Michele Jaderlund (Grant County Auditor, Washington, candidate 2022)
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Michele Jaderlund (Republican Party) ran for election to the Grant County Auditor in Washington. She was on the ballot in the primary on August 2, 2022.[source]
Jaderlund completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Grant County Auditor
Michele Jaderlund and Richard Stevens ran in the primary for Grant County Auditor on August 2, 2022.
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michele Jaderlund completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jaderlund's responses.
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Thirty one years ago I began working for Grant County. I quickly grew to love the people that I worked with and enjoyed working with the public. My aspirations were to do a good job and continue to challenge myself. After seven years I applied for a position in the Auditors office. I knew the people who worked there and was ready for the change. It didn’t take long to realize this was a complex job that required perfection every day. When you are dealing with paychecks and people you have to do it right. My immediate supervisor Bob Moser was an excellent leader who made sure we were always prepared to do our work and he supported us when it was needed. Bill Varney, The Grant County Auditor, was highly respected not only at the local level but at the State level also. These people and my coworkers in the office instilled in me the real meaning of being professional in our work. It wasn’t until these people retired that I began to think of running for auditor. I decided to go back to school and finish my Accounting Degree while still continuing to work. I began attending conferences and workshops with other auditors to see what I needed to know and make contacts.
After making the decision to run I began talking to people to see if they would endorse me. I quickly began to see that I had tremendous support and many were excited for me. For those who really know me they were excited about having an Auditor who would be at work every day and accessible to the public.
- Unfunded mandates from the State, placed upon the auditor’s office, are costs that are passed on to entities and people throughout Grant County. I believe if it’s important enough to mandate then it should be paid for by the State. Schools, Fire Districts, and other entities are affected by these mandates and will have to incur these costs. I will work with the State to help keep these costs down for our community.
- Election security is a non-negotiable and constant monitoring of every aspect of the election process must be maintained. Recent attention to outside influences trying to affect our elections requires our attention. We need people to vote and for people to have trust in the voting system.
- Maintaining an experienced auditor’s office is essential. There are 4 departments that the auditor runs that require complete accountability to the people of Grant County. We are just completing corrections from the past administration and cannot afford returning to an underperforming department. Experience and people that know how to do the job (including the auditor) is required, and we have that now.
Election security is a non-negotiable and constant monitoring of every aspect of the election process must be maintained.
To address this issue the election staff (including myself) have had extensive training and have received or are in the process of receiving election certification from the State. This is a 2 year process and essential to have accurate elections. I have hosted election staff signature training for Eastern Washington, put on by the Washington State Patrol, to ensure we are making every effort possible to avoid voter fraud. I am expanding the number of voters boxes to improve voting access to the public. I have implemented a call system to contact voters who had non-matching signatures and whom did not respond to letters sent from the auditor’s office. I have tightened security by installing Key Card only access and installed cameras and tv’s for transparency to the public. I work closely with State Security Election authorities to assure no outside influence is possible in our elections. We are audited after each and every election to ensure accuracy.
To address this issue the election staff (including myself) have had extensive training and have received or are in the process of receiving election certification from the State. This is a 2 year process and essential to have accurate elections. I have hosted election staff signature training for Eastern Washington, put on by the Washington State Patrol, to ensure we are making every effort possible to avoid voter fraud. I am expanding the number of voters boxes to improve voting access to the public. I have implemented a call system to contact voters who had non-matching signatures and whom did not respond to letters sent from the auditor’s office. I have tightened security by installing Key Card only access and installed cameras and tv’s for transparency to the public. I work closely with State Security Election authorities to assure no outside influence is possible in our elections. We are audited after each and every election to ensure accuracy.
My father. He instilled the importance of hard work and doing the job right.
Profiles in Courage
Elected officials must remember who they are working for. We were elected to do the right things and be responsible to the people.
Work hard and do the job right. Election accuracy and security are non-negotiable. Provide the best possible service to the public.
I have made the county better and people have faith in the election process.
Apollo moon landing. July, 16, 1969. I was 8 years old.
I worked in the orchards with my father for the first 18 years of my life.
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See also
2022 Elections
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