Earth to the GOP: Obnoxious guys don't make for good television, especially flame throwers like state Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance who was granted live television time on KING 5 to accuse King County in no uncertain terms of trying to steal the governor's race, among other things.
While Vance remains an issue all to himself, the matter of inconsistent and low-tech voting methods is not exclusively King County's fault.
The more time you spend digging around in any election mess, the more likely you are to come up with discrepencies and irregularities. How many elections are Washingtonians, and ultimately Americans, willing to participate in before we realize the need for a dramatic reappraisal of the entire system?
This particular dam has already burst. Let's see to it that it doesn't happen again. We need one uniform, federal method, with a paper trail intact that most can agree is consistent. And we need to implement it in every county of every state so there is no more room for failures and Vance's accusations.
The rules and scoring for NFL games don't change from city to city. Why would we allow something as important as the voting process to remain so confusing and incompetent? It can't be that hard to remedy, considering the deluge of disillusionment spilling forth from these debacles. It seems as if it is a matter of national security to shore up any doubts.
As Bush once said, "Fool me once, shame on me, fool me..." Anyway, you get it: the cat's out of the bag, the dubious election process sucks, and it's
time for a fix. Let's see to it that our federal leaders get this ball rolling.
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