Voter Roll Purging‏

The Thurston County Auditor has begun to mail ballots to registered voters in our county. Unfortunately it appears that today some students have also received address verification notices in the place of their ballots. What does this mean? Ballots for an unknown number of students and residents in our area are not being delivered and instead will be retained by the auditor until address confirmation is received. Essentially, voter rolls are being purged at the last minute, leaving very little time for voters to provide the requested verification.

If you have received a letter from the County Auditor or the Secretary of State that indicates your ballot will not be mailed on time, please respond to the verification request as soon as possible. Additionally, I ask that you please take the time to email me so that I can begin to assess the scope of this problem. An additional step you can take includes filing a report with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State by calling
(206) 624-2180.

Additional points of contact include:

Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed: (360) 902-4151 http://www.secstate.wa.gov/office/
Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman: (360) 786-5408 (360) 786-5408

The Olympian Reporters:

Rolf Boone
360-754-5403
rboone@theolympian.com

Venice Buhain
360-754-5445
vbuhain@theolympian.com

Matt Batcheldor
360-704-6869
mbatcheldor@theolympian.com

Brad Shannon
360-753-1688
bshannon@theolympian.com
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