It just hit the fan that King County Elections recently discovered several dozen uncounted ballots at an elections office, presumably the MBOS absentee ballot facility.
Senior election officials have known about this for several days and have kept it under wraps. Logan and Huennekens presumably knew about it at last night's town hall meeting. It's now an open secret.
Again, this one is not an April Fools joke. I learned about this from multiple independent and highly reliable sources. I've checked it out with some local journalists. They've also heard about it and believe it to be a credible story that they're now following up on. Stay tuned.
Where is the ballot initiative to rename King County to COOK County anyway?
Posted by: dan on April 1, 2005 05:00 PMhttp://www.kirotv.com/news/4335506/detail.html
Wonder how many of those 180 dead people whose brains were taken are still registered and voting?
Posted by: Richard Pope on April 1, 2005 06:21 PMIf THIS latest *find* isn't enough to prove that the outcome of the November election CANNOT possibly be determined with ANY certainty....nothing will!
I think the good Judge will be more than willing to *skip* the future stall tactics the Dems keep whining for......The Democrats are toast!
(Actually - they've been toast ever since the first mass ballot descrepancies were found...but they keep flopping around like chickens with their heads cut off...giving the perception they are still alive...)
You couldn't ask for a better break the week before the court case gets rolling again. I really would like to know how the democrats can even show their faces in the courtroom.
What a great way to start the weekend!
A model election indeed.
Posted by: Jeff B. on April 1, 2005 08:57 PMhttp://smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=20539&mode=nested&order=0&thold=0
Posted by: AnnTheManCoulter on April 2, 2005 04:59 AMA re-vote in WA without fixing the problems would not provide any better or more accurate results. The Repugs are calling for an immediate re-vote - does that in anyway suggest that they want free and fair or, more likely, want their guy in office no matter how.
The WA race went through the legal channels with the Rs bitching and whining about it the whole time. After their guy lost they suddenly got concerned about how elections are held.
We are consistent. We want free and fair elections that have a paper trail. Fix the problems in all of the states. We are not looking for a re-vote because we are confident that, if the mid-term elections are free and fair, there will be impeachment hearing in 2007
Posted by: lynn on April 2, 2005 05:02 AMCan you please provide a citation for that Delay quote? I've been unable to find any evidence that Delay has ever called questions about electoral integrity (or anything else) "crimes against Moral Decency!"
Because if it isn't challenged, some people will believe it.
Posted by: ScottM on April 2, 2005 08:32 AMThe new legislation passed in Olympia will make voter fraud easier, not more difficult than before with 1) All-mail elections and 2) No photo ID nor fingerprint required. This is a sick joke that really disenfranchses all legal voters - elections in Ukraine and Iraq now have more safeguards against fraud than election in WA !
The last time I checked we live in the USA, and just because election laws have been lax in King County and to a lesser extent the rest of this state for a long, long time - doesn't mean that this situation is not subject to investigation and heavy penalties.
If the system of laws breaks down, we have anarchy. Y A W N - Nelson, Lynn, Anntheman and all of you other leftist anarchists - you are verbally defecating on our system of laws so that you think it will help your Democrat brethren - but it will only serve to bring down this Democratic Republic - you don't get it and you don't want to get it ! You left-wing nuts are in the minority and you all need a sanity check. Get in touch with your selves and go see a shrink or you'll self-destruct, but you have the freedom in this great country to say screw you and go about self-destructing.
Posted by: KS on April 2, 2005 12:29 PMI also hear you trying to justify that just because there was alleged voter fraud in Ohio, Florida in 2000 and by Tom Delay recent, that the alleged fraud here is simply payback and that's OK. And you wonder why the ethics of this country are in the toilet ?
Posted by: KS on April 2, 2005 12:36 PMBesides which, it seems to have driven RudePundit and his alter egos away. As far as I can tell, he hasn't posted since I called him on his stupid and obvious lie.
Posted by: ScottM on April 3, 2005 08:47 PM