Fell has proved proficiency at Snohomish County elections post

By The Herald Editorial Board

At several points in our lives residents in Snohomish County rely on the services of the county auditor’s office, responsible for recording and filing marriage licenses and other legal documents, including vehicle and vessel licenses and businesses licenses; for licensing pets and kennels, taking animal complaints and reconnecting lost and found pets and livestock with their owners.

Oh, and for those elections that roll around two or more times a year, with the office responsible for registering voters, sending out and collecting ballots and tallying and reporting votes.

This year’s primary election for the nonpartisan office features a rematch of the 2019 race with one-term incumbent auditor Garth Fell again facing former auditor’s office co-worker Cindy Gobel, but joined by an additional player, former Republican state Rep. Robert Sutherland, of Granite Falls, who lost his seat to fellow Republican Sam Low in last year’s election.

Fell and Gobel both offer extensive past experience in elections management, while Sutherland, following the 2020 presidential election, was one of several local Republicans who cast doubt on that election’s integrity. Sutherland, in reporting Thursday by The Herald’s Sydney Jackson, holds that “a significant number of voters have lost confidence in our elections.”

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Sutherland should get the tinfoil hat vote.