Iconsider myself an informed voter. I take a lot of time to go over the races and candidates, reading all the fine print in the voter’s guide.

And yet, I screwed up, and so did thousands of my fellow Snohomish County voters.

Perhaps I should spend more time reading all the information that came with my ballot. If I had, I wouldn’t have undervoted in the County Charter Review Commission race. I ripped off that sleeve and went right to the ballot. That sleeve explained that voters are supposed to choose three people in each district on the commission, not one. I didn’t see that. I also didn’t catch that on my ballot. I was too confident in my ability.

I am one of the 17,335 voters in District 4 (as of the initial count on Nov. 4) who did not choose three people. Eighty-one percent of my

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