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eridani

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2. If it's run for maximum enfranchisement it can work fine.
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 03:30 AM
Nov 2012

Right now WA State has a "postmarked by Election Day" rule, which insures that most ballots are going to get counted, unlike Oregon, which disenfranchises tens of thousands that way.

King County Elections department also refuses to use the electronic signature validation that speeds the process up in Oregon, because they have found it to be inaccurate. WA law requires elections departments to notify voters whose signatures have been rejected once by mail and twice by phone or email. They are permitted to send in a new signature card and have their ballots counted.

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