State Rep. Janelle Bynum wants legislative inquiry into Clackamas County ballot delays
By Dirk VanderHart (OPB)
May 19, 2022 4:34 p.m.
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“When voters vote they deserve efficient, transparent election processes to determine who wins those elections,” Bynum said. “The notion that vote counting may continue until the middle of June is unreasonable and untenable.”
While Hall and her staff knew about the ballot problem for weeks before the primary deadline, elected officials at all levels of government became alarmed on Election Night, when the state’s third-most populous county was unable to report the vast majority of votes cast there.
Hall told county commissioners this week that tens of thousands of ballots had to be counted, and that she could commit to completing the process by the June 13 vote certification deadline.
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“The Clackamas County elections division is run by Republican Sherry Hall,” Blumenauer wrote. “She has a long track record of mistakes, misdeeds, and failed oversight of elections in Clackamas County.”
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/19/state-rep-janelle-bynum-wants-legislative-inquiry-into-clackamas-county-ballot-delays/
I am officially hysterical about this situation.
