WA Secretary of State Accused of Voter Suppression After Mailing Mistranslated Spanish Voters Guides

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October has been rough for Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman.

In addition to being accused of committing campaign finance fraud (trial date pending), Wyman, who is up for reelection this year, is also under fire for mailing out thousands of incorrect Spanish language voters guides in mid-October.

After being threatened with a lawsuit by the Washington State Central Democratic Committee and calls from other organizations including OneAmerica Votes, Wyman's office announced on Monday that they will send out about 136,000 letters to Spanish-speaking homes to notify them of the translation error, The Associated Press reports. (Last week, the office only planned to send out 647 letters to people in custody of the Department of Corrections who weren't incarcerated for a felony, said Brian Zylstra, deputy communications director for the Secretary of State's office.)

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/11/01/24658936/wa-secretary-of-state-accused-of-voter-suppression-after-mailing-mistranslated-spanish-voters-guides

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1. And naturally us taxpayers will foot the bill. n/t