Posted on 03/04/2005 10:00:11 PM PST by Seattle Conservative
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has released its Analysis of the 2004 Governor's Election. Ignore the crap from the former Attorney General's "Task Force on Symbolic Gestures Designed to Bamboozle the Citizens Into Thinking They're Getting Election Reform". The EFF's report is the real deal.
like what issues?
Many of these items have been discussed here, but this report provides a nice, somewhat detailed summary. Go to Sound Politics and click on the link to see the full report. Here is a summary of what it contains
The issues we cover in our report include:
o Convicted felons have had access to King County’s election-related computer system.
o Homeless people with no proof of residency were allowed to list county buildings as their place of residence.
o Illegal aliens voted.
o An undetermined number of soldiers didn’t get to vote because they received their ballots late.
o King County had identified outstanding concerns about its vote-counting software and elections systems that were not addressed prior to this election. The Secretary of
State’s report about King County’s problems warns officials that these problems could “significantly increase the possibility of a successful election contest.”
o At least 8,419 more votes were cast in five counties than the number of people who signed in to vote.
o People who have died are not removed from eligible voter lists in a timely manner. Numerous examples exist of dead people casting votes that were counted.
o On nine occasions, King County election officials discovered unsecured ballots and added them to the vote totals.
o Hundreds of provisional ballots were counted before determining if the individuals were even eligible to vote.
o More than 55,000 ballots were changed (“enhanced”) by King County election workers, in some cases wiping out the original intent of the voter.
o Ballots were later found unsecured in voting machines, but they were counted.
o The legislature charged the Secretary of State with writing 52 new rules and canvassing board limitations to implement the new law. He did not do this. As a result,no consistency in standards existed from one county to the next in regard to preparation of ballots, the operation of vote tallying systems, canvassing and recounts,absentee ballots and ballot security.
o Hundreds of signatures on provisional ballots appear to be fraudulent.
o Voters’ privacy rights were violated when a King County judge ordered their names released to the Democrat Party.
o The Secretary of State certified the election on December 30, guaranteeing by doing so that it was “a full, true and correct representation of the votes cast for the issues and
offices.” He knew this was not the case.
Our report concludes, at a minimum, gross incompetence and negligence occurred in the election process, and in some cases, fraud was committed.
Restoring free and fair elections is not optional, but most legislators and election officials appear reluctant to enforce the law and make necessary procedural changes. This means citizens must be relentless in pursuit of reform. In this report, citizens will not only find a compilation of valuable data, they will also find numerous recommendations and action items to help make election reform a reality.
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