Voters reminded to heed changes to WA primary process

PULLMAN, Washington State lawmakers passed a rule for the presidential primary election that is getting mixed reviews from voters.

Washington State voters must now mark which political party they are a part of. They are only allowed to vote for
one person in one of the parties and both boxes must match in order for your vote to be counted.

This brings up the fear of votes not counting because people either don’t know what they are supposed to do or think it will keep them registered in that party forever.

Joseph Bolton, a political science teacher at WSU believes this new rule could make the large number of independent voters in the state not want to vote. This could drastically change the amount of people who vote for the primary election, which is already less than the amount in the general election.

There is also a concern by voters of having their political party being public information. The Primary voting is public information for 60 days. While it isn’t completely known as to why the two parties voted to have this added measure in the primary voting. It hasn’t been met with too much excitement as it has some consistent voters questioning if voting is worth it.