Posted on 01/07/2005 3:34:20 PM PST by swilhelm73
Via Instapundit, there's news in Washington:
At least eight people who died well before the November general election were credited with voting in King County, raising new questions about the integrity of the vote total in the narrow governor's race, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer review has found.
The evidence of votes from dead people is the latest example of flaws in an election already rocked by misplaced votes and allegations that there were thousands more votes counted than actual voters.
County officials say they are investigating the cases pointed out by the P-I. "These are not indications of fraud," said Bill Huennekens, King County's elections supervisor. "Fraud is a concerted effort to change an election."
The P-I review found eight people who died weeks before absentee ballots were mailed out, between Oct. 13 and 15, but were credited with voting in King County. Among them was an 81-year-old Seattle woman who died in August but is recorded as having voted at the polls.
The state is required by law to send monthly lists of the deceased to county auditors so they can purge those names from their voter rolls. But those lists are sent only every few months. That means thousands of deceased voters may have been sent absentee ballots.
"If we don't receive a notice that they're dead, then we have no way of taking them off the rolls," said Dean Logan, the county's elections director. Relatives of the deceased can and do cancel some registrations, he said.
Doris McFarland said she voted for her husband, Earl, who died Oct. 7.
"I called up the elections board and said, 'Can I do it because he wanted me to vote?' " the Duvall woman said. "The person ... said, 'Well, who would know?' I said, 'I don't want to do anything that is wrong.' "
Huennekens disputed that election workers would say such a thing.
My buddy Cam Edwards wonders if these are "zombie voters" and is calling Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire "Queen of the Undead."
I believe I heard on the radio that one widow said that she found out her husband had voted for Gregoire and he was a Republican and always voted a straight ticket.
He's consistent with countless other Democratic blatherings since 1992...
You just can't make things like that up.
County officials say they are investigating the cases pointed out by the P-I. "These are not indications of fraud," said Bill Huennekens, King County's elections supervisor. "Fraud is a concerted effort to change an election."
That's why it is not illegal to fill out just three or four extra ballots. A person would have to fill out 130 for it to be fraud.
Jeesh,
DK
At least eight people who died well before the November general election were credited with voting in King County, raising new questions about the integrity of the vote total in the narrow governor's race, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer review has found.
The evidence of votes from dead people is the latest example of flaws in an election already rocked by misplaced votes and allegations that there were thousands more votes counted than actual voters.
County officials say they are investigating the cases pointed out by the P-I.<<<
The county officials have the health department death lists, why aren't they cross checking the voter (ballot) list with the health department death list?
DK
I'll bet Saddam and Castro also have dead voters who have "elected" them.
What the heck is this celebritywonder spam crap?
I would have to say exiled dictator Aristide, must have used some of his voodoo witch doctors to raise the dead in Washington state to steal the election. "You can't see the demon's eyes till he come callin." King Willie (Predator 2)NSNR.
79% of Washington voters want a recount...
I know. Thats the amazing thing. More people in the state want a recount than voted either for Rossi or Gargoire.
But I really doubt it will happen. Like I said on another thread, we need the equivalent of the Texas Rangers or the RCMP to step up and say the inauguration is postponed till we have a revore and a clear winner.
And we don't have anything like that.
What about Marky Mark and the Demo-commie Funky Bunch?
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