Letter to the Editor: Was your vote counted if mailed on Election Day?

To the Editor:

A hundred or more Grant County voters in Zip Code 988 were disenfranchised because their ballots were postmarked after November 7. County and state election officials recognize this problem, as apparently some, if not many, ballots were mailed on November 7. Since these local ballots went to the Wenatchee postal processing center, they apparently were postmarked after the 7th.

This unintentional disenfranchisement punishes many people throughout the state. People believe that if they mail their ballot on Election Day, it will be counted. Many people evidently do not know that th...