An editorial in today's Tacoma News Tribune warns any new hires in the administration of Temporary Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA) to rent, not buy living quarters in Olympia.

Newly minted Gov. Christine Gregoire is putting up a brave front, but deep down she has to be feeling a little like the office temp who doesn’t know whether she’ll have a job in a few weeks. Gregoire spent Friday interviewing job candidates and hopes to have key positions in her office filled soon.

Some advice to those who accept any of those jobs: Don’t burn your bridges at your current workplace, and don’t sell your house and buy another in Olympia. Rent a place and wait for the state Supreme Court to give the all-clear.

And the TNT says election reform should include means to prevent voters with homes in two states from voting in both states.

The state Republican Party has been searching high and low for evidence that the 2004 gubernatorial race was so badly botched that it needs a do-over. High on the list of alleged goofs: Some felons whose right to vote had not been reinstated cast ballots.

One group the Republicans don’t seem too interested in, however, are folks with second homes in other states. How many of them do you suppose voted both in Washington and, say, in Riverside County, Calif. – home to Palm Springs and Palm Desert?

Other states have found that it’s not unusual at all for people with second or temporary residences to vote in both places. There’s nothing – except federal law and individual honesty – to prevent people from double-dipping at the polls because states don’t exchange voter registration lists.

Although the problem of duplicate voting isn’t likely to be addressed during this revote debate, it’s a good issue for both parties to focus on in the future. After all, democracy is all about one person, one vote.

Two recent Sound Politics posts in which readers share their views on election reform are here, and here.

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