Gordon Forgey

Tuesday was election day.

You might have missed it.

Election day in Washington is not what it used to be.

Not so long ago, voters went to their precinct polling places.

There they ran through a gauntlet of precinct workers. Then it was off to the voting booth. A variety of contraptions was used, but invariably they offered absolute privacy. The last job was to personally put the marked ballot in a locked box. “I Voted” stickers were available.

The precinct workers would then make sure the executed ballots, still in locked boxes, safely reached the courthouse and were handed over to the correct...