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Wounded Bear

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Wed Mar 1, 2017, 02:25 PM Mar 2017

How this blue state is handling voter suppression...

[font size =3]State Senate OKs bill to add hundreds of ballot drop boxes[/font]
JERRY CORNFIELDWed Mar 1st, 2017 5:23amNEWS

OLYMPIA — A Monroe lawmaker’s bill that could more than double the number of ballot drop boxes in Washington is on its way to the state House after sailing through the Senate.

On Monday, senators approved the legislation 49-0 with Republicans and Democrats predicting it will boost participation of voters by making it easier for them to return their ballots.

“This is really important for people in the rural areas,” said Sen. Kirk Pearson, R-Monroe, the bill’s sponsor.

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