Auditor: Careful what you say about rivals in voter pamphlet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — In the voter guide posted online by the Secretary of State’s Office, Republican Susan Hutchison doesn’t mince words in why she’s trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell

“Our people deserve better than an ineffective Senator seeking an underserved 4th term,” begins her online candidate statement. “You are fed up with Seattle’s harmful polices (sic) which she accepts and supports — policies that jeopardize our future. You want a Senator who votes your pocketbook, not hers.”

But those aren’t the words 450,000 voters in Snohomish County’s will read in the pamphlet that county election officials are preparing to mail them for the Aug. 7 primary.


They’ll get this politically sanitized version: “Our people deserve better than an ineffective Senator. You are fed up with Seattle’s harmful policies — polices (sic) that jeopardize our future. You want a Senator who votes your pocketbook.”

It wasn’t Hutchison who took out the inferences to Cantwell. It was Snohomish County Auditor Carolyn Weikel. And Hutchison, former chairwoman of the state Republican Party, is peeved.

“There’s no reason Snohomish County should be censoring the free speech rights of candidates,” Hutchison said. “Elections are about choices and people can’t have choices unless contrasts are drawn.”

Weikel, a veteran elections officer, cited a section of the county administrative rules concerning voter pamphlets that empowers her to reject statements deemed to be inappropriate. The statement — and those of 11 other hopefuls on the ballot in Snohomish County — ran afoul of a provision barring a candidate from referring to or commenting on their opponent, she said.

We just want this publication to be about the candidate and what they bring to the table,” Weikel said. “In this particular publication, which is paid for with taxpayer dollars, you don’t get to say whatever you want to say about your opponent.”

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Whoever wrote the pamphlet in the first place is in sad

need of some grammar, usage, and vocabulary lessons.

Underserved and undeserved are two different words with two entirely different meanings. Are are polices and policies. And that's completely aside from what may or may not be appropriate to say in a political pamphlet.

[Wounded Bear]

2. At least this election will be done before it gets to the SC for Republicanizing...