Lingering echoes of 2020 disruption
In Oregon and Washington, the pandemic caused comparatively less disruption to normal elections processes than in other states, because both had already used vote-by-mail systems. Oregon implemented full vote-by-mail in 1998, and Washington made the switch in 2011.
Still, the states were not exempt from skepticism among residents about the 2020 general election — first about the outcome of the presidential election and later the security of the whole system.
Many people’s questions have centered on whether the states conduct audits of their elections processes and on the security of the machines that tally the paper ballots.
Like Burgess, Holmes has also heard concerns that
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