Live on KCTV:
Julia Patterson: So there really is no Plan B to move to all vote-by-mail for 2008?Sherril Huff: Not for 2008
Julia Patterson: So if the new equipment is not certified, there is no plan for a mail-only vote in 2008?
Sherril Huff: That's been our recommendation
Mail ballot impressario Garth Fell reiterates his concerns about the risks of using the existing systems for a mail-only vote, and doesn't think he can train enough people in time.
Partisan Patterson, furiously:
You'd rather say NO to vote by mail than to train the folks needed to train the people to run 80 machines instead of 40?The county's most famous poll voter, Larry Phillips, is now throwing a huge temper tantrum that he might not get his vote-by-mail lollipop in 2008. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 16, 2007 12:15 PM | Email This
They are like children who don't know the word "NO".
Each of them have re-asked the same question, hoping to get a different answer other than NO.
I loved it....
Priceless........
Posted by: chris on July 16, 2007 01:13 PMWhether by invention, deception or outright fabrication of facts that contradict reality, they will get Sims' vote-by-mail charade done. In Democrat politics, after all, power is all that matters today.
Posted by: MJC on July 16, 2007 01:42 PMRight now, about 550 or 600 Accu-Vote machines are out in the polling places, to scan ballots. Even on a heavy poll turn-out, the intensity of usage of these machines is not so much.
The Accu-Vote machines scanning mail ballots are used much more intensely, and for many days in a row. I suspect only a few dozen machines are used for these purposes, and probably nowhere near 100. Okay -- Julia Patterson says it is 40 machines.
With all-mail voting, there will be maybe 10 regional voting service centers in the entire county, for people who want to vote in person. Let's just assume each location is open for many days before election day, and has 5 or even 10 Accu-Vote machines on hand. This still leaves 500 unused Accu-Vote machines, which can be sent to the mail-ballot counting center.
So, with all-mail voting, there will be PLENTY of Accu-Vote machines to service the 50% or so increase in mailed-in ballots.
Whoops -- maybe I missed it. Patterson says we only need to go from 40 machines to 80 machines. Isn't it a lot easier to train 40 more workers, than to spend millions on new machines?
And why shouldn't King County taxpayers create 40 new union jobs for local residents in King County Elections, instead of giving millions to a Republican-owned firm (Diebold) in some other state?
Posted by: Richard Pope on July 16, 2007 03:32 PMYou must read and listen......
IMO
Miss Huff has my vote is she would run for the director. Anyone who stands up for what they believe in, and goes against the King 'Simms and Company, gets my vote.
Does the Dems not expose themselves by the mere fact that they are so hard-pressed to push all-mail voting? Just asking.
Posted by: Jeffro on July 16, 2007 03:40 PMYou must, I say must, post this circus on your blog as soon as you can make it available.
It was the most priceless thing I have watched since Gone with the Wind came out on VHS.....
Posted by: chris on July 16, 2007 04:05 PM