This Monday afternoon, June 5, the King County Council will vote on Deanron's proposal to force all county voters to vote by mail. At this time, support for the proposal falls strictly on party lines, with only the Democrats favoring forced mail voting. Even though mail voting is widely understood to be more expensive, less secure and more error prone, the Democrats are pushing hard to force everybody to vote by mail, presumably because they believe that the increased sloppiness and lack of transparency offers them some sort of partisan advantage. This cynical debasement of the integrity of our elections must not stand.
The proposal is on the calendar for 1:30 pm in Council chambers. Please join me along with a multi-partisan group of citizens to attend the Council session and express opposition to this measure. A strong public showing is the best chance we have of persuading the Council to change course. If your schedule doesn't permit you to attend the Council meeting, be sure to call and/or e-mail your King County Councilmember on Monday morning to express your opposition to forced mail-voting (contact info here). More details on attending the Council meeting, including directions and parking, follow --
A Call to Action!
We NEED YOU! Will You Join Us?
To protest
Elimination of Polls &
FORCED VOTE by MAIL
in King County
Why:
The King County Council has fast-tracked a proposal to eliminate all neighborhood polling places and replace them with forced vote by mail ballots, and 10 inadequate "regional poll centers" to assist the blind and cover re-issuance of ballots and emergencies with unreliable touch-screen machines. The final vote will be taken on Tuesday - The council has backed down in the face of public response on other issues, and we hope to make them reconsider this rash plan by turning out in force.
Where:
King County Council Meeting
10th Floor Council Chambers
King County Courthouse
516 3rd Avenue
South end of Downtown Seattle
(Courthouse takes up entire 500 block between Third and Fourth Avenues -you can enter from third avenue side OR Fourth Avenue side.
Parking and Bus instructions, and Map at the end.)
Date:
Monday, June 5, 2006
When:
Protesters will assemble on the Second Floor of the Courthouse in the
Elevator Lobby beginning at 12:30pm, and will go up en masse at 1:15pm.
(If you enter on the Fourth Avenue side of the Courthouse, you are already on the Second Floor.)
Council Meeting Scheduled to Start at 1:30pm
Our goal is to FILL the Council GALLERY!
We will have signs available to distribute among the protestors, petitions
to sign, and talking points to help ensure everyone is well-informed and
ready to speak with the media.
Participants from all 4 well-known parties: Republican, Democrat, Libertarians, Greens. Also unaffiliated voters who are community activsts are involved. This is a broad-based protest by all activists who want SECURE and FAIR elections!
For additional Information please e-mail: noforcedVBM@hotmail.com
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PARKING is available in the Sea-park - Seattle City Hall public parking
garage at 6th and James, some on side streets, two small pay lots by the
Old King County Parking Garage at 5th And Jefferson, and there is a large pay lot of courthouse parking two bloacks south of the courthouse, past Yesler, the lot runs between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
BUS SERVICE: Go downtown via the best route for your starting point.
Once downtown, make your way to Third Avenue, and catch a southbound bus.
ALL buses are in the free ride zone, and ALL go to next to the court
house. Afaterward, ALL buses on Fourth Avenue, will take you back from the courthouse to where you started downtown. You can also use trip planner
"This decision will save money and will make elections more efficient".
Good luck.
Posted by: SouthernRoots on June 4, 2006 10:27 PMNo matter what you think, no matter what you feel, no matter what you say or do, you have no clue, no clue whatever, how thoroughly Christine Gregoire is going to CRUSH whatever opponent you put in her path in 2008.
So please continue to delude yourselves that it isn't going to happen. But it is. That's all.
Posted by ivan at June 4, 2006 12:09 PM
Based on Ivan's certainty, I predict that KC will go all-mail. The "fix" is in.
Ivan is our local Democratic apparatchik, chair of the 34th District Democrats.
Though he comes in here and sounds grumpy, it might be too early to call him "Ivan the Terrible".
Posted by: SouthernRoots on June 5, 2006 09:33 AMAs for this thread, perhaps you can tell all of us how proud you are that your party will unilaterally change our Elections process without any bipartisan support, and with oppostion from even "honest" Democrats? Maybe you can tell us why we should all not despise a party that would corrupt the foundation of the system they take their name from for political gain? Perhaps you can share some insider information, such as how many illegal votes you expect to contribute from the 34th to advance party candidtates and issues through this all-mail voting scheme?
You know Ivan, you can be as cocky as you like, but there are plenty of people out here that recognize what you and your party are doing, and it's not doing anything for your party's growing anti-American and anti-Democratic reputation.
Posted by: MJC on June 5, 2006 10:40 AMIvan is having a big rally for Darcy Burner on June 14th.
The only problem Ivan is that YOU are not in the 8th Congressional District!
I suspect we will see a whole lot of LEFTIST PINHEADS miraculously MOVING to the 8th District.
THis is how the game is now played.
Remember, Joel Connelly has 4 folks registered at his 700 sq. ft. Island County retreat, including a couple that has never lived here. Joel rationalizes by saying the MAY move here someday.
The CHEATING is being promulgated by the LENIN'S USEFUL IDIOTS OF WASHINGTON.
Captain Ivan Weiss will do anything to win.
Hopefully someone is closely monitoring 8th District NEW registrations.
Posted by: dude on June 5, 2006 10:59 AM