Sound Politics: Fraudulently Counted Ballot du Jour (II)

November 01, 2005

Fraudulently Counted Ballot du Jour (II)

A pre-election special! An extra helping of fraudulently counted ballots!

This voter did not sign her registration form last September and was not eligible to vote last November.

Her provisional ballot envelope was correctly marked "fatal pend / sig", "not sign reg. form" and the "not registered" box was checked off. The green markings indicating that the ballot should not have been counted were overridden by "OK to count, JM". The ballot was unlawfully counted and the voter's registration was unlawfully activated.

The voter's record shows that she eventually corrected her missing signature -- last month -- so she is now legally registered and eligible to vote this time.

The JM who authorized this ballot is the same JM who gave the go ahead to count the ineligible ballot I posted the other day.

A co-worker identified JM's handwriting as that of Julie Moore, then and now an Assistant Superintendent of Elections. Ms. Moore did not reply to my e-mail offering her an opportunity to comment.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 01, 2005 02:33 PM | Email This

Comments

1. Ms. Moore is registering a "9" on the pucker meter.

Go get'm Shark!

Posted by: ronin on November 1, 2005 02:46 PM

2. When will the US Attorney for Western Washington, Mr. McKay, get involved in this mess. These are obvious cases of vote fraud, both for the voter and the elections workers (I think JM keeps showing up).

It is really frustrating to see the Wisconsin (I think it's Wisonsin) cases being followed up on an this is not.

His excuse during the election challenge was that he wanted the case to work it's way through the courts, what is it now?

Posted by: Foothills Freak on November 1, 2005 03:04 PM

3. Why would Ms. Moore have to respond? Her job isn't to work for the public, it's to "Let Every Vote Count*"

* - defined as: The more votes there are in an election, the more likely it is that a Democrat will be elected, thus keeping Ms. Moore in power.

Posted by: YourGovernorCostsMillion$ on November 1, 2005 03:08 PM

4. Another load of effluent striking the rapidly rotating blades of the cooling appliance.

Question: Does Julie look good in orange coveralls????

Posted by: SnoCo Voter on November 1, 2005 03:08 PM

5. Let's see: Assistant Superintendent of Elections

To get this title you must have supplied the following resume items

Voted for John Kerry
Voted (twice) for Christime Gregoire
Donated to Moveon.org
.... Ron Sims
.... Dean Logan

Posted by: gs on November 1, 2005 03:14 PM

6. Wow, this is better than a movie! Pass the popcorn; I can't wait to see what happens next. I hope it's exciting--all this non-action is starting to lose my interest.
I would guess that Moore is consulting an attorney before deigning to respond...not that I blame her, mind you. I will be curious to see if she thinks this Sharkansky fellow is even worthy of a response or a clarification.

Posted by: pseudotsuga on November 1, 2005 03:18 PM

7. It says she reports to Bill Huennekens in the Elections department????

How can this be? I thought he was demoted!
I want this woman questioned, fired and jailed!

Now let's see who the other initials belong to!

Posted by: Deborah on November 1, 2005 03:27 PM

8. Awwwwwwwww shucks, another CLOWN!
We have Gregoire, Sims, Logan, Huennekens, Phillips and Goldy Clownstein already in the CLOWN Hall of Shame. Now Julie Moore?
www.ihateclowns.com
It's ok to hate CLOWNS.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on November 1, 2005 04:23 PM

9. AMEN!!

Posted by: Laurie on November 1, 2005 04:26 PM

10. Moore--busted!

Posted by: Misty on November 1, 2005 04:27 PM

11. This one was a little harder to get into that list of voters credited with voting in the general election that King County released on January 7, 2005. They also had to remove the code which said not to include her ballot in the vote count until she provided ID--having registered by mail without providing ID with the registration. Mr. Elsom removed the "not signed" code on Jan. 6, but "OQUINNJ" had to go into the record on Jan. 7 to remove that second reason for excluding her ballot.

I guess it didn't really matter how many reasons there were to exclude her ballot, since they had already included it in the vote tabulation. They simply needed to get as many names on that list of voters as possible, so they could claim that simple, innocent human error caused there to be more ballots in the vote tabulation than voters credited with voting. Their instructions apparently were to remove every code, no matter what, and get those names onto that list.

It appears that in October 2005 this voter submitted another registration application, and the new one (along with a new registration number) was substituted for the old one.

I wonder: What was the "VNC" that was needed when they cancelled her incomplete (thus invalid) registration and put her onto the rolls under a new number? Is there a standard verification notice for that situation?

Posted by: Micajah on November 1, 2005 06:22 PM

12. It appears the CLOWN population is growing at an accelerating rate. Soon we will be overrun by CLOWNS.
CLOWNS to the LEFT of me
JOKERS to the Far-Right
Here I am....stuck in the middle with you.
And I'm wonderin' what it is I can do.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on November 1, 2005 06:30 PM

13. Is it jail time yet?

Why isn't the Republican party throwing its full weight behind Mr. Sharkansky? They have the money and manpower to help him. Why aren't they jumping in?

Posted by: HappyGoLucky on November 2, 2005 11:22 AM