In Our View: Change the Date; Washington Flirts with Florida-Like Problem As Long As Primary Is in Mid-September

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If Florida's election system was the disgrace and the laughingstock of the country after the 2000 presidential election, Washington state's system is a legal and political train wreck waiting to happen. If our legislators don't do something about it, the wreck is inevitable.

That dire prediction is from elections officials across the state. They make a strong case for advancing the state's mid- September primary to late August, or earlier.

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In Our View: Change the Date; Washington Flirts with Florida-Like Problem As Long As Primary Is in Mid-September

But first ...

. The U.S. Department of Justice was so concerned that Washington state would not get its general election ballots in the mail to overseas t...

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