Chad Fairbanks in #100 is asking the good question. Why aren't we hearing more about the military absentee votes that haven't been counted BECAUSE of a mistake by the elections people, not themselves. The same logic applies to count these military ballots as Phillips is using to get his own ballot counted. What am I missing here? How many of these ballots are there in elections folks hands and why are we not hearing more about them? Unless Washington is different than elsewhere, military absentees' vote majority Republican. Hello?
1. Best case: Republicans don't sue, 573 King County ballots get counted, Rossi wins.
2. Republicans sue, 573 King County ballots don't get counted, Rossi wins. (Republicans get blamed for possibly blocking legit votes, but Rossi's in the mansion. This is the "Gore shoulda won Florida" scenario.)
3. Republicans don't sue, 573 King County ballots get counted, Gregoire wins. (Dems get blame for running messy election and possible vote fraud -- "silver lining in dark cloud" scenario.)
4. Republicans sue, 573 King County ballots don't get counted, Gregoire wins. (Unlikely, considering the previous recount result.)
Wonder if the media will commend them on being made of "sterner stuff"? ROTFLOL
I found it very interesting that 11,000 votes came into King County a day or so before the deadline for mail-in ballots to arrive. Has anyone checked to see it those ballots were post marked by the post office or run through a postage machine. I can't believe that many ballots would arrive so late as a coincidence. At most, a ballot should be there no later than three business days after the date of the election.
Do you know if anyone has checked on that? This would be especially true if there was only a trickle of votes coming in just before the huge run on the 11,000. That is where the investigation needs to start.
I found it very interesting that 11,000 votes came into King County a day or so before the deadline for mail-in ballots to arrive. Has anyone checked to see it those ballots were post marked by the post office or run through a postage machine. I can't believe that many ballots would arrive so late as a coincidence. At most, a ballot should be there no later than three business days after the date of the election.
Do you know if anyone has checked on that? This would be especially true if there was only a trickle of votes coming in just before the huge run on the 11,000. That is where the investigation needs to start.
what bull**it, that they find unsecured ballots sitting in a bin that weren't returned on election night. Total unbelievable cr**.
They haven't descended yet.
That little squirrel picture people post here has a better set than the party.
There, that's better
" ... King County Councilman Larry Phillips, whose ballot was among the 573 mistakenly rejected by election workers"
That stinks to high-heaven!! There's a fly in the ointment here somewhere.