Seattle Times reporter Susan Gilmore tells us this about the new primary system:
"Among all the changes to this year's primary-election ballot that may catch voters by surprise, there's one that involves write-in candidates.
In the past, voters could write in their pick for an office on a line below the candidates named on the ballot. Voters still can write in candidates, but the only votes that will be counted are those for candidates who have filed declarations of write-in candidacy with the state or county."
No write-in candidates.
That's it for regional politics today. BTC is off to catch a plane, hoping to make a ridiculous scheme work. He'll go to the final Phish concert in Vermont this weekend, file from the East Coast remotely for a week and then cover the Republican National Convention from New York City. It was hatched at 3 a.m. this morning, as all finely laid plans are. There might be a Kansas City Wedding in there somewhere, too. And BTC's doing it -- some of it anyway -- on his own dime! The cheapest political coverage around!
Anyway, posts will be a bit sporadic, and at times complete gibberish. Enjoy.
Thanks R.M.
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