1. Unfortunately, the nominally Republican Maleng seems less interested in prosecuting election crimes that may have been committed by and on behalf of Democrats than he is in pandering to the Democrats so he can run unopposed again. (1)

(1) Of course I have no proof of any of these statements. In fact, the only actual proof so far produce shows only crimes committed by Republicans.

I thought people might want an accurate version of Mr. Sharansky’s post.

Posted by: JDB on March 22, 2006 05:46 PM

2. And who was it that ws found to have conspired to violate the 601 budget spending limits set by the will of the people? Oh ....thats right! It was the Democrats. I wonder if those individuals who defrauded the people of Washington will be prosecuted? I just wanted the latest episode of Democratic Corruption to be accurately reflected on the record. For your benefit and furtherance of the truth.

Posted by: Just Wondering on March 22, 2006 06:16 PM

3. Just Wondering,
Budget rule violations are "fraud"
and "corruption"? Are you even thinking about what you are writing?

Posted by: Eric h on March 22, 2006 06:25 PM

4. (1) Of course I have no proof of any of these statements. In fact, the only actual proof so far produce shows only crimes committed by Republicans.

I thought people might want an accurate version of Mr. Sharansky’s post. (2)

(2) During the trial, the Democrats produced FOUR depositions from felons claiming that the felon voted illegally and that they had voted for Rossi - This out of more than 1500 such illegal votes. In addition, there were several people that were caught voting for their dead spouse. Of these, some admitted to voting for Gregoire, thus it is untrue that the only proven crimes were committed by Republicans.

Felons illegally voted.
Some people that were (are) illegally registered voted.
Some people voted twice.
Some people illegally cast provisional ballots into voting machines.
Non-citizens illegally voted.

These crimes were committed by both Gregoire and Rossi voters, we will never be able to tell in what proportions, but we can say that illegal voting can effect the outcome of close elections.

To this end, I applaud Stefan's efforts to get King County (and perhaps by default, the rest of the State) to clean up its election processes and systems so that we will have as little illegal votes slip through as possible. I don't think we're there yet.

Posted by: SouthernRoots on March 22, 2006 06:25 PM

5. Clearly it has all along been part of the Demo party of WA master plan to run their own candidates as Republicans.

It makes perfect sense as their way to attain complete utopian control. \

At the same time their ineptness makes the oppositon look like weak knee'd idiots to the mind numbed masses via the "in the know ;-)" media.

Posted by: dave on March 22, 2006 06:31 PM

6. Well thank the good Lord for these Lake County prosecutions! It's exactly what I've been hoping and praying for---vote fraud to be exposed and rooted out here and across the country. You're right, Stefan, in that we need better election law enforcement here in KC, but you are certainly doing a good job exposing KCE for what they do (and don't do!).

Posted by: Misty on March 22, 2006 06:38 PM

7. JDB: Oh, you mean it was REPUBLICANS who forced Dean Logan to count all those known illegal fatal pends ballots???

Posted by: Misty on March 22, 2006 06:43 PM

8. McKenna is just, or more responsible for not prosecuting election fraud. His claims that he has no authority to prosecute is an out and out lie.

Posted by: Don on March 22, 2006 07:04 PM

9. It appears Prosecuting Attorneys are HIDING behind fearing they cannot prove INTENT on the part of these double voters.
Hmmmmmmm.....I thought that was for the Judge or Jury to decide????
A person signs 2 ballots in 2 different County's and they are afraid they cannot prove intent???
Washington is the State of Low Personal Responsibility Expectations, huh??
I think Stefan is absolutely right however.
Watch, if they do prosecute someone, they will pick a Republican to try and shut us up!!!
That's how the Mafia works.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on March 22, 2006 07:15 PM

10. I have been disappointed in the fact that Norm Maleng and his office have not acted on the fraud in the elections of 2004. It appears that he & the prosecutors in his office are pandering to the leftist Democrats who run Rufus King County. Sam Reed and Rob McKenna could also be doing more to clean up elections in this state.

It's a real shame when criminals are not brought to justice through the inaction of authorities who are not doing their jobs.

Posted by: Clean House on March 22, 2006 07:42 PM

11. You shouldn't be speaking ill of Maleng.

After all he is a Republican so you have to support him regardless.

Posted by: Conservative, Not Republican on March 22, 2006 07:46 PM

12. Ohio, Indiana......
If the law is working it's way west with respect to prosecuting election fraud...we have a long wait before it gets here to Washington State!

From what I could find on google..Lake County is Democrat controlled......Go figure!

Posted by: Deborah on March 22, 2006 08:00 PM

13. If a story doesn't mention party affiliation, you can figure it's a RAT.

Posted by: South County on March 22, 2006 08:37 PM

14. Just wait until you see pictures of these KLOWNS who were indicted. Could they ALL be minority???
Here is another story on the King of Slime....former East Chicago Council member Randall "Blue" Artis:

"A federal magistrate will arraign an East Chicago city councilman and his brother on fraud, conspiracy and theft charges.

Terrance Artis is scheduled to appear Friday and Randall "Blue" Artis, D-3rd, Tuesday in U.S. District Court. They are expected to plead not guilty before Magistrate Paul Cherry on charges they took part in a scheme to defraud East Chicago of honest government and enrich themselves.

The six-count indictment comes eight months after similar federal charges were brought against East Chicago City Councilmen Frank Kollintzas, Joe De La Cruz and Adrian Santos, and East Chicago City Hall executives Edwardo Maldonado, Jose Valdez Jr. and Pedro Porras.

Those six already have pleaded not guilty.

Randall Artis, 47, has represented East Chicago's heavily minority 3rd District since 1992."

I can't wait for the RACIST defense!

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on March 22, 2006 09:14 PM

15. Too bad we can't get this type of action here in the Peoples Republic of Washington.

I guess it's up to the people just like the Judge said. So who's first?

Posted by: SP Fan on March 22, 2006 09:25 PM

16. From what I could find on google..Lake County is Democrat controlled......Go figure!

Heavily. It's funny because Porter County is starting to move left as people flee Lake. (Oh, Indiana has 92 counties and is about 1/2 the size of WA.)

Could they ALL be minority???

You've clearly never been to EC.

Posted by: Ryan on March 22, 2006 09:33 PM

17. again i say: "vote-ticular test-ticulars;" some local govenments have them & prosecute voter fraud & some don't; so---who will we be? do the WA masses care? is this on their radar or is the latest TV sitcom more important?

Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on March 22, 2006 10:25 PM

18. Yeah Eric the entire budget was a fraud meaning a deliberate deception perpetuated for unlawful or unfair gain. Hence the public was defrauded meaning to swindle or cheat.

The RULES you speak of are the ones put in place by the people to control spending in Olympia and are not to be followed just whenever the legislature feels like it. That why the Democrats were in court and that is why the Democrats LOST. Because they conspired in a corrupt fashion to bypass the 601 budget rules which carry the force of law, so they could spend beyond the proscribed limits without going to the people for approval. That is Democratic systemic corruption because it started at the staff level and and was approved and signed off by the highest levels of the Democratic party as good plan. Who cares what the law is, we will just do whatever we want... that is Eric's Democratic party. Do you Democrats ever think about what your actually doing before you write?

Posted by: Just wondering on March 22, 2006 10:39 PM

19. Just wondering if you can stop ranting long enough to string a coherent sentence together. Take a deep breath.

ok. Why are you using fraud in both an informal sense and a legal one without distinguishing which one you mean? Yes, the Democrats lost. No they were not convicted of fraud. If you have evidence, call the DA.

"Who cares what the law is, we will just do whatever we want... that is Eric's Democratic party. Do you Democrats ever think about what your(sic) actually doing before you write? "

Yay! I have a political party! How exciting. And I get to do whatever I want. yippee.

I can point out when you're not making sense without creating "Eric's Democratic party".

what happened to the charge of corruption?

Posted by: Eric H on March 22, 2006 10:54 PM

20. Republicans in this state overall are not conservatives. I have not seen any real leaders within the Republican Party. The court case was a mess. At least some of the evidence of fraud was proven. But the ways the laws are written no overturn of the election was possible. The only way is for the feds to come in and clean house. But on the west coast they are not conservatives. They are just like the 9th Circus. People on the West Coast have no real chance of making any changes except by Honest Democrats getting fed up with the way their party is being run. But as long as fear or hate overcomes common sense No changes can take place. Look at all the violations of the election laws that took place. Many of which have been going on for over a decade. In the Early 90's the Newspapers cared about honesty and integrity. Today well they help cover up the lack of honesty and integrity. As Long as the Press continues supporting and protecting the lies spread about various government projects. Nothing will change.
Lets see If I remember correctly the gas tax that was not rejected had only about 1 billion dollars for the viaduct. I saw the latest number on the web page it is has 2 Billion dollars of the gas tax increase going to the viaduct. This is just an example of the lies protected by the press. I do not see anyone questioning this small change in the figures. That means nearly half of the gas tax money will end up in KC. Go Figure.
It doesnt matter as long as the Democrats can get away with lying they will control the system. I can not wait to see the start of the famous Russian 5 year plan. None of which ever succeeded. Every 5 years they had a new plan and a promise that it will be better. Yep Democrats promise the Sun and deliver nothing of value except to their special interests. and I do believe that Norm is a RHINO. Just like a number of other Republicans that will change back to the democratic party once the polls tell them it is safe to do so. I hate election time because so often is voting for the lesser of two evils.

Posted by: David Anfnrud on March 23, 2006 12:08 AM

21. Hey, how about if we run a Homer Simpson Chia Pet against Maleng in the primary? He can run on the platform of "No, I won't prosecute anybody either -- 'cause I'm just a Chia Pet -- but with green plants growing out of my head, at least I'll actually produce oxygen instead of just wasting it! D'oh!"

Homer Simpson Chia Pet on EBay: ~$10
KC Prosecuting Attorney Filing Fee: $1383.33
Getting rid of Maleng: Priceless

Posted by: TB on March 23, 2006 12:15 AM

22. Everyone in politics in this state lives in fear of offending the massive and powerful Democrat machine that controls the state and has been entrenched for a long, long time. Maleng is just keeping the status quo, and in return, he's allowed to stay out of the Dems crosshairs.

It's going to take some real turnover to get this state back to something that even resembles a balance of ideas. 2008 should see Rossi get elected decisively (so Logan can't cahnge the results,) and we'll go from there.

Posted by: Jeff B. on March 23, 2006 01:05 AM

23. Well you are probably right Eric, you will never see that deliberately circumventing a law designed to protect the taxpayers as corruption. It is corruption, but you will never see it. When it is appealed to the Supreme Court just have Frank Chopp send "Bobbie" another couple cases of wine and the whole thing will just go away.

Posted by: Just Wondering on March 23, 2006 07:02 AM

24. Yeh, and I just heard on NWCN that the state had inspected the Viaduct and it was safe to travel. I thought it was a major emergency that was about to fall and needed immediate replacement with a 4 Billion dollar tunnel?

The Sky is falling The Sky is falling

More of the same, pretty soon the elections will be an emergency and DeanRon can pick the winners, not that they are not already doing that!

Posted by: GS on March 23, 2006 07:10 AM

25. Hey Shark...

did you notice that it was a Indiana newspaper with the story...I looked on line at the the Chicago papers and their was nothing...now that sounds like Seattle / Tacoma!!!

Posted by: Pacific Grove Phlash on March 23, 2006 09:22 AM

26. Oh my....there is nothing to talk about here...so Stefan is forced to dig for stories 2000 miles away.

Stefan...your false claims have landed with a thud--they've been exposed. Creating some sort of paralles with Hoosier land is desparate indeed.

Hey...about time you checked my ISP (and publish where I'm posting from in some sort of derogatory manner)....after all, you seem to always do that with people who post things that you disagree with but never with those who agree.

Very big brother of you. You'd fit perfectly with the illegal search white house right now. And McCarthy. Disagree with Stefan? He'll work hard to OUT you -- drawing conclusions from where you post your comments!

Posted by: LovinUSA on March 23, 2006 10:27 AM

27. Prosecutors all over the country are reluctant to prosecute vote fraud cases. They prefer to stay out of fights that can be seen as partisan. That explains why so many of the cases that are prosecuted are from primaries -- as in this case, and many others.

If there is vote fraud in a Democratic primary in King County, I think Norm Maleng will be much more likely to take action.

Posted by: Jim Miller on March 23, 2006 11:23 AM

28. Stefan, you are slipping. A few months ago, when I posted, you were really quick on identifying where I was posting from...hoping others would draw conclusions about me.

Why's it taking you so long this time?

Posted by: LovinUSA on March 23, 2006 11:41 AM

29. charged with seven D felonies on allegations he induced a person to apply and to vote in a precinct where she didn’t live, induced a person to commit perjury, delivered, examined and received a ballot.

Can we charge that poll worker who gave Stefan such a hard time about the improperly registered voter who wanted to vote?

Posted by: Michael on March 23, 2006 12:30 PM

30. Very interesting, we need a few of these types of investigators looking into DeanRon's Fatal Pends! Just the tip of the iceburg. Did you happen to get the Voter Database logs yet that DeanRon has been holding back on for months and now finally is willing to release..Ha Ha!

Posted by: GS on March 23, 2006 02:07 PM

31. "Why's it taking you so long this time?"

Because no one gives a shiite about you......

Posted by: alphabet soup on March 23, 2006 05:10 PM

32. It is time to check into Norm Maleng's PDCs.

It might give some insights to why he behaves the way he does.

http://www.pdc.wa.gov/servlet/ContServlet

Posted by: Conservative, Not Republican on March 23, 2006 06:15 PM

33. Whoo boy, you guys sure like to "stay on message", don't you...

"At least some of the evidence of fraud was proven."

Actually, none of it was, as Judge Bridges explicitly noted. Every claim to fraud on this blog has been made without any evidence of any kind whatsoever to support it.

"But the ways the laws are written no overturn of the election was possible."

The "laws are written" to require this thing called 'evidence', none of which did the plaintiffs bring to court. Given just how many times the plaintiffs, and their loyal repeaters here, claimed that felons had voted for Gregoire, why did they not produce one piece of evidence to support that claim? The intervenors proved that felons voted for Rossi, and the judge agreed that felons probably voted for Rossi in large numbers. If criminals really do favor liberals, then why could the persons who took it upon themselves to prove it do such a poor job?

Maybe because no such evidence exists...

Posted by: Paddy Mac on March 23, 2006 09:48 PM

34. ...Or if it does, but you're too stupid to see it....

Posted by: alphabet soup on March 24, 2006 11:22 AM

35. Got even a single example to prove it? Just one felon who voted for Gregoire? No? I thought not...

Posted by: Paddy Mac on March 24, 2006 10:41 PM

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