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USE THE CORRECT POSTAGE. 42¢ONE BALLOT PER ENVELOPE. Your signature must be matched to a ballot. If there are multiple ballots in an envelope, then only one ballot (chosen randomly) will be counted.

MAIL YOUR BALLOT ON TIME. Thousands of votes each election don’t get counted because the postmark is later than election day. If you’re going to mail your ballot, it must be postmarked by November 4th.

Here's a video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2mRsT794I

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Vote by mail instruction video

By Fair Elections for Washington - Oct 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pm EDT

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I received this email and thought people could benefit from it:

Dear Citizens, Volunteers and Organizers,

We've created a professional video that shows people how to vote using a mail in ballot in WA State. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2mRsT794I Open records search revealed that in 2004 there were 30,000 ballots cast that were not counted in the State of Washington because of improperly marked ballots, ballots sent in too late, and other avoidable errors. A group of concerned citizens decided to get together to create a video to help people properly use their mail-in ballots. Please help us spread the word about this important video. We also have a 1:36 min version for telecast if you know of any station that would be willing to air it as a Public Service Announcement. Spokesperson: Vivian Phillips
Producer/Director: Terry Simpson
Editor: James Culbertson
Camera: Gordon Modin
Audio: Fernando A. Labarthe

Special Thanks to Rose Smith, Beth Hester, and Seattle Channel (21) for providing the studioAdditional thanks: Megan and Bobbi from KC Elections, Elisabeth Walter, Randi Rohde and Jean Hamilton. Pass it on to any group or organization that has access to voters. Thanks for your support.

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Are you really registered to vote?

By Fair Elections for Washington - Aug 29th, 2008 at 8:04 pm EDT

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Secretary of State Sam Reed brags about removing 400,000 names from the voting records. I did some checking and I'm uneasy about the figures I found.

The Washington State Voter Registration Database was launched in January 2006, as required by the Help America Voter Act.

On this page: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/vrdb/VRDBFaq.aspx
there is a graphic showing voter registration database transactions
The first two categories can be disregarded because they fluctuate month-to-month depending on voter activity. However the next three are stable and do not add up to 400,000

Canceled a duplicate registration 2006-July 2008 = 53,782
Cancelled deceased voters 2006-July 2008 = 85,884
Cancelled felon registrations 2006-July 2008 = 8,807
Total = 148,433

Where are the other quarter million voters? Why aren't they accounted for in the numbers the Sec. of State tracks? What criteria were used to remove the voters?

Will poll voters be in for a rude surprise when they discover they aren't registered this November?

Is your name one of the quarter million names purged from the voter rolls without explanation?

Check here to make sure: http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/VoterVault/Pages/VoterVaultDetails.aspx
Pass this information to your friends in WA State. Protecting our voter registration is the responsibility of each and every one of us.

Don't let a Republican Secretary of State steal this election. Vote for Jason Osgood this November. Let's get someone in that office who is computer savvy and dedicated to election integrity.

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