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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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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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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We've been checking around the state and everybody says things are going great,
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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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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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When you are in Hull and have to wait for a Pittsfield ambulance, it's at least 25 minutes. We'll respond and evaluate and provide what assistance and care that we can. The paramedic on board the ALS unit will give us instructions.
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We get a lot of calls to the Hannibal/Quincy exchange. It seems like there are a lot of accidents there, especially for traffic leaving Hannibal and going north to Quincy.
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I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
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When you're not having to deal with all those polling sites it simplifies one's life considerably,
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We were supposed to get it the first of December.
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But frankly, if there were any real problems, we would have seen them yesterday,
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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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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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