http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/jonathan_bechtleArticles by JONATHAN BECHTLE, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 22:25:43 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 22:25:43 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/009955.htmlOn Wednesday, Representative Hunt (22nd District-Thurston) introduced House Bill 2833, a 70-page bill that scours any mention of precinct polling places from the law. Since Pierce is the only county not vote-by-mail or moving in that direction, the ...Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:49:28 GMThttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/009955.htmlhttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/007463.htmlElections went smoothly in many places around the nation on Tuesday, but Denver wasn't one of them. This year Douglas County, one of the counties in which Denver is located, tried out the new regional voting center model pioneered successfully by ...Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:50:49 GMThttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/007463.htmlRon Simshttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/007012.htmlSound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State From the poll: Are you confident that Washington has overcome the problems that hindered the 2004 Election and that there will be no problems with the 2006 Election? Yes 14% ...Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:34:23 GMThttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/007012.htmlhttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/006894.htmlSound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State Secretary Reed will be on "The Conversation" with Ross Reynolds today at 1:00 to discuss the astounding primary ballot error rate. While I'm sure Reed will focus on ...Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:06:30 GMThttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/006894.htmlhttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/006735.htmlSecond, Ramsey opines that this is just the most recent example of how public sector unions make it nearly impossible to fire incompetent people. Now, the new head of elections in King County will have a leadership team consisting of Garth ...Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:03:02 GMThttp://soundpolitics.com/archives/006735.htmlhttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006309.htmlThis morning's Seattle Times discussing the mysterious absence of Dean Logan, and his staffers' attempts to explain his whereabouts. Where was elections chief Dean Logan on Monday when the Metropolitan King County Council debated a ...Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:11:54 GMThttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006309.htmlhttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006295.htmlThis morning the the , and the ran stories on the vote-by-mail debate at the King County council meeting yesterday afternoon. One interesting point mentioned by Keith Ervin of the Times: "A council staff report said 10 of about 50 ...Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:12:41 GMThttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006295.htmlhttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006269.htmlHowever you feel about vote-by-mail, this is a good opportunity to make known any concerns or thoughts you have about the ordinance. I hope as many as possible of you folks who live in King County will attend and make your voices heard. ...Wed, 31 May 2006 18:10:49 GMThttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006269.htmlhttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006260.htmlMany of the recent posts and comments about vote-by-mail have mentioned the cost factor, but few have been able to cite hard facts about what the cost really is. I'm not going to try to do that, but I have run across some documents that may shed ...Sat, 27 May 2006 00:11:03 GMThttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006260.htmlhttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006258.htmlBob Edelman has been following up on the strange cases of and . In both of these cases, the registration and voting information is so close that it appears highly likely these are duplicate registrations. If true, both situations are also cases ...Thu, 25 May 2006 20:08:57 GMThttp://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006258.html