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Let me contrast the repugnant arson of a ballot drop-box in Vancouver, Washington, early Monday with what I saw that afternoon at the Spokane County Elections Office. Like me, lots of people were there to drop off ballots, and many walked them right up to the office door. I’d just come from lunch with a friend who was about to text her son a reminder to update his registration in person because he’d moved.

Right to vote should unite us all

With a week and a half left before the general election, Americans might be ready to vote overwhelmingly for the best innovation of the late 20th century.

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Time to move on. It’s been nine years of meeting a weekly Spokesman-Review deadline, anchoring my calendar and shaping my schedule. Thinking, researching, and pulling together 800 or so words I’m willing to take flak for, every seven days. It is enough.

Incumbents have advantages in name recognition and fundraising, challengers virtue signal as outsiders. Two seats in Spokane’s 3rd Legislative District are open and one incumbent has a bye. Democrats are counting on holding the open seats to secure a lock on power in the House and Senate. Republicans hope to return diversity to government in Olympia.

Titanic accurately describes the size of the homelessness problem in all major cities, but a sinking ship is an unusual analogy for highlighting success in managing urban homelessness.

Dear Kiantha,