I've made no secret of my utter contempt for our waste-of-skin Secretary of State, and his most recent efforts have, if anything, deepened those feelings of disdain for him as arguably the worst Secretary of State in the country, if not the worst elected official currently serving.
His tenure has been an abysmal failure, where he has ignored the frantic efforts to get his attention focused on the most important aspect of his job: election security.
The legendary election debacle of 2004, which should have resulted in major revamping of our election system concerning requiring proof of both citizenship and identification, has resulted in neither. Further, our moron Secretary has been a staunch supporter of the bizarre concept that convicted felons, who automatically lose their right to vote with their convictions, should automatically regain that right the moment they're released from confinement, even before or without fulfilling all of the requirements of their sentences, most importantly, paying back their victims for the damage they caused.
In this most recent election, 24,000 felons received ballots who were not eligible to vote.
Beyond the costs involved in that fiasco (Far north of $100,000 wasted taxpayer dollars for which he was not held accountable) is the fact that Reed has had 8 fricking years to fix this nonsense... and the outcome is obvious.
Reed has done nothing to fix that issue; has done nothing to address either the citizenship or identification issues... and now he is screwing us up even more because of yet another misguided effort to screw with the voters by demanding that all ballots be turned in by close-of-business, election day.
The article below describes it far better than I could, but the crux of the matter is that this moron will keep thousands of citizens from voting in this state because he seems to believe that the post office is incapable of making a mistake... and God help our military voters or other citizens overseas.
I voted democrat for this position in the last election and I will vote democrat in that position no matter who runs against Reed, an embarrassment of an elected official.
That kind of incompetence and failure to adhere to the law he is sworn to uphold simply cannot be an acceptable way for any elected official to comport themselves. It is my earnest hope that Reed resigns. And the sooner, the better.
Washington state's embrace of mail voting has created a problem of not knowing election results, especially in tight elections, for days. Secretary of State Sam Reed has a worthy proposal to require ballots to be received in local election offices by Election Day — the same as Oregon's law. Now, ballots are required only to be postmarked by Election Day.
WASHINGTON voters are no strangers to suspenseful elections — but our state has a habit of dragging the suspense out for way too long.
Secretary of State Sam Reed wants to bring elections to more decisive ends sooner. His proposal would require ballots be received in election offices by Election Day. Now, the ballots need only be postmarked by Election Day. That means ballots straggle in throughout election week, often putting off the decisive conclusion for days — given Washington's propensity for razor-thin margins.
On Election Night in November, Democratic challenger Darcy Burner was leading in her bid to unseat incumbent Republican Dave Reichert for the 8th Congressional District seat. But Reichert pulled comfortably ahead over several King County and Pierce County ballot counts by Friday to win re-election.
With 38 of 39 counties now conducting mail elections, the problem of interminable elections has grown only worse. Reed's proposal follows the lead of Oregon, a veteran vote-by-mail state that requires ballots in by Election Day. The change would not disenfranchise voters who, Reed argues, would quickly adapt.
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