Amen, time.com. Amen.
"However, there is considerable confusion about the process, and the state party admits to being "overwhelmed" by calls from Democratic voters seeking guidance. Washington, in an arrangement that even local political leaders find bizarre, has both a caucus on Feb. 9 and a primary on Feb. 19, meaning that voters are currently staring at mail-in primary ballots at the same time as they're trying to figure out their caucus locations. Even more confusing, Democrats use only the caucuses to apportion delegates, making the primary effectively meaningless for them, while Republicans use the caucuses to apportion 19 of their 40 delegates and their primary to apportion the rest. (The situation has an acrimonious, and convoluted history that involves a controversial victory by televangelist Pat Robertson in the state's 1988 Republican caucuses, which prompted an intervention by the state legislature that resulted in the still unresolved caucus-and-primary problem.)" from The Confusing Battle for Washington State
So, that bit about staring at ballots while trying to figure out my caucus location? That exactly described my situation this afternoon, sitting on my bed with ballots around me while I tried to figure out what precinct I'm in and where it meets. As it turns out, it's on the other side of Pullman, on a street forebodingly named Crestview.
So, that bit about staring at ballots while trying to figure out my caucus location? That exactly described my situation this afternoon, sitting on my bed with ballots around me while I tried to figure out what precinct I'm in and where it meets. As it turns out, it's on the other side of Pullman, on a street forebodingly named Crestview.