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Rigged election? Hogwash

Donald Trump’s claims that the presidential election could be “rigged” was denounced as irresponsible by Washington’s chief elections officer and next to impossible by her counterpart in Idaho.

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican, said she had “full and complete confidence” in the elections system, despite recent comments by her party’s nominee.

“This kind of baseless accusation is irresponsible and threatens to undermine voter confidence on this most basic foundation of democracy,” Wyman said in a statement Tuesday. “Every eligible ballot will be handled securely and tabulated carefully and accurately.”

Tim Hurst, chief deputy secretary of state for Idaho, bluntly rejected Trump’s claims of possible voter fraud.

“He doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Hurst said. “It’s almost, but not quite, impossible to do that.”

The two states have very different voting systems, but Wyman and Hurst said separately that each is secure/Jim Camden, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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