Posted on 12/31/2004 12:53:58 AM PST by 4woodenboats
"This is exactly the kind of issue that I think can be brought up in the contested-election statutes," Reed said.
But why did he certify the election if the numbers are in doubt?
"What I signed was a certification for the numbers that were submitted to us by the counties," he said. "I am not in a judicial or an investigative role here."
The latest questions about King County came after the elections office released on Wednesday a list of all registered voters in the county, broken down by those who voted and those who didn't. The Republican Party, among other groups, had requested the information as part of its investigation of voting irregularities.
Conservative blogger Stefan Sharkansky pointed out the discrepancy Wednesday, and by yesterday it was Topic A among Rossi backers and Republican Party officials.
Party Chairman Chris Vance said it could be the "smoking gun" needed to overturn the election.
The number of King County ballots counted in the final tally was 899,199 3,539 more than the number of participating voters reported in the county's list
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Communists are socialists..
Democracy is the social disease that causes socialism..
Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.- Karl Marx
In other words you're a rubber-stamp that performs no useful purpose to anyone, anywhere.
That's the Sam Reed I know, and openly dis-respect.
He's a walking advertisement for saving money by eliminating his office and hiring a $16 per hour clerk to do his he-admits-it's-meaningless job.
I wouldn't hold my breath on this one.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Rossi needs to stop and think this one out before he steps in a big pile of career ending sour grapes. This election is over and no matter how outraged we all are, the fact is that Gregiore has the upper hand. She should be allowed to take office and we all should stop acting like a bunch of post-Florida 2000 Democrats or we run the risk of snatching victory from defeat.
Gregiore's term at governor will never be legitimate in the eyes of the average voter and she will be run out of office in 4 years.
If Rossi and the rest of us get down in the mud with the D's we will surrender any integrity we now have.
It's MacArthur time. "I shall return."
Er...that is defeat from victory
sorry, had a brain cramp
So am I reading b correctly in saying that any of those votes counted that were made by people that weren't properly registered yet were not challenged before hand from the election will be counted anyways?
Is this overvote pointless anyways?
"What I signed was a certification for the numbers that were submitted to us by the counties," he said. "I am not in a judicial or an investigative role here."
Then why have this job in the first place? Is it merely for show or should the SoS only certify after all challenges have been satisfied according to THE LAW.
I see a lot of this "recount until I win" BS coming to a state near you. Thanks, Al Gore!
This is such an outrage. It is time for those of us on the predominately Republican east side of Washington State to create our own state.
Better to fight than disspiriting and depressing your Pubbie voters that are feeling their oats for maybe the first time ever in this state. Telling the Pubbie voters that you will pack it in at the first hint of real, nasty fight is no way to get them to ever believe that they can beat the RATS -- who will not quail at a fight no matter how nasty it becomes.
We've had more than enough of the Sam Reed mentality in this state -- and it's gotten the Pubbies nowhere.
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.- Karl Marx
Those quotes are great. Can you provide sources for them?
No.. but they are easily Googled..
Do you think Idaho would have us? How obvious would election fraud have to get before Gregoire would agree to a revote and spare us having to go all the way to the Supreme Court for a fair election in Washington? If the GOP takes this to the mat, as I hope they will, all this litigation is going to be very expensive.
Good point!
Well great, let's just ignore all this and coronate Governor (Seattle) Christine Gergoire-Gore. How disgusting. (But thanks for positng, 4Woodenboats. We are not blaming the messenger ;)
Farnfriend, just keep us in your prayers. The people of WA have spoken, AND voted. We chose Dino Rossi. Now we intend to fight for him!
(a) Illegal votes include but are not limited to the following:
(i) More than one vote cast by a single voter;
(ii) A vote cast by a person disqualified under Article VI, section 3 of the state Constitution.
(b) Illegal votes do not include votes cast by improperly registered voters who were not properly challenged under RCW 29A.08.810 and 29A.08.820.
No mention of the voter actually having to EXIST??!!
democrats overstuffed the turkey...oops ballot box
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