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Secretary of State wants names of voters whose ballots were collected by GOP Victory Van

This is the letter that Katie Blinn, co-director of elections at the secretary of state’s office, sent to the King County political parties, the state parties and the gubernatorial campaigns today requesting information about any ballots collected by their staff or volunteers.

KIM BRADFORD; Staff writer
Published: Nov. 6, 2012 at 3:31 p.m. PST
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This is the letter that Katie Blinn, co-director of elections at the secretary of state’s office, sent to the King County political parties, the state parties and the gubernatorial campaigns today requesting information about any ballots collected by their staff or volunteers.

The request comes in the wake of reports that Republicans collected suburban King County voters’ ballots over the weekend.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2012/11/06/secretary-of-state-wants-names-of-voters-whose-ballots-were-collected-by-gop-victory-van/

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