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Perez says she’ll fight to protect mail voting

Constitution is clear on issue, lawmaker says

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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, talks with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. During their meeting, the pair discussed the Trump administration’s threat to end vote-by-mail election options. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, talks with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. During their meeting, the pair discussed the Trump administration’s threat to end vote-by-mail election options. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, looks over a handicapped-accessible voting machine with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The machines allow people with disabilities to vote at the elections office and produce a paper ballot that is then counted with other Clark County voters’ mail-in ballots on Election Day. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, looks over a handicapped-accessible voting machine with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The machines allow people with disabilities to vote at the elections office and produce a paper ballot that is then counted with other Clark County voters’ mail-in ballots on Election Day. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez,D-Skamania, talks to the media after touring the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 24.

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez,D-Skamania, talks to the media after touring the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 24.

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey talk about the process of verifying and counting mail-in ballots during a tour of the Clark County Elections Office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey talk about the process of verifying and counting mail-in ballots during a tour of the Clark County Elections Office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, talks with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey during a tour at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 24. Perez said she supports mail-in voting, calling it “the gold standard in election security” among voting methods in the United States. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, talks with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey during a tour at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 24. Perez said she supports mail-in voting, calling it “the gold standard in election security” among voting methods in the United States. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Following a meeting with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey and a tour of the recently remodeled and expanded Clark County Elections Office last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said she is a firm believer in Washington’s vote-by-mail system and that she will fight to protect it while in Washington, D.C.

With mail-in paper ballots, “there’s no ambiguity,” Perez said. “They’re the gold standard in election security.”

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