Seattle police Lt. Greg Schmidt prevailed in the countywide recount in the Sheriff pirimary, beating Sheriff deputy Jim Fuda for second place and the right to have his ass handed to him by Sheriff Sue Rahr in November.
18 previously uncounted ballots were discovered in the recount.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 05, 2005 10:41 AM | Email ThisI will assume that since the Accuvote machine counts the ballots at the polling sites, these were more of the notorious Sims Absentee (until he needs them) Mail in votes in a county with results any Bank(ruptcy) would be proud of.
Posted by: GS on October 5, 2005 11:07 AMWe are the majority, but as you know they have the power.
The useful (and valuable) point to this (recount) exercise is as a "KC Elections" dress rehearsal for the Irons/Sims race.
Many questions ignored in this instance by Democrats are not being lost on the Republicans.
The systemic "cultural" problems within the KC Elections Administration as cited by Judge Bridges last Spring
have not improved; quite to the contrary.
It's as if they might say, "Oh well . . . just more loser R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N candidates. . . who cares?
The Democrats have us buried in their ready-made miasma of deluded pretenses of honesty and fair play.
The less demonstrable these problems become, the more complacent we will all become, in the assumption
that "all-is-well," even though the fox is inside the henhouse as we speak.
Stephan Sharkansky's stubborn vigilance is what we all need to emulate.
I can only hope the County has enough sane voters to put Irons well over the top.
With that, many of these issues will become history--at least until we (the majority) allow another Democrat to have their way.
HOWEVER- No. Schmidt's point HASN'T been made. Liberal written West Wing has some high points- and one of them was Rob Lowe describing a Republican candidate running in an impossible race. Nobody gets to win in his district w/out answering to the issues he feels are important.
Rahr and the rest of the establishment has to be accountable for the DV fraud that gets pulled daily by a busted system. The police force is a big cog in that wheel- albeit appointed commisioners are the other (bigger) hand forcing that wheel.
If you doubt the importance of Schmidt's presence in this race- I'll introduce you to a truck load of guys who, like Schmidt, get evicted from their own homes with no due process, no shred of evidence of violence- simply because the loophole exists to run up divorce costs for men by another $10-20k.
70% of cases going through our courts are divorce cases. Go figure on the importance of plugging a hole for fraud in that process.
Posted by: Andy on October 5, 2005 12:43 PMI just saw Dean Logan on the news - saying that this latest ballot screw-up "Was a good thing" ??? Sigh.........
Logan is trying to give the public the impression that somehow by *finding* these additional ballots - it's a major improvement over the ballot screw-ups of the past....He wants people to believe that this is it! - There are no more ballots to be found.....BUT - we all know that when there are 18 uncounted ballots found from an election...there are more and more and more yet to be discovered.....
Of all of the counties in this state, King County knows better than to screw up like this again!
I hope the people of this county take this as a personal slap in the face by Ron Sims and Dean Logan.
Here we go again.....
Posted by: Deborah on October 5, 2005 12:58 PMI do. Here's why:
#1. They were only found because of a partial recount.
#2. This proves that the bugs are not fixed.
#3. This sounds precisely like last year when King County "found" ballots at least 9 or 10 times.
Posted by: David Irons Supporter on October 5, 2005 01:49 PMRight indeed. The KC Elections "culture" is worse than before.
More is coming.
You can only hope . . . as do I.
According to the DV industry franchise, quoting data taken directly from the Wa state Sheriff's stats on crime reports is not among the approved sources for DV data. It is much better to broadcast and rebroadcast anecdotal statistics that have niether been proven or challenged until people just believe that 1 in 3 men really are rapists/wife beaters.
NOTE TO RAHR's STAFF- when you have 65% of the vote, consider taking the high road.
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I get off I-405 in Renton and pass City Hall to pick up 108th to Kent-Kangley Rd. I saw signs for Fuda, but I haven't seen ANY SIGNS anywhere for Greg. Were they put up in this area and taken down or are they concentrated in OTHER areas.
I think a lot of door knocking and telephone bank time needs to be put in between now and election time. I also think the fact that Raher worked with EDVP and the fact that EDVP currently has TWO pieces of false information on separate sites on their Web pages, and the QUESTION ASKED, "Is THIS the type of official you
want for your King County Sheriff?" Do you want an INDIVIDAUL for SHERIFF that has worked in the past with an organization that SPREADAND still spreads false information ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?"