County Auditor: No need for feds to meddle with state or local elections
EVERETT — For the U.S. Department of Justice to even consider criminal charges against state or local elections officials for inadequate voting systems makes no sense to Snohomish County Auditor Garth Fell.
As the person responsible for overseeing local elections in the county, Fell said existing safeguards provide more than adequate security and transparency for voters.
“The system that’s been in place for years in this country, where there’s local administration of elections that ensures you have processes that work for local communities,” he said in a June 3 interview. “You’re going to find that all counties take the same level of care to ensure that their vote counting systems and ballots are securely stored and that there’s a secure, accurate, fair elections process.”
Fell was referring to a recent New York Times story on July 2 about the Trump administration exploring the possibility of criminal charges against state and local officials if computer systems are deemed improperly safeguarded.
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