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Letter from Attorney General Rob McKenna's office (Washington State)
E-Mail received from the Office of the Attorney General (Link is their website) ^ | 5:51 PM, October 30th, 2008 | Me, Myself and I

Posted on 10/30/2008 11:14:08 PM PDT by PureSolace

Howdy Everybody. I wrote Attorney General McKenna’s office (Washington State) this week and got back a reply. Basically I was voicing my concern of possible voter fraud that I’ve been hearing about on the news, and how it’s affected past elections and this one. Here’s a response from his office:

“Mr. Billeaudeau:

I am responding on behalf of Attorney General McKenna to your message, which is copied below. You write about the coming general election, and mention in particular concerns about voter registration drives conducted by ACORN.

In Washington, a criminal investigation was conducted in connection with the 2006 election, which led to the prosecution and conviction of a number of people involved with ACORN voter registration drives. It also resulted in a written agreement, signed by ACORN, the King County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Secretary of State, governing future voter registration activities in Washington by ACORN. It is my understanding that this year ACORN registered voters only in King and Pierce counties, and the elections offices in those counties report that ACORN submitted only a relatively small number of applications, which the counties described as “clean.” In the past, invalid applications from ACORN were easy to spot, which was how we learned of the incidents that led to criminal prosecutions. The Seattle Times published an article on the subject yesterday, if you are interested in reading further.

With regard to the 2004 election, many changes have been made to election administration since then. At the end of the election contest trial, the judge ruled that there had been no evidence presented of any fraud in conducting the election, in the sense of anybody attempting to manipulate the result, but that a number of votes were case illegally (primarily by voters who were not properly qualified to vote). The Secretary of State and county auditors have taken a number of actions since then to improve procedures and to remove invalid or duplicate names from the voter registration rolls. If you would like further information on that subject, you may want to contact the Secretary of State.

I trust that this information will be helpful.

Jeff Even

Deputy Solicitor General

Office of the Attorney General

PO Box 40100

Olympia, WA 98504-0100

voice: (360) 586-0728

fax: (360) 664-2963

jeffe@atg.wa.gov“


TOPICS: Government; Local News; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: acorn; mckenna; rob; washington
There ya go! :) I was pretty happy with the prompt response. Let’s hope for a clean election! God Bless Washington State!
1 posted on 10/30/2008 11:14:08 PM PDT by PureSolace
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To: PureSolace
“oh, and by the way Mr. Billeaudeau, we took the liberty of voting for you. You DID want to vote for Obama, didn't you?”
2 posted on 10/30/2008 11:17:29 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
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To: April Lexington

Awww... I’m sure they take their job seriously We’re still America ya know! :)


3 posted on 10/30/2008 11:20:20 PM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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To: PureSolace

I know. Just kidding. Washington has a well respected government.


4 posted on 10/30/2008 11:25:39 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
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To: April Lexington

Hopefully we’ll have a more respected one after this election! :) God Bless you and yours! :)


5 posted on 10/30/2008 11:27:42 PM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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To: PureSolace
there is a blog called "sound politics" about Seattle politics and culture and according to the man who runs it, who is very knowledgable, little if anything has been accomplished since Christine Gregoire absolutely stole the election last time.....not by recounting but by actually ADDING votes after two recounts...and it stood before the courts.......

until we get some men with heart there will be no cleanup....the two people that are Republicans in this state that could have done something have been mere shadows....the Attorney General Rob McKenna and the SOS Sam Reed.....

now, I will vote for both of them, because it is at least a small presence, but I won't be happy about....its not like I believe in them to do their duty....

6 posted on 10/30/2008 11:28:25 PM PDT by cherry (LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!)
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To: PureSolace

Great work!


7 posted on 10/31/2008 12:06:54 AM PDT by microgood
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To: PureSolace

I am proud to say that I have family and friends that live in Washington that I met with this past week and they have always voted Democratic and they will be voting for Mccain this time.


8 posted on 10/31/2008 5:17:23 AM PDT by coconut47
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To: coconut47

I hope that trend continues here!


9 posted on 10/31/2008 8:08:16 AM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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