Today, July 27, is the final meeting of Ron Sims' Independent Task Force on Elections. I've heard from a variety of sources that the task force's final recommendations to be presented today will include a call for new leadership of King County Elections, specifically no more Dean Logan. Whether and when Ron Sims acts on the recommendation remains to be seen.
The task force is also expected to come out with various premature and irresponsible policy recommendations, such as "all-mail voting". We can thank Sam Reed and Nixon Handy for being behind that idiocy.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 27, 2005 10:07 AM | Email ThisWashington state's primary would be moved to June and King County would switch to an all-mail election under preliminary recommendations released yesterday by the King County Independent Task Force on Elections.
Right, all the documented fraud occured with mail ballots, so let's have even more of the things.
Reduce the number of elections that can be held in the state from six to four per year. Handling six elections is hard for election workers, officials say.
They reached the right conclusion for the wrong reason. Holding elections more than a couple of times a year dilutes the turnout. I'd say do it twice and no more, and put it on fixed days. Too hard? GMAFB.
Simplify the process of restoring voting rights for former felons. The proposal would echo what happens in Oregon, where voting rights of former felons are automatically restored upon their release from jail or prison.
Here's really what Ron and the other democrat parloe officers wanted. Expanded voting rights for their constituents. Yeah, let's get them out of jail and voting for the dems...once, twice, three time...at least one of those votes will be legal. NOT. Fortunately, it's in the State Constitution so Ron won't get that one.
During a recount, have two election observers stationed next to counting tables. In King County, observers were kept 20 feet from the stations in an area that was cordoned off. That contributed to perceptions that the procedure was intended to aid the Democratic candidate in the largely Democratic county and that the outcome of the recount was inaccurate and unfair.
Golly gee whiz, where did the GOP get that idea?
Posted by: steve_dog on July 27, 2005 10:19 AMDean Logan is just following orders...top to bottom.
Posted by: Susu on July 27, 2005 10:40 AMIn the past, observers were allowed to freely walk around and actually OBSERVE.
Observers were previously valued for the extra set of eyes they provided, and were considered part of the team ensuring an accurate count.
Logan and his good friend Huennekens made the observer process adversarial and relatively pointless, as the observers were kept so far away this past year as to make seeing anything an exercize in futility.
Posted by: Good Grief on July 27, 2005 11:15 AMWhatchya gonna do, bad boy Simsbo?
Posted by: BananaLand(aka Iguana) on July 27, 2005 07:46 PMDean Logan will only be *truly* gone when we vote Ron Sims out of office!
Posted by: Deborah on July 27, 2005 07:50 PMgawd--choking & hurling chunks of bagles, spurting out coffee on the mahogany table, general trembling of styrofoam coffee cups in hand--oh--i'd love to see it just for 5 minutes!
then--boom--all records and files suddenly "found" and on the his desk neatly sorted; (pinch-pinch) ohhhh...sorry...dreaming at the keyboard...zzzzz...
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on July 27, 2005 08:23 PMfamiliar noise, same smell...what is it? voting reform? or my kid's diaper? same result to the voter-taxpayer...
KC folks better come out in droves next election and REALLY change things or this will just be a folly; you get what you deserve; in any county; anyone listening? is that cable show so important?
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on July 27, 2005 08:48 PM
Bend over Dean-o!
Posted by: Mr. Cynical on July 27, 2005 09:18 PM