If poll voting dies, RCV could be partly responsible
Today’s story about Pat McCarthy wanting to do away with poll voting because of a pinched county budget sparked my memory of an exchange I had with Auditor Jan Shabro earlier this year. I wrote to...
View ArticleTime to pull the plug on poll voting
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Poll voting’s time is up, sad to say. Pierce County has gone to heroic lengths to keep tradition alive. But this once-proud civic custom is but a...
View ArticleAt what cost should county keep poll voting?
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. Pierce County is facing a hard-knocks budget that would send more people to the unemployment line, give thieves a freer reign and stymie efforts...
View ArticleCensus may throw county a curve
Reader Emelyn McKay of University Place had an interesting question after reading our editorial about legislation that would force Pierce County to go to all-mail voting. The editorial grudgingly...
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