May 17, 2006
Vote by Mail Protest today
The vote by mail protest sponsored by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation and Washington Citizens for Fair Elections is happening today.
It will be held at 5th Avenue Plaza, in front of the King County Administration Building, at 12:30 pm. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes, but will be a good opportunity to change your registration to poll voting, and to show the county council that not all their constituents think vote by mail is a good idea.
Stefan posted the full press release earlier this week, or it's available here.
Posted by Jonathan Bechtle at May 17, 2006
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1. MEMO
TO: "Governor Dean" Logan
FROM: Washington State
RE: You
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Quick question: Just how many Howard Dean podcasts and Dean Screams are on your MP3 player?
Obviously, something is wrong w/ Deanron.
2. Republicans all over the country love vote by mail...just not here. What's the real story?
3. Make sure they actually make the change. I tried it last year (in Spokane) and ended up getting an absentee ballot anyway. And thanks for reminding me to try again.
LovinUSA: Parties love mail voting because it makes GOTV easier. You can track which ballots have been turned in and contact only those who have not yet voted. And you have several weeks to do it, instead of having to target everyone in the last two or three days.
When I voluntered for the GOP in 2004 (I can't quite remember why), we were encouraged to try to get people to switch to permanent absentee.
4. Republicans all over the country love vote by mail...just not here. What's the real story?
No they don't. In fact, east of the Mississippi absentee balloting is a dirty word. You had better be in a foxhole somewhere on the other side of the world or you aren't getting an absentee ballot. In fact, many states don't have such a thing as permanent absentee status, you have to request an absentee ballot for every election along with providing the reason why you can't make it to the polls.
5. Michael's right. The only states with permanent absentee status per se are Washington and California. States on the East Coast require excuses to vote absentee, and often have strict security standards. Alabama requires two witnesses to vote on an absentee ballot, plus it has to be notarized.
6. Washington and California eh? -- Congrats WA WA WA -- ya'll been officially cali-fornicated
7. Permanent Absentee. Just when you thought this state had enough - yet another oxyMORON.
Isn't a 'permanent absentee' someone who no longer lives here?
8. I went online here: http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/absentee.htm
and printed off the "Absentee/Mail-In Ballot Request" form.It's printed in English and Chinese. The place where you check "I do not wish to continue voting by mail. I will vote at the polls" is in right hand column, 3rd box.
9. I couldn't attend, but thanks to those who organized this event to get the word out.
I left a message for Dean Logan down at KCE that we didn't want all-mail voting. More people should do that and pepper him with the same message. THe people can get what they want when they speak up.
10. Why would anyone want to vote absentee where you can't trust the results (i.e. who is counting the votes) ? I would love to leave a message for Dean Logan about this. Anyone know his phone # ?
Isn't his email address Dean.Logan@metrokc.gov ?
Time to pepper him with emails and cc: Sims if you want or better yet, cc: your County Council member.
11. BTW, just received a flyer from the Whatcom County Auditor. She trumpets that "vote by mail is a resounding success" with voter participation way up over previous elections. Interesting how success in a vote program is not measured by the number of voters who cast educated ballots, but merely by the number of voters who send them in. By this standard, the elections held in communist states set records for success by requiring every voter to turn out and cast a vote for the candidate presented by the party. What a load of hogwash.