Evan Smith: Limited voting in Conservation District election

Commentary/ Evan Smith

Voters in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and other parts of King County apparently elected Max Prinsen of Renton as a King Conservation District supervisor, with 42 percent of the vote.

I wasn’t one of the voters even though there was a polling place at the Shoreline Library. I need an accessible machine to vote. At other elections, I can use an accessible voting machine or have someone help me complete an absentee ballot. But Tuesday, someone at the Conservation District told me that there were no such accommodations in this election.

A contractor, not the County elections department, ran the election for the Conservation District.