Posted on 01/23/2005 5:33:31 AM PST by KidGlock
The Seattle Times found felon voters by comparing databases of nearly 100,000 court records and more than 1 million voter records in King and Pierce counties.
The Times matched full names and birth dates, narrowing the search to more than 600 names. After checking court records for those cases, Times reporters eliminated cases in which felony charges had been reduced to misdemeanors or in which felons' voting rights had been restored.
The Times looked at all cases resolved in Pierce County since 1997 and most cases filed in King County since 1998. (The searches differed slightly because of the way the two counties archive court files.) The court database didn't include 2004 cases.
The Times then shared more than 170 names with King and Pierce county election officials. King County officials reviewed absentee ballots and voting logs: In a few cases, felons had been mistakenly credited with voting; either someone else accidentally signed on the wrong line in a poll book, or an election worker electronically scanning names from the poll book mistakenly scanned the wrong line.
Pierce County said it was unable to double-check the names because it routinely seals all of its voting records after an election.
The Times identified 129 felon voters after matching each felon's name, address and birth date to a person listed as having voted. Additional verification included further record checks and interviews with some of the voters.
Another 23 were considered likely felon voters because the felon had a distinctive name and a birth date matching the voter record, but no matching address.
So I wonder how many felons voted in Walla Walla, where the state pen is?
Throw the bea-ach out.
I'll count the votes, you watch the door! :-|
WHAT???! You're relying on Democrats to be honest?????!
I read that in order to have the election thrown out, it was necessary to prove that a greater number illegal votes were cast for the winner than the margin of victory -- in this case 129. If they've found over 129 in two counties alone (not all of which voted for Gregoire, the Times acknowledged -- but I'll bet a large majority of them did), then statewide, there should be way more.
Please correct me, if someone knows for sure, the rules for ordering a new election.
"I didn't know I was supposed to not vote"
Is that like not sex?
Did you see this?
Amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. And they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they can't...ah, never mind. Maybe we should just give them each a cow.
Aw, come on now. You wouldn't want to disenfranchise those poor criminals, now would you?
Well there you have it. An ACLU lawyer thinks our laws don't make sense, so they are obviously unconstititional. Find a liberal judge to throw these laws out and make The Provisional Governor permanant.
As Stalin said, it's not who votes, it's who counts the votes.
Wash. GOP Files Governor's Race Challenge
By MELANTHIA MITCHELL, Associated Press WriterSEATTLE - The state's Republicans, still pressing their court challenge to the disputed governor's election, have filed a separate challenge with the state Legislature.
"We did this to cover all our bases," said Mary Lane, a spokeswoman for Dino Rossi, the Republican who narrowly won the original vote count and a mandatory recount. In a hand recount, he lost to Democrat Christine Gregoire by 129 votes out of 2.9 million cast.
Gregoire was sworn into office Jan. 12.
Republicans have filed a legal challenge against the hand recount in Chelan County Superior Court, saying mistakes were made and calling for another statewide vote. That same challenge was filed with the Legislature Friday evening, "as an insurance policy," Lane said Saturday.
The challenge, however, goes to the Democrat-controlled Legislature, which certified the election Jan. 11 despite a GOP request for a two-week delay.
State Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirstin Brost said the move indicated Republicans are afraid they won't win in court.
"The Republicans are in a hopeless situation," Brost said. "What we have seen in the last couple weeks is them floundering and grasping at straws trying to find some way to undo the election results."
The next court hearing is scheduled for Feb. 4, when several counties and Democrats present motions to dismiss the case.
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