Sound Politics: Double voter du jour

April 10, 2006

Double voter du jour

Bob Edelman has been following up on the apparent double voters identified in the statewide database, and requesting the physical evidence from the county auditors.

Today we have two absentee ballots cast by (or at least in the name of) one Lynda Ginieis, who voted both at home in Medical Lake, Spokane County and at her WSU dorm in Whitman County. Ms. Ginieis is still registered in both counties.

Edelman was also responsible for the recent report of the two double voters in Jefferson County.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 10, 2006 11:06 AM | Email This

Comments

1. While it could be the same voter, those signatures look pretty different to me.

Posted by: Frank on April 10, 2006 11:48 AM

2. Well, I wont hold my breath until someone gets prosecuted. But it sure would be nice to see an example made of someone.

(Stefan, it was nice to meet you on Saturday! Keep up the great work.)

Posted by: Jeremy on April 10, 2006 12:16 PM

3. "But we have found no evidence of fraud anywhere".

..at least--that's what they kept telling us!

Posted by: Misty on April 10, 2006 12:31 PM

4. Frank,
Let the handwriting experts decide. No one writes their name the same way twice. Take a close look and you will see numerous similarities. It's also possible that one is a forgery.

Posted by: Bob Edelman on April 10, 2006 12:37 PM

5. "But we have found no evidence of fraud anywhere".
..at least--that's what they kept telling us!
Posted by Misty at April 10, 2006 12:31 PM

Misty---
It's awfully hard to FIND anything with one's eyes closed!
What they didn't ssay was the SCOPE of their work which did NOT include looking for fraud.
See how the game works??

It will be interestig to see what Stefan learns as he goes thru the transaction log.
I expect there will be many, many more questions than answers.
How this SHOULD work is:
Voter Registration Database @ Date A
+
Transactions from the Log for the period A to B
===
Voter Registration Database @ Date B

It was truly mind-boggling that KINGCO Erections was able to withhold a fundamental document for over 6 months.
In the auditing business, that's called a "Red Flag" (which means "keeping looking deeper!)

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on April 10, 2006 12:53 PM

6. From WSU Presidents Honor Roll:

http://www.wsu.edu/president/honor-roll-eastern-05.html

Scroll down and see who is listed from Medical Lake.

Posted by: Elaine on April 10, 2006 01:08 PM

7. Interesting. Yes, the signatures do look a bit different. Perhaps she got two ballots, and someone at her home filled one out for her, and she filled out the one she got at school.

That would be difficult to explain to the prosecutor...Oops, no one in office is interested in enforcing election laws, or immigration laws, or anything else that violates their sense of "fairness."

Posted by: Obi-Wan on April 10, 2006 01:45 PM

8. She registered at home Aug 27, 2004 and then 19 days (Sep 15) later at school. Did she forget? Maybe some group at school went on a registration drive and confused her. Teh signatures do look a bit different for being less than three weeks apart.

Of course, it doesn't explain why she wouldn't know you can only vote once....

Posted by: SouthernRoots on April 10, 2006 02:41 PM

9. Look at how she tried to make her 4's look different. Of course Medical Lake is the current home of Martin Hall, the regional juvenile detention center, and former home of Lakeland Village, the home of well, how to say this correctly, mentally challenged folks.

Posted by: cc on April 10, 2006 09:25 PM

10. So - it's obvious this Lynda person is registered to vote twice and in fact DID vote twice in the November 2004 election.

She registered to vote first in August 2004 and again - right after school started - in September 2004. She sent in both absentee ballots - dated within a day of each other in October 2004. One absentee ballot was sent to her home address and the other to her campus address. Either she purposely distorted her signature on one ballot or one was stolen and forged.... The key would be to check both signatures against her drivers license sig...If the ballot sent from her home doesn't match her regular signature...then she probably purposely distorted her sig. If the ballot from home matches her regular signature then she could claim her campus ballot was lost or stolen and sent in without her knowledge..

Posted by: Deborah on April 10, 2006 11:54 PM