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WA Voters Ride Wave of Campaign Momentum

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Friday, February 15, 2008   

Olympia, WA – February 19 is Washington's "Super Tuesday," but some folks complain that it's not so "super" having our primary election after so many other states have already held theirs. Secretary of State Sam Reed disagrees, however. He says this year, the Washington primaries are especially important because the political campaigns have been so competitive. Even for Democrats, who don't assign any of their convention delegates based on the Washington primary results, Reed says the results will be critical to the candidates' momentum.

"What comes out of this state, in terms of the 'buzz,' the momentum of showing who can actually win an election in the second-largest state in the Western United States, is going to be very important."

Reed says Washington will set the tone for the presidential campaigns as they head into the Ohio and Texas races in March. He adds only seven or eight percent of Washingtonians participated in the state caucuses earlier this month, whereas he's expecting 47 percent of voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's primary.

He cites a number of big priorities that should concern voters, including international trade, the Hanford nuclear waste cleanup, and protection for federal forest lands. All hinge, at least in part, on who's in the Oval Office.

"A quarter of a trillion dollars is spent in this state by the federal government in one presidential term, so this is a very important election, as far as we're concerned."

A reminder: Monday is a federal holiday, so ballots must be mailed by Saturday in order to reach their destinations and be counted on the 19th. Only Pierce and King County voters have the option of going to polling places; everywhere else, the ballots are cast by mail.

Perhaps ironically, the Secretary of State's Election Office also is closed on Monday, but details about the primary are available on the agency's Web site, www.secstate.wa.gov.



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