King County Voter Registration

My sister lives in NE Australia on the Great Barrier Reach with her husband Frank.  They built and run a B&B named Warrawong Lodge located in Clifton Beach 15 miles north of Cairns.  She sent me an email yesterday about dealing with the voter registration staff at King County (greater Seattle).

  

“Frank had used our UPS mailbox address for his voter registration. I used our old address because I knew you can’t have a po box for voter registration. King County caught up with Frank today. He was told he could use our previous address or the address of a friend or relative. He used your address.

King County needs a King County address in order to determine what people get to vote on, and what precinct our votes are in. Although I think we are not supposed to vote on local matters.

Anyway, just letting you know that Frank used your address. King County has our actual address in Australia, and our email addresses. They send us the ballot by email (we have to print it and mail it back).

The staff there are so pleasant and efficient. Among the best government workers ever.”

Elsewhere in America voter registration is being used as a blunt tool to bludgeon the disenfranchised into silence.  Here in King County, voter registration is used as a tool to get input from all citizens.

I am grateful for how King County government and staff handle voter registration issues.