Governing: Voting by mail may seem so familiar in Washington state these days as to be baked into our civic culture. But the ballots landing in residents’ mailboxes next month are the product of decades of experiments and reforms — sometimes painful ones — as local and state election officials gradually reimagined a new way for public participation.
Washington’s story also contradicts President Donald Trump’s attempts this year to disparage mail voting as he trails in the polls. Trump has sought to cast doubt on the coming election results by suggesting Democrats are pursuing mail voting in an effort to commit fraud and win the election.
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