Interesting interview re postal voting (and Trump) and how it should and does work.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-washington-state-holds-its-elections-by-mail
As the Trump Administration escalates its campaign to gut the U.S. Postal Service and discourage voting by mail, Washington’s Secretary of State, Kim Wyman, has emerged as an advocate for mail voting. After a particularly inflammatory tweet in which President Trump suggested delaying the November election, Wyman released a statement inviting Trump to Washington State to “see firsthand” what safe and secure mail voting looks like.
Wyman is an expert on the voting-by-mail process. A Republican who has served as Washington’s secretary of state since 2013, she has spent much of her tenure insuring the safety and fairness of elections in one of the five states that conducts almost all of its voting by mail. Recently, she has been taking calls from leaders in other states because mail-in ballots are expected to reach record numbers across the country over the next three months.
I recently spoke with Wyman by phone. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed her biggest concerns about states quickly ramping up mail voting, what she thinks is really going on with the Postal Service, and why she remains a member of the Republican Party.