Sam Reed
Sam Reed
Sam Reed was the Secretary of State of Washington and a Republican. Reed was Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State. He opted not to run for a fourth term, and retired in January 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth18 October 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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It's hard to believe that unscrupulous people would take advantage of the public's generosity at times like these, but it does happen,
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One of the biggest problems we have is people not following instructions properly when they're voting,
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The reports we're getting really from throughout the state as well as King County, ... is that the county elections people are being very, very diligent.
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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We have in mind it being a very prominent building where people can come to learn about Washington state, the territorial history and the culture,
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Their duty as a citizen is to vote, and to vote properly.
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We've been checking around the state and everybody says things are going great,
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After going through that gubernatorial recount and its aftermath, you know confidence was shaken, ... So it's very important that we have good elections this time.
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As a consequence, Americans are more comfortable in India because of human freedom and democracy.
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More than half the states that will miss the voting-equipment deadline will have signed contracts with vendors.
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But those states that are not going to comply by Jan. 1 have been in touch with the Department of Justice. The agency has taken the practical position it is going to work with us, and we are making good-faith efforts to comply by the next federal election. I know of no state that is going to be sued for noncompliance.
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But frankly, if there were any real problems, we would have seen them yesterday,
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It seems like our calls run in spurts. There was a three-month period where we didn't pull the trucks out of the building and then we had nine calls in two weeks that were either EMS or fire calls.
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It's got fewer miles than any of the other ambulances.