Photos of Washington State vote recount.

yahoo ^ | dec 2005

[dennisw]

 

http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/003288.html#003288

The proverb goes: "Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy." Now that frequently lachrymose Paul Berendt wallows in rapture over the (perhaps temporary) success of his machinations, let the rest of us remember that election workers "enhancing the vote" turned the tide in this election.

The image below is of a so-called "vote" that was recorded for Gregoire. Note that none of the bubbles on this ballot were filled in. (Thanks to Mac at Pull on Superman's Cape, who provided the image, observing that a worker carrying an uncapped felt pen atop a blank ballot could easily create this "vote.")

 

The bubbles are barely visible just to the left of the names and have no marks in them. The black marks down the left side already exist on the absentee ballot. I'm guessing that they are used to help line up the ballot in the reading machine. The extra black mark next to the pre-printed black marks is just a stray probably created by a slip of the hand when holding a pen. Absolutely RIDICULOUS to call that a vote!Posted by: Mark on December 23, 2004 10:13 AM

The black series of marks are edge borders, guides for the machines. If you look closely you can see ovals beside the candidate names. None are darkened. This was not a real vote. Some worker, I suspect, added the stray mark to the edge of the ballot. If they didn't, if a voter actually made that mark, there's no fair way to determine intent, and the ballot should be discarded. It's too odd that there are no marked ovals anywhere on the page, and wouldn't someone so confused as to what to do end up circling the name? Further, should someone so confused be considered capable of voting?

(Now I've done it, I've implied that mental fitness--knowing how to fill in an oval for example--should be a polling test.)Posted by: Bleeding heart conservative on December 23, 2004 10:15 AM

 

 

 

Mon Dec 20, 8:19 PM ET
Dwight Pelz holds up a ballot as he tries to determine voter intent on it while meeting with other members of the three-member King County Canvassing Board, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Seattle. The rhetoric heated up on Monday as Republicans and Democrats prepared for a Supreme Court showdown over the still-undecided governor's race. Ballots from King County, home of Seattle and a Democratic stronghold, could erase Republican Dino Rossi's current 49-vote margin and put Democrat Christine Gregoire in the lead at the end of the recount. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Mon Dec 20, 8:17 PM ET
King County Canvassing Board members Dwight Pelz, left front, Dean Logan, center, and Dan Satterberg, right, try to determine voter intent on one of 1,627 King County ballots, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Seattle. Observing behind them are Diane Tebelius, left back, a Republican, Will Rava, a Democrat, and Brad Henry, a Libertarian. The rhetoric heated up on Monday as Republicans and Democrats prepared for a Supreme Court showdown over the still-undecided governor's race. Ballots from King County, home ofSeattle and a Democratic stronghold, could erase Republican Dino Rossi's current 49-vote margin and put Democrat Christine Gregoire in the lead at the end of the recount. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Mon Dec 20, 8:08 PM ET
Dan Satterberg holds up a ballot as he tries to determine voter intent on it while meeting with other members of the three-member King County Canvassing Board on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Seattle. The rhetoric heated up on Monday as Republicans and Democrats prepared for a Supreme Court showdown over the still-undecided governor's race. Ballots from King County, home of Seattle and a Democratic stronghold, could erase Republican Dino Rossi's current 49-vote margin and put Democrat Christine Gregoire inthe lead at the end of the recount. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Mon Dec 20, 7:48 PM ET
Dwight Pelz, left, holds up a ballot as he and Dean Logan, center, and Dan Satterberg, right, try to determine voter intent on 1,627 King County ballots, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Seattle. Observing behind the Canvassing Board members are Diane Tebelius, left back, a Republican, Will Rava, a Democrat, and Brad Henry, a Libertarian. The rhetoric heated up on Monday as Republicans and Democrats prepared for a Supreme Court showdown over the still-undecided governor's race. Ballots from King County, home of Seattle and a Democratic stronghold, could erase Republican Dino Rossi's current 49-vote margin and put Democrat Christine Gregoire in the lead at the end of the recount. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Wed Dec 15, 9:46 PM ET
Washington Democratic Party Chairman Paul Berendt, right, talks to party attorney Kevin Hamilton during a lengthy meeting of the King County (Wash.) Canvassing Board Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 in Seattle. The Board voted Wednesday to allow more than 500 ballots that were originally rejected when the election was held Nov. 2 due to voter signature problems to be canvassed and counted as part of the current statewide hand recount of ballots for Washington's governor's race that was triggered after a statewide machine recount declared Republican Dino Rossi the winner over Christine Gregoire by a 42-vote margin. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Wed Dec 15, 9:18 PM ET
Members of the King County (Wash.) Canvassing Board (front row, from left) Dwight Pelz, Dean Logan, and Dan Satterberg, examine a ballot with stray ink marks for more than one Washington gubernatorial candidate Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 as they meet in Seattle. Looking on at center left is Diane Tebelius, an attorney for the Republican Party, at center right, William Rava, an attorney for the Democratic Party, and at upper right (obscured) is Libertarian Party observer Brad Henry. The Board voted Wednesday to allow more than 500 ballots that were originally rejected when the election was held Nov. 2 due to voter signature problems to be canvassed and counted as part of the current statewide hand recount of ballots for Washington's governor's race that was triggered after a statewide machine recount declared Republican Dino Rossi the winner over Christine Gregoire by a 42-vote margin. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Wed Dec 15, 9:15 PM ET
Boxes of ballots that were sent to the King County (Wash.) Canvassing Board by recount workers across the state of Washington due to unclear markings on them sit on a table Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 in Seattle during a meeting Board. In addition to examining mis-marked ballots, the Board voted Wednesday to allow more than 500 ballots that were originally rejected when the election was held Nov. 2 due to voter signature problems to be canvassed and counted as part of the current statewide hand recount of ballots for Washington's governor's race that was triggered after a statewide machine recount declared Republican Dino Rossi the winner over Christine Gregoire by a 42-vote margin. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

[steve86]

Interesting. There is kind of a Jekyll and Hyde quality about her photos.

[GRRRRR]

You're right, this IS toadally nutz! If 'duh voter' can't BLACKEN an oval properly, then it IS NOT A VOTE!!! That smudged ink line is NOT A VOTE...where are the other ink specs on the rest of the ballot???

PARTS of this country are certifiably out of touch with reality...they need to be EVICTED for non-payment of Citizen's Duty...

[12.7mm]

This vote needs to be recounted completely. This talk about Rossi conceding is just crap. This witch can not be allowed to get away with this. They will be that much harder to catch cheating next time.

[fire_eye]

HOW DARE you call me SATAN you PATHETIC little WORM !!

[No Dems 2004]

I'm actually quite upset by WA election results because I feel it was one big sleaze co-ordination to put this incompetent woman in office. To me, liberal women like this (including Boxer, Feinstein and others) are just downright ugly. They would be beautiful if they had standards, but, since they don't, they're just ugly and unappealing.

Anyway, I'm pretty upset about this and I hope Rossi and the GOP will be able to reverse this corruption somehow.

[sarah_f]

Excellent. Separated at birth.

[sarah_f]

Egads.

The first pic is 2001, the second almost 2005.

Cheek implants, eyejob, facelift...

[They'reGone2000]

She's morphing into Hillary (West Coast edition).

[sarah_f]

I noticed that too.

Her "good" pictures have her looking exactly like Hitlery, and of course they are both lawyer scum.

[Gondring]

Then Ewards would get the votes he deserves!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hard to tell them apart, really. : )

[Lexinom]

These photos make the process seem so ad-hoc and primitive...

Thankfully, it's all over... NOT!

[FreeAtlanta]

With all the fraud, a new election should be held.