Jason Osgood

The office of Secretary of State Sam Reed has launched a new effort to reach out to voters and encourage participation in the electoral process. The campaign, called "I Will Vote", establishes a presence on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter that provide information about the election and provides a forum for sharing opinions and photos with other voters in the state.

 "It is one of my biggest priorities to engage younger voters, and it has also been a major goal to stay up-to-date with the technology that is dominating the way information is shared," said Reed. "I'm excited to say I Will Vote does both. We are looking forward to seeing visual proof of just how many people in Washington State are dedicated to having a say in the voting process this year."

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Washington's slate of statewide candidates gave speeches this afternoon after becoming the official nominees of the party.

Peter Goldmark, Jason Osgood, and John Ladenburg all spoke on behalf of their candidacy with a few digs at their opponents. Recaps below the fold. 

Jason Osgood, the only democrat to earn accolades from the right-wing bloggers at Sound Politics, is making an unusual run to the right of Republican incumbent Secretary of State Sam Reed.

The Seattle Times' David Postman is reporting that Jason Osgood, a 40 year old computer programmer and prominent blogger from Seattle, will file as a Democrat for Secretary of State. Osgood, who has never run for office before, gained some press last year when he helped stop King County from spending a third of a million dollars on an ill-conceived ballot tracking program.

Postman goes further into Osgood's opposition to ballot tracking, Secretary of State Sam Reed's standing in the election reform crowd in his article, found here.