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Months after the 2020 election, lawmakers are considering a slew of election-related proposals.
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Updated on Monday, March 8 at 8:13 a.m.
Marvin Eng places his ballot inside a ballot drop-off box outside of New Holly Gathering Hall in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
The 2020 election ended months ago, but politicians in Olympia haven’t lost interest in one of their favorite topics: election reform.
Proposals on the legislative agenda this year range across the spectrum, from ranked-choice voting to a proposal to go back to in-person voting. Whether any of these proposals will make it to the governor’s desk is unknown, but the sheer breadth and depth of this year’s election reform bills are impressive.