http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/_mystery_voters_in_washington_governors_race/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:15:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/_mystery_voters_in_washington_governors_race/comment-page-1/#comment-31407 Charlie Day Sun, 09 Jan 2005 06:28:59 +0000 /?p=8671#comment-31407 When the discrepancies in the voting exceed the margin of victory by a factor of more than a hundred, not a hundred more votes but a hundred times more irregular votes than the margin of victory then no election can be considered accurate enough to seat a Governor for four years. There are more than a hundred felons who voted illegally. Pierce County alone had 50 and the other counties are not through counting. When thousands of absentee military ballots are mailed too late by King County to be received before election day by the troops then a pall is cast over the election. When third parties are allowed to have the names and addresses of provisional voters and to bring back handsful of registrations that they have "cleared" up the signature mismatches on, there is too much chance of fraud. This happened with several hundred ballots, more than the margin of victory. When the most populous county, heavily Democratic King County, withholds vote totals until all other counties are reported in and then "finds" ballots not once, not twice, but three times which just happen to overcome the lead held by the Republican opponent then the third recount of this election is uncertifiable by any reasonable and fair minded independent source. When over 300 provisional ballets were allowed to be run through the vote counting machines prior to having been checked for validity and all in a heavily Democratic County (yes King County again) and the number of those improperly counted ballots exceeds the margin of victory, then what possible action can be taken to remove the taint and smell of this election. A reelection coupled with well thought out changes in the election procedures is needed badly in Washington State. It is my understanding that a majority of 60 percent of Washington voters think a revote is appropriate. We should not have to march in the streets and shut down the government as was done in the Ukraine to ensure a fair vote clean of fraud and other mistakes. This is America and in America the vote should always be sacrosanct. If it cannot be determined beyond a doubt that the vote was fair and untainted then a revote should be held. We are also not Tammany Hall or Mayor Daley's Chicago and we should not act like we are by refusing to authorize a revote in this case. When the discrepancies in the voting exceed the margin of victory by a factor of more than a hundred, not a hundred more votes but a hundred times more irregular votes than the margin of victory then no election can be considered accurate enough to seat a Governor for four years. There are more than a hundred felons who voted illegally. Pierce County alone had 50 and the other counties are not through counting. When thousands of absentee military ballots are mailed too late by King County to be received before election day by the troops then a pall is cast over the election. When third parties are allowed to have the names and addresses of provisional voters and to bring back handsful of registrations that they have "cleared" up the signature mismatches on, there is too much chance of fraud. This happened with several hundred ballots, more than the margin of victory. When the most populous county, heavily Democratic King County, withholds vote totals until all other counties are reported in and then "finds" ballots not once, not twice, but three times which just happen to overcome the lead held by the Republican
opponent then the third recount of this election is uncertifiable by any reasonable and fair minded independent source. When over 300 provisional ballets were allowed to be run through the vote counting machines prior to having been checked for validity and all in a heavily Democratic County (yes King County again) and the number of those improperly counted ballots exceeds the margin of victory, then what possible action can be taken to remove the taint and smell of this election. A reelection coupled with well thought out changes in the election procedures is needed badly in Washington State. It is my understanding that a majority of 60 percent of Washington voters think a revote is appropriate. We should not have to march in the streets and shut down the government as was done in the Ukraine to ensure a fair vote clean of fraud and other mistakes. This is America and in America the vote should always be sacrosanct. If it cannot be determined beyond a doubt that the vote was fair and untainted then a revote should be held. We are also not Tammany Hall or Mayor Daley's Chicago and we should not act like we are by refusing to authorize a revote in this case.

]]> http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/_mystery_voters_in_washington_governors_race/comment-page-1/#comment-31078 Rodney Dill Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:52:18 +0000 /?p=8671#comment-31078 Every vote doesn't count, unless you also include all the votes generated by the rabid Democrats. Every vote doesn't count, unless you also include all the votes generated by the rabid Democrats.

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