Recall the story of Jane Balogh, the Federal Way grandmother who registered her dog to vote as an attention-getting protest against overly lax voter registration standards. Ms. Balogh was, er, hounded by out-of-control prosecutors, who spent more time and effort investigating Ms. Balogh's harmless civic-minded protest than they spent investigating all the illegal vote-counting by election officials (the latter investigation effort being 0).

Mr. Irons,

I was impressed by your voter guide statement. Apathy is rampant and folks do no research on candidates and vote by name recognition (or believe lies of said candidate). Unfortunately, the media doesn't always have their facts correct either. Many supporting groups have a partisan agenda even though this is a nonpartisan position.

I am the recipient of the lies of Sheril Huff. It all started when I wrote to the power that be and made phone calls to Olympia about the lax voter registration laws. No answer from anyone. I wanted to prove my point and I did so. You see, I am the white haired granny, companion to Duncan MacDonald, the voting dog. The only "illegal" thing I did was to sign his name on the voters registration form. All other paperwork (ballots) was signed with a paw print only and void was written on ballot. From day one, I continued writing to politicians telling them what I had done and how easy it was to register a dog, even faxing them a copy of his registration. No answer from anyone, again. Six months after I told King County Elections that Duncan was a dog, he received his third ballot.

Sherril Huff told the media I had signed the ballot. Not true! Sam Reed said I forged my phone bill. Not true! Ms. Huff said it is an arduous process to remove someone from the registration rolls. Not true! He was removed several days before I was to appear at the court house to sign papers to remove him. Another Huff lie. I am a nobody, just a patriotic citizen. I have copies of everything I did just in case I needed proof of what I had done and why and to whom I wrote and faxed. A visit to my home by a prosecutor and detective garnered no Miranda rights and I confessed all on the spot, giving them copies of everything. Not knowing the ways of the law and courts, I felt helpless. I was told I had to give a guilty plea or they would charge me with a felony and going to trial would accomplish nothing because of HAVA. Another lie.

These are trying times in our history. Our state has made so many mistakes and one affects the other. Allowing illegals to acquire drivers licenses in one. A drivers license is one form of identification used as proof to vote and it is bastardized. Doesn't anyone remember 9/11? How about the murderer of little Zena Lennic in Tacoma. Terapon Adhan, an illegal and a felon, had a drivers license and was registered to vote.

You wouldn't believe the speed with which he was removed from the voter rolls. An arduous process?

Punish me for what I did. Fair. Any politicians who lies to save their reputation should not be in office. Their lies sullied my name and my intent as a whistle-blower. I was willing to take my medicine, but they had not the moral compass to do the same.

Sorry to be so wordy. I just wanted you to know that you have the vote of my household and I truly hope you win and make changes to protect the sanctity of our vote.