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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe had an almost 79% turnout here in Washington,
where we have an all-mail ballot (though there are still some secure boxes scattered around the state, for people who want to deposit their ballot directly.)
Oregon and CO also have mail-in. It's too bad it isn't like this everywhere. The only downside is it takes longer to tabulate our votes, because many of them are delivered to the elections facilities up to a few days after election day.
This is the turn-out most states would have if there wasn't so much voter suppression.
RandySF
(58,797 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)They could follow your state's example, or the all-mail-in states. We've shown that it can work.
RandySF
(58,797 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)RandySF
(58,797 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I was bummed when it went to all mail in voting but I'm fine with it now and I've always seen the benefits.
I didn't know that it would be that high but not surprised. I'm pretty happy being a Washingtonian. Thanks for the info!
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)San Juan County won the turnout count -- 88%.
http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/Turnout.html
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)But yeah, Yakima looks like a slacker here.
bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)Which is pretty good - not our highest numbers, but pretty respectable.
I still can't imagine the states that make it hard to vote, how they even justify that and still have jobs. I think there's whole sections of the country (east of here) where people angrily shout how government can't do anything right, what a mess things are in, and they don't connect that to their own state governments that make it as hard as possible for them to vote for anything.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)before the deadline...sorry. I think my county is a Trump county even though Washington is blue. I am a Lewis County person...sorry.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)He really hates Trump.