?integration=WordPress&#038;ver=11.3.75"></script>
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3508<script id="replica-auth-frontend-js-extra">
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3511
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3516</script>
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3517<script id="rocket-preload-links-js-extra">
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