Another disenfranchised voter
Reader Kevin DeGraaf of Sammamish posted a comment earlier telling us what he discovered when he looked himself up in the Seattle Times database of King County voters:
According to this database, they have me listed in the wrong precinct, and said I didn't vote. They have my wife just fine, and we both received absentee ballots and voted together. I voted for Dino Rossi, and now I wonder if they even counted my vote.No, they didn't count his vote. The verifiable elements of Kevin's story check out: He and his wife, Evangeline, live at 20526 22nd Ct in Sammamish 98074. Evangeline is registered there and her absentee ballot was counted.
But Kevin is recorded as not having voted. It turns out that he is registered on W Galer St in Seattle 98199. The King County database shows that he has not voted since November 1992. Kevin responds:
The address is more than 10 years old, which is strange, since I got my absentee ballot, and have voted non-absentee with my address and information apparently correct and up to date. I'll be contacting the Dino Rossi campaign about this.I have no way to confirm that he did vote all these years even though the King County database says otherwise. But I've seen enough errors in the county records to believe readers like Kevin before I believe the county.
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I have voted in every major election since 1992 (I might have missed some minor ones), until maybe 5 years ago, I voted in person at the local precinct without any apparent problem. I have been receiving absentee ballots along with my wife since then, so I presumed my registration info was accurate.
Larry Phillips might not help a Sammamish voter, but I know the Rossi campaign will.
If you have a similar story of King County Elections incompetence and disenfranchisement, please drop us a line. More importantly, tell the Rossi campaign. Help them help you overturn this filthy election.
The "recounts" alone were so dirty, not to mention the disenfranchisement, no way was this a fair election.