Washington state voters set to choose presidential contender

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington is among half a dozen states in the Democratic presidential primary spotlight a week after Super Tuesday, an election taking place in the midst of the worst coronavirus outbreak in the nation.

As an all vote-by-mail state, Washington officials don't have to worry about crowded polling places, and more than 1.4 million ballots have already been returned. That hasn’t stopped authorities from issuing cautions. The secretary of state's office has taken to social media with the slogan of “Whether healthy or sick, please don't lick!” to encourage voters to use a wet sponge or cloth to seal their envelopes as a precaution for election workers handling the ballots.

With 89 pledged delegates at stake, Washington has the second-highest number to be divvied up behind Michigan's 125. With an earlier primary, and Democrats using the results for the first time instead of the caucuses, a broader group of voters in the state will now have a say in the nominating process.

“I think the goal that we wanted — as many voices as possible that can be heard in the primary — has been more than achieved,” said Tina Podlodowski, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-state-voters-set-to-choose-presidential-contender/ar-BB10Xb7x?ocid=hplocalnews

I am so glad we are no longer using caucuses.

[showblue22]

1. Goodbye Caucuses.

[Progressive2020]

2. Washington State

Here's to our friends in Washington State- stay safe and healthy!

[ancianita]

3. Vote By Mail should go national.

[KewlKat]

4. We dropped off our ballots yesterday...2 votes for Joe

[ancianita]

5. Great. And it's not as if the national mail infrastructure is not in place, right?

AND it's a federal crime to tamper with mail.

Any post office employee or officer that embezzles, steals, abstracts, or removes any of the contents of a letter, package, bag, or mail that has been entrusted to them to be conveyed through the mail and delivered is guilty of mail theft. Postal employee mail thieves are subject, pursuant to 18 U.S. Code, Section 1709, to fines and imprisonment for up to five years.

https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/mail-theft.html

[KewlKat]

7. We used a ballot drop off box. They didn't go thru the mail.

[ancianita]

8. Can they, though?