Political parties ask court to order state-run PCO elections
Washington state Democrats and Republicans have gone to court to try to keep the state in the business of running election of party precinct committee officers. The case in Thurston County Superior Court is set for hearing at 9 a.m. on March 23. The parties asked the court on Thursday to set aside new regulations by the Secretary of State’s Elections Division that ends the practice of PCO elections being included on the state Top 2 Primary ballot. The party…