Posted on 12/17/2004 11:05:03 PM PST by B-Cause
Ballots submitted by the following 1,555 King County voters weren't counted during the initial vote count and the machine recount because of apparent signature problems. In some cases, voters failed to sign envelopes enclosing absentee or provisional ballots, those signatures didn't match their signatures on file or — in the case of 573 (formerly 561) voters — their signatures hadn't been entered into the election computer system.
This list includes the 573 ballots that were improperly rejected. For a specific list of those voters . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
If they weren't counted the first time, they shouldn't be counted the 2nd.
Very good. You may throw them out, now.
This will just stir up more lawsuits ...... just in case they need more votes down the road.
Freegards,
Stop_The_Press
The state will get stuck with the lawsuit bill...at least $100 million down the drain by the time this ends. Even the Feds may have to step in to run elections up there next time (bring in the national guard if they aren't already deployed to Iraq).
It's just a TRO.
"Judge Ruled late this afternoon on this. These ballots CANNOT be counted."
That's just round one. Wait until the Supreme Court gets involved.
And, now that the names are published, expect to see some registered voter who's lived in WA state for 50 years on tv tomorrow, saying that their vote wasn't counted because of King county's bad computer system even though their signature was on file.
Actually, expect to see several dozen such voters on tv.
They won't stop until Gregoire is in office, and that includes the liberal state Supreme Court.
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