Letter: An informed vote for a candidate out of the area
Dori Gilmour, candidate for Richland City Council Position 7, has made comments to the media following the election about uninformed voters who voted for a candidate who has moved out of the area.
I am not uninformed. I voted for Greg Jones because I knew it was the only possible way to prevent her from getting a seat. I also made sure that the many other people who were opposed to her understood the election rules and encouraged them to do the same.
The fact that she made a statement on election night that the voter turnout was only 18 percent when, in fact, that number did not include the 45 percent of the votes that had not yet been counted shows who is not informed about the election process, which is kinda scary.
Albert Chu, Richland
This story was originally published November 24, 2015 at 4:48 PM with the headline "Letter: An informed vote for a candidate out of the area."