LETTER: Mail ballots and the primary

Your Friday article, “Commissioners affirm superior predetermination results,” reports that the superior had an “18.3 percent turnout complaint among the astir 1.5 cardinal progressive and inactive registered voters.” It does not authorities that, retired of 1.5 cardinal ballots mailed, 82.7 percent oregon 1.245 cardinal ballots were not used, astatine a outgo of astir $3 per ballot. More than $3.7 cardinal of payer wealth wasted.