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Thursday, Sept. 29, - Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 5 Election coverage Begining with this week’s edition of the Shelton-Mason Journal, the paper will begin running a series of question-and-answer profiles with general election candidates. We will also > start running endorsement or opposition letters to the editor regarding candidates for'office and cantinue through the Oct. edition. No letters regarding candidates will be published in the Nov. 3 newspaper, which is the final edition prior to the Nov. 8 election. , - The Journal’s question-and-answer schedule, which is subject to change because of candidate availability, is as follows: This week — 'Congresional District 6, Assessor, Sheriff Oct. .6 — 35th District Senate, Auditor, Prosecutor Oct. 13 35th District Legislature Pos. 1, Clerk, Coroner Oct. — 35th District Legislature Pos. County Commissioner LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor’s note:'Steve Duenkel is a candidate for Mason County auditor. This letter is being published as a re- buttal toa previous letter. Letters by candidates for public ofiice in Mason County will generally not be published except in response to previous letters. Rebuttal to Ericson’s column Editor, the Journal, would like to respond to several points in Journal columnist Kirk Eric- son’s column in the Sept. 22 edition of the Journal. Washington state law mandates use of US. Elections Assistance Commis— sion (EAC) standards as the primary means to ensure that certification test ing validates voting machine integrity and reliability in election operations. The law also states that the secretary of state cannot approve a voting device unless it has been tested and certified by anEAC—designated independent testing authority. In March Secretary of State Kim Wyman issued a certificate des— ignating ClearVote 2.1 as a certified system. The secretary of state website claims that this system completed test- ing at an EAC-approved testing lab, though provides no copy of the test report. The secretary of state’s desig— nation is also at odds with the EAC’s own statement that ClearVote 2.1 “is not an EAC Certified system.” The EAC provided this statement in a recent re— sponse to a Freedom of Information Act request. With that, there are no cer- tification test plans or test results for ClearVote from any EAC-approved testing lab posted on the EAC’s website where all certified voting system ma-‘ chine test data is archived. Mason County upgraded its Clear Ballot voting system machine with ClearVote software in December and ran the elections in and the primary with it. Mason County will'be running the November general election with this sofli'vare as well. Clear Ballot offered to upgrade the Mason County voting system ma- chine with EAC Certified ClearVote in April but the currentAuditor refused the upgrade. Why is the audi— tor conducting our election operations with software that has not met EAC certification requirements rather than EAC Certified ClearVote 22? While KING News and the current auditor attempt to discredit the can- vassing work done by Mason County Voter Research Project, it is important to‘note that both ultimately admit that there are unresolved anomalies in our voter rolls. Our voter rolls are not cur— rent or correct. No one should be happy about this. PUD 3 Commissioner District 1 One of my priorities as auditor will be to educate voters on every aspect of our election system, so that the peo- ple understand what works well and where there are breaks in the chain of custody of ballots and other vulner— abilities where bad actors can influence the outcome of an election. Then, we will work together to make the system better. Steve Duenkel Republican candidate for Mason County auditor“ No on Rhodes, Duenkel Editor, the Journal, Steve Duenkel is a liar; he is trying to stoke a revolution with fear, and he has no basis for his claim that there is any illegitimacy or valid concern for the integrity of any election that has ever occurred here in Mason County. He lies when he says that he does, and he refuses to answer any questions about his lies. He also lacks literally any qualifications for the job that he is seeking. Duenkel is a danger to our democracy and to the peaceful status ’ quo of our nation. His cohort, Charles Rhodes, is running for county clerk against the experienced, esteemed and supremely qualified incumbent, Sharon Fogo. ' Mr. Rhodes was a failed candidate in for auditor, which is the office Mr. Dunkel is seeking now. Rhodes, like Duenkel, is a bufi‘oon and a danger to our form of govern— ment and way of life; like lying Steve Duenkel, Rhodes also lacks any qualifi- cations for the ofi‘ice that he seeks. These peoples’agenda is clearly . nothing other than the overthrow of our existing government. They are both traitors to our state and federal constitutions, and they are either stu- ' pid or wildly dishonest. believe that they are both delusional. Regardless, neither one is credible, trustworthy or reliable. Vote against both of them. Eric Valley Mason County The Duenkel‘lyknow Editor, the Jodrnal, am writing on behalf of Steve Duenkel, Republican candidate for Mason County auditor. have had the honor of knowing Steve for over years, eight years in a business capac- ity and the past 27 years as a personal and valued friend. Steve has'always displayed a high degree of integrity, responsibil— ity and ambition. He is articulate, open-minded, innovative and a proven leader,‘rather than a follower. Dur— ing our working years together at the Boeing company where was a factory superintendent, we worked on many corporate endeavors. One of these is a perfect example of his proven leader— ship. It was a program he helped im- plement called CQI, or Company Qual- ity Improvement. He is someone who was and always is looking for a way to improve existing conditions, methods and how to create a better tomorrow. Steve is an individual I know to be dedicated in both his personal and professional life. I wish him the very best on Nov. 8, and encourage the resi- dents of Mason County to consider him the best candidate for the position of auditor. William R. Richards Camano Island Watch for ba_|oriey Editor, the Journal, The truth is out! It is great that the voters of Mason County can now see what the “Voter Integrity Project” is all about thanks to Kirk Ericsori’s column and KING 5News. What is really going on, is that the ultraconservatives didn’t like the last election results for president, so they are working up their “Voter Integrity Project” to convince the public that there were almost countless moments , of voter fraud with “research” that is so bogus that a junior high science teach- er would be embarrassed. The back story is that these same people don’t want old, young, progressive and per- sons of color voters to be voting. ’ Mason County residents should be very suspect that Steve Duenkel and his ultracons‘ervativefiiends have an ulte- rior motive in disenfranchising many l people they disagree with politically. Especially when you look at the num- ber of blue Duenkel posters around the county that look like they cost more than the Mason County auditor’s sala— ry would be. Please keep your baloney detectors on high sensitivity. ' William Busaccai . Shelton Biden, Murray, Kilmer Editor, the Journal, We used to say I’m getting grocer- ies and I’m filling the gas tank. Now we say, should I buy groceries fill the gas tank? What happened? Sen. Patty Murray and US. Rep. Derek Kilmer aren’t helping us; they’re busily sup porting President Joe Biden’s policies. ' What are Biden policies? He has none, but he does have a record; infla- tion rate on inauguration day: District 3, Treasurer, today: The stock market has dropped about Americans who are saving for retirement, education, home ownership now have less savings. The mortgage rate has climbed from to since the start of the Biden presidency; a 3% gain in mort- gage interest prices. Sellers will have a harder time selling their houses and buyers will have a harder time getting a loan, which will cost mare. These fi- nancial reports, stock market results, rising interest rates show the failure of Biden/Murray/Kilmer policies. Now .theytell us the border crisis is Republicans’ fault. Democrat candi- dates think we’re stupid (and) lie to us. Watch, the voter response in the No; vember Journal. We’ll see how many fell for their lies. Should be interesting. I What does Patty say? She had a re- election commercial all about unlim- ited abortions; then she had another, different abortion re—election com— mercial. Neither commercial bragged about her success in Congress. No won- der, because she’s done nothing. We need a stable economy and lower infla- tion; Patty’s priority is killing the un— born. After 30 years of doing nothing, let’s term limit Patty Murray. Support Tiffany Smiley. She’s a great candidate while Patty’s a do-nothing politician with screwed-up priorities. Vote Tif- -~ fany Smiley for US. Senate. What’s the political history of Kilmer? Derek Kilm— er has never been a good representa- tive. Other than naming a post ofi'ice and having photo ops, can you name one thing he’s done? Is that what you sent him to Washington, DC, to do? Derek’s been in office too long without doing anything. If he did do something great, how come we haven’t heard about it? Let’s retire Kilmer and elect Elizabeth Kreiselmaier to Congress. Inflation, high prices, high mort- gage rates, border crisis, crime across the US. tells you the truth about Biden/Murray/Kilmer policies. Keep your eyes on the rising 'cost ofgrocer- ies, gas, more expensive loans, the fall- ing value of your home, your retirement, and your paycheck as well as crime statistics to know the truth. Has either Derek or Patty promoted refund the police afler their previous defund chants? These are the policies of Patty Murray and Derek Kilmer. Mur— ‘ ray and Kilmer can’t or won’t fix these problems. Which is worse, can’t or won’t? Our only option to correct these broken policies and candidate lies is . your vote. Let’s elect Tifi'any Smiley to the U.S.__ Senate and Elizabeth Kreisel— maier to Congress: . Ardean Anvik Shelton see LE TTERS, page