How a blue state Republican became the face of mail voting

On Behalf of WEA’s More Conservative Members #47 How a blue state Republican became the face of mail voting https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-07-30/kim-wyman-washington-vote-by-mail-trump?fbclid=IwAR3xuhcfso-fYa7M0fTF-10PKAU7zRQjIB-3TPgDAR35nr-XW9ZeMeHLBrs 7.31.20 WEA endorsed Kim Wyman in 2012 & 2016. They seemed to understand that experience and training are important, just as they are in the educational professions. But, for reasons that I find hard to understand, WEA has chosen to endorse a Democratic legislator with no training or experience in running elections. And that’s why I have begun this effort to make clear to WEA’s “More Conservative Members” that they should not only vote for Wyman but also work to get other WEA members to do the same. Here’s what the Los Angeles Times has to say about Sec. of State Kim Wyman. ------- “As the rapid spread of the coronavirus made it clear that the 2020 election cycle would have to accommodate social distancing, reporters and election officials across the country started reaching out to Washington’s two-term secretary of state to discuss the vote by mail system she oversees.” “Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state, Kyle Ardoin, said he started talking to Wyman in late February, weeks before the state delayed its April 4 primary. Ardoin said Wyman was an “absolute wealth of information” but was clear about the challenges expanding absentee ballots would pose. “Wyman, known nationally as an expert on mail voting, became a go-to resource for election officials scrambling to adapt. The blue state Republican was elected secretary of state in 2012, a year after the Washington Legislature voted to transition all counties to mail balloting. Before that, she spent two decades working on elections in Thurston County, home to Olympia, the capital.” “Secretary Wyman is unique among secretaries of state in that she was a local election official,” said Amber McReynolds, the CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute and the former director of Denver’s elections. “She has a very clear understanding of the needs of local election officials and she’s always very particular in her attention to that.” ---------------- Ken Mortland is a member of WEA-Retired, continuing a long career of activism in WEA/NEA. He is also a lifelong Republican and a member of Mainstream Republicans of WA Board.

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