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Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2008 12:30 Written by rslcpol Friday, 8 August 2008 12:30
From the Bellingham Herald:
Glenn Burden spotted it. Burden is a Fircrest resident and Tacoma schoolteacher who helps disabled students transition from school to work. He’s also my neighbor. (Note to other neighbors: I’ve got dibs on claiming Glenn as my partner the next time we play Trivial Pursuit.)
Burden wrote a letter to Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office to point out the error. Reed’s office wrote back to say it was an “unfortunate mistake.” The office fixed the guide’s online version and assured “more care will be taken in the future.”
The oath in the voters’ guide is actually the oath taken by members of Congress, the vice president, members of the president’s Cabinet, federal judges and folks in civil service and the military. It’s set out in Title 5 of the U.S. Code.