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King County Republicans call for election of vote chief

BELLEVUE -- King County would have an elected auditor oversee elections under a proposal by Republicans on the King County Council.

King County Elections Director Dean Logan is under fire for mistakes his department made in counting hundreds of ballots in the historically close governor's election last fall.

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Hague said Saturday that if the proposal does not make it through the Democrat-dominated council, "I will personally be leading an initiative campaign" to get the proposal on the ballot.

Sims said, "It sounds more promising than it actually delivers in results." He said adding an elected position contradicts the message from voters who approved a 2004 charter amendment reducing the King County Council from 13 to nine members. "People want fewer elected officials," he said.