Oregon's Voting method should be done nationwide!

[FightingIrish]

56. I lived in Oregon all my life and now live in Washington.

I remember the days before mail-in voting going to a nearby school. I remember the crowded parking lot and the confusion in the gymnasium trying to find the right precinct. I remember the pressure to get the ballot completed with people waiting their turn. I remember being afraid to even talk about our preferences surrounded by people we knew disagreed with us. I remember election days when we thought about skipping after a rough day at work and two young kids to deal with. I don't miss those days at all.

My late wife and I would vote together at the kitchen table, discussing measures and candidates. We voted in every election including relatively obscure special elections. In 2008 I let my very young grandson fill in the oval box by Barack Obama's name. Yesterday my new wife and I dropped our Washington ballots in the drop box by the library. I'm very fortunate to have moved from one of three mail-in only states to another.

The system works and it works well. Unfortunately Oregon, Washington and Colorado account for only a small fraction of US voters.