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Don't Count Rossi Out - A stolen election in Washington state? Not if bloggers can help it
Opinion Journal ^
| 1/10/2005
| JOHN FUND
Posted on 01/10/2005 2:42:31 AM PST by filly
In Washington state, the errors by election officials have been compared to the antics of Inspector Clouseau, only clumsier. At least 1,200 more votes were counted in Seattle's King County than the number of individual voters who can be accounted for. Other counties saw similar, albeit smaller, excess vote totals. More than 300 military personnel who were sent their absentee ballots too late to return them have signed affidavits saying they intended to vote for Mr. Rossi. Some 1 out of 20 ballots in King County that officials felt were marked unclearly were "enhanced" with Wite-Out or pens so that some had their original markings obliterated.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dinorossi; fraud; revote
It keeps getting better...
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posted on
01/10/2005 2:42:32 AM PST
by
filly
To: filly; Admin Moderator
I'm glad you posted this, but you changed the title and failed to credit the Wall Street Journal or the writer, John Fund. Admin can fix for you.
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posted on
01/10/2005 2:45:53 AM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm *not* always cranky.)
To: filly
Most disturbing is the revelation last week by King County officials that at least 348 unverified provisional ballots were fed directly into vote-counting machines. "Did it happen? Yes. Unfortunately, that's part of the process in King County," elections superintendent Bill Huennekens told the Seattle Times. "It's a very human process, and in some cases that did happen.
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
01/10/2005 2:49:16 AM PST
by
Crazieman
(Islam. Religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it.)
To: filly
Ms. Gregoire is just keeping the seat warm for Governor Rossi.
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posted on
01/10/2005 2:57:05 AM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Conservatism pays off. Liberalism just wants to be paid.)
To: filly
It is so disturbing to see the military voters disenfranchised over and over again, too. These include the votes of the soldiers putting their life on the line for our freedoms.
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:06:10 AM PST
by
ViLaLuz
To: Jet Jaguar
Even more disturbing was the apparent necessity of certifying the election despite all the irregularities.
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:07:20 AM PST
by
wita
To: filly
She would do well to recall what happened in Minnesota after the 1962 election for governor there. Republican Elmer Anderson won a squeaker and was sworn in, but a recount of disputed ballots ground on. A hundred days into Mr. Anderson's term, a panel of three state judges ruled that Democrat Karl Rolvaag had actually won by 91 votes. To end the legal wrangling, Mr. Anderson dropped any appeals and calmly left office, allowing Mr. Rolvaag to move into the governor's mansion. This example is not really on point, because in the Minesota case, it was a Republican who was called on to do the right thing.
Democrats are not premitted to lose close elections. Or not so close elections, as we are witnessing in the farce over the certification of Ohio's Electoral Votes...
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:10:20 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: wita
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:16:02 AM PST
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
To: gridlock
Blockade the swearing in ceremony. Don't allow Gregoirevytch to be sworn in and keep the government closed until a new election is ordered. This is the same situation as in the Ukraine. If the dems succeed in this corruption, Washington state will no longer have a democracy.
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:16:59 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: filly
It appears that the Dems are continuing to try to perfect their FloriDUH vote fraud technique.
Until they can figure out how to steal an election and not leave such an overwhelming amount of evidence behind, they'll continue getting caught.
Continuing with Mr. Fund's analogy, the vote fraud perpetrators in WA state make Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes. Clumsy just doesn't come close.
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:36:02 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Repeal CFR NOW!!)
To: filly
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:49:04 AM PST
by
Elle Bee
To: filly
Is it time to take our sporting equipment to Seattle? :-)
To: filly
It all sounds like a Michael Moore movie, except that it's real.
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posted on
01/10/2005 3:52:14 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: filly
Bush won in Ohio by over 100,000 votes and the Dems are screaming bloddy murder, this woman produces less than 200 and they are quiet.
To: Petronski; Admin Moderator
I'm glad you posted this, but you changed the title and failed to credit the Wall Street Journal or the writer, John Fund. Admin can fix for you.
Oooops!
I'll be more diligent in the future. Thanks for fixing this.
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posted on
01/10/2005 6:44:18 AM PST
by
filly
(Anti-americanism: an irrational hatred of America.)
To: Truth29
A very good idea. Here in Tennessee we had a RINO governor who tried repeatedly to stuff a state income tax down our throats. We stopped him cold. One of the main weapons we used VERY effectively was surrounding the state legislature with large, LOUD crowds of demonstrators who simply refused to let the legislators approve a state income tax. These demonstrations were effectively organized and led by two courageous talk radio hosts, Phil Valentine and Steve Gill. It worked here in Tennessee, in Ukraine, and it could be done in Washington State.
To: filly
Similarly, when Christine Gregoire takes the oath of office as governor on Wednesday, she will still face a threat to her seat of power should the new media keep up the pressure and more evidence of a tainted vote count emerges in court.
She would do well to recall what happened in Minnesota after the 1962 election for governor there. Republican Elmer Anderson won a squeaker and was sworn in, but a recount of disputed ballots ground on. A hundred days into Mr. Anderson's term, a panel of three state judges ruled that Democrat Karl Rolvaag had actually won by 91 votes. To end the legal wrangling, Mr. Anderson dropped any appeals and calmly left office, allowing Mr. Rolvaag to move into the governor's mansion.
You can expect the new media to talk up that historical example a lot as they seek to instill in the public's mind the belief that Washington state's election for governor isn't over just because after Wednesday someone occupies the office.
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posted on
01/10/2005 7:50:19 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(† trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || www.revotewa.com -- No governor from THIS vote!!)
To: sionnsar
To: pepperdog
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