[Hoot Gibson]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Everyone say it with me: WASHINGTON STATE  HAS HAD THIS TYPE OF VOTING FOR OVER A DECADE.

VOTER FRAUD WHILE IT HAS HAPPENED IS VERY LOW!!!

Repeating a lie, even in ALL CAPS does not make your statements true. When some elections are decided by razor thin margins, a fraud rate of well under one percent (e.g, 1,000 out of every 1,000,000 votes cast) is very significant. Every fraudulent vote cancels a lawful vote.

Many states have very "dirty" voter rolls that contain many dead people and people who no longer reside in the same state. Democrats pushed for unsolicited mail in ballots without supporting cleaning up voter rolls first and while opposing photo IDs for voters to facilitate fraud. There is no good reason for requiring voters to request absentee ballots and many good reasons for working to minimize opportunities for voter fraud.