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Lawsuits filed in Clark, Snohomish, Whatcom counties claim votes were ‘flipped’
The Columbian ^ | 22 September 2021 | Shari Phiel

Posted on 09/22/2021 7:24:58 AM PDT by Zman

Lawsuits filed Thursday in Clark, Snohomish and Whatcom counties claim the auditors in each of those counties “flipped votes,” kept illegal records of voters by political party, defied public records laws and, in some cases, used unverified election equipment during the November 2020 election.

The suits were filed by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United with an additional 28 individuals — including congressional candidate Joe Kent, Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson and Yacolt Town Council member Michelle Dawson — signing on as plaintiffs. Kent is challenging Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, for her 3rd Congressional District seat.

Attempts to reach Kent for comment were not returned Tuesday. Dawson said she did not wish to comment on the matter.

Along with legal fees, the suits seek a “full forensic audit” be conducted in the same manner as the audit carried out this year in Maricopa County, Ariz.

The Arizona audit, which was initiated in April by Senate Republicans, has yet to reveal any evidence of widespread voter fraud. The suits also seek to have Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, who conducted the Arizona audit and claims to have invented technology that can detect fraudulent ballots, perform similar audits here.

The suits contend that approximately 6,000 votes were flipped, and more than 400,000 were added or removed in one or more statewide races “before, during and/or after the election.” They argue a part of that happened in the county where each suit is filed.

The lawsuits also ask to have the county auditors “permanently restrained from allowing and/or facilitating electronic manipulation of the voting results,” claiming the auditors “engaged in wrongful acts, errors and/or neglect of duty.”

According to court records, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey in August denied a Washington Election Integrity Coalition United public records request for actual ballots from the November election that the group says it is legally allowed.

Kimsey was unavailable for comment Tuesday, and the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said it could not comment on pending litigation.

Washington Election Integrity Coalition United leader Tamborine Borrelli, of Gig Harbor, has traveled the state in search of residents willing to join the effort.

One of those stops, on Aug. 15, was at a Snohomish church for an unofficial public hearing at which people testified about fraud and irregularities they say they saw or experienced. State Rep. Robert Sutherland, R-Granite Falls, helped organize the event, along with four other Republican lawmakers. He later emailed some attendees with a direct pitch seeking lawsuit participants.

“I’m not personally alleging that there has been any specific impropriety. I am not out there alleging massive fraud, and they need to overturn the election,” said Art Coday of Woodinville, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for state Senate last year. “A forensic audit would go a long ways to reassure people things are as they should be.”

The notion of needing to reassure people of the integrity of elections is a mantra of former President Donald Trump — despite a broad coalition of government and industry officials calling the presidential election “the most secure in American history.”

Snohomish County Auditor Garth Fell declined to comment on the specific allegations, deferring to county lawyers.

“We’re reviewing the complaint. We are aware that there are other counties named in similar lawsuits,” said Jason Cummings, chief civil deputy prosecutor for Snohomish County. “We’re disappointed that the themes of the Arizona auditing factions are trying to make their way into Washington.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: auditors; flipped; lawsuits; voting; wa; washington

1 posted on 09/22/2021 7:24:58 AM PDT by Zman
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To: Zman

Not a snow balls chance in hell.

Very interesting. My sister lives up there. I’ll just say I did not believe there would be more than two GOP voters in the area. She is always quick to tell me “You will HAVE TO CHANGE OR BE MADE TO CHANGE!”


2 posted on 09/22/2021 7:32:26 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Zman

All this evidence does nothing to address injustice and the crimes as long as the judiciary remains a colluding partner in the steal. Perhaps historians may be interested one day if the evidence is well catologued and preserved.


3 posted on 09/22/2021 7:45:09 AM PDT by allendale
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To: redgolum
Very interesting. My sister lives up there. I’ll just say I did not believe there would be more than two GOP voters in the area. She is always quick to tell me “You will HAVE TO CHANGE OR BE MADE TO CHANGE!”

Sadly, the only way to deal with such people is to be willing to cheat harder than they do. And for most Christians, that course is a non-starter. So here we find ourselves at the mercy of post-Christian amoral America where we are, in fact, still the majority.
4 posted on 09/22/2021 7:49:40 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Zman

“has traveled the state in search of residents willing to join the effort.”

Because the threat of persecution and/or retaliation is now very very real.

It should not be so...


5 posted on 09/22/2021 7:51:39 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Zman
Washington state has led the nation in the new election stealing paradigm since 2004 when Dino Rossi won the gubernatorial election but after box after box of "lost ballots" were found in trunks of cars, etc... Gregoire won after the 3rd count. Rossi challenged the obviously corrupted election in court but it was ruled that there was not enough "evidence" of cheating. Strangely enough the Wikipedia article conveniently leaves out much of the story and the context.

When 2008 came around the Democrats cheated enough that unpopular Gregoire did not have to have trunks filled with ballots thrown in at the last minute in pubic, so the election was stolen from Rossi a second time without as much fanfare.

The Democrats now have every seat on the State Supreme Court, the governor's office and strong majorities in both the state senate and house. Of course both of our Senators are Democrats, idiot Patty Murray and longtime lush Maria Cantwell, and our house delegation is made up of mostly Democrats as well.

Washington Governor Election Results by County, 2008.svg

6 posted on 09/22/2021 7:58:39 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15
Your map shows why states should pick governors and Presidential electors based on a majority of the counties, not a simple majority of the "votes".

This would enable ballot theft to affect only the lower houses in both the state and Federal legislatures.

7 posted on 09/22/2021 8:02:42 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Zman
Beutler (R) voted for impeachment.

Joe Kent (R) is challenging her in 2022.

Is this a preemptive audit for 2022, or is someone claiming that Beutler engaged in voter fraud in 2020?

Hard to believe that the Washington state Democratic Party would calmly allow Beutler - a RINO Republican - to engage in voter fraud against a Democratic candidate.

Beutler had no Republican or Libertarian challengers in the 2020 Blanket Primary or the General Election.

8 posted on 09/22/2021 8:13:14 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Zman

The forensic audit professionally done by the cyber ninjas is released on Friday

That’s right Virginia !

we have two days until the very first professional forensic audit will have been completed and reported in the United States of America

I expect two things and I hope I’m not disappointed

First I expect this report to be voluminous bulletproof and show that Trump won by five or 600,000 votes and did not lose by 10,000 votes

Second I expect the media to try to discount it destroy it ignored her do whatever they can to try to undermine it

I do believe that this data will be ready to go to court and stand up in court

I do not count on courts to ever touch these issues they are too scared for their own personal well-being from brat Black Lives Matter and other terrorist threatening their families

That’s it it’s going to be up to us any conservative news media to beat this relentlessly until we get audits in all 50 states


9 posted on 09/22/2021 8:16:46 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! I could )
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To: Truthoverpower

I expect it will be a nothing burger.

No matter what the truth is, it will be shown to be a nothing burger. No one wants to be the spark that starts a civil war.


10 posted on 09/22/2021 8:20:19 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Zman

I posted a letter to the editor in local paper in the area about the 173k ‘lost’ votes in Arizona, with no chain of custody integrity, with a link to the story in other media.

The editor left out the 173k and the story link, without checking with me before they posted it over my name without mention of the editing.

That’s the state of the local papers out here.


11 posted on 09/22/2021 8:24:31 AM PDT by RideForever (One of the Control Group of the CoVID genetic experiment)
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To: fireman15

Yes sir; I’ve seen it over and over.


12 posted on 09/22/2021 8:41:06 AM PDT by Zman (Liberals: denying reality since Day One.)
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To: Zman

Way too late.


13 posted on 09/22/2021 8:56:53 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Zman
There was no 2020 election fraud. How do I know? Fox News has not said one word on it since they made the early (some say illegal) call of Arizona for Biden election night.

The mention of election fraud will get you fired. Just ask Lou Dobbs and Trish Regan.

So if the "We report, you decide", most trusted name in news won't report or mention it...I guess it just doesn't happen.

Chris Wallace(D) and the never-Trump Fox News cabal.

14 posted on 09/22/2021 9:28:46 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Thank you Fox news for saving us from Trump < /sarcasm >)
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To: fireman15

Very rarely hear anything about the terminally stupid Patty Murray (who has had the same hairdo since 1976), nor Cantwell. Murray re-confirmed her stupidity when she said that Osama Bin Laden had built roads and day care centers. They are both long overdue to be dumped, but unfortunately, don’t see it happening.


15 posted on 09/22/2021 10:36:50 AM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: fireman15

Yeah, the ‘hit until your happy’ election of 2004. Remember it well.


16 posted on 09/22/2021 10:42:34 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: fireman15
To one and all, as someone who lives in the People's Republic of Washington, Western Washington, a.k.a. communist side of the state, Snohomish (Pronounced Snow-Home-ISH) County.

Most corrupt counties are / is Snohomish & King County(s).

I thought you would like to see just some of the scum in the (Washington State) court rooms, before they bring in the people wearing orange jump-suits.

Date on my receipt 04/02/98

From:
THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON

IN RE:..........)        B.A. NUMBER 61
                )
CLARK GAREN,    )        DISSENT TO DENIAL OF
                )          APPLICATION TO
BAR APPLICANT   )             PRACTICE
                )              LAW

299/874 (THIS WAS A HAND WRITTEN NOTE) Pg-1

Quick synopsis: This guy failed on his LETTER HEAD, on a business in Nevada, to disclose that he was admitted to practice in Texas & California only. Second in "OPEN COURT" in California, said he wasn't going to pay his property taxes. (That REALLY PISSED OFF, the Character and Fitness Committee. You would thought he shot J.F.K. or something akin to that. And the BEST for Last, he only answered questions of the Character and Fitness Committee with Telling the "Technical Truth." addressed on pg. 39 of the decision. Also something about a Bankruptcy, pg. 4, of the Character and Fitness Committee)

Just some of the high lights, ref: Clark Garen total pages for the decision 44 pages.

Opinion of the Character and Fitness Committee, 7 pages.

Justice Sanders wrote the opinion, [footnote 9 W.S.Ct.]"By majority vote the court has denied my request to publish" Pg. 44

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Dissent by Sanders, J., Denial of Application to Practice Law

2nd Paragraph, pg 4

Analysis begins by noting the paucity of published authority in this
jurisdiction of the meaning of “good moral character,” much less the recommended
procedure for it to be proved, or disproved. Only two published decisions emanate
from this court on the topic: In re Belsher, 102 Wn.2d 844, 689 P.2d 1078 (1984)
and In re Wright, 102 Wn.2d 855, 690 P.2d 1134 (1984). In both cases the
applicant came to the court burdened with a record of serious misconduct. Dennis
Belsher, for example, blew up his parents’ car with a home-made bomb, although
end of Pg-4.

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.5

his parents miraculously escaped injury. Nevertheless, the Board of Governors
found Mr. Belsher fit to practice law in this State, although ultimately this court
turned aside the favorable recommendation, concluding it was not in the interest of
the public or the Bar to admit Mr. Belsher to practice “at this time.” Belsher, 102
Wn.2d at 854. The second case, In re Wright, was apparently a closer case as it
ended in a split decision, four justices favoring the admission of Mr. Wright as per
the Bar’s recommendation, four justices opposed. Mr. Wright had been convicted
of second degree murder while armed with a firearm. While his appeal was pending
from this criminal conviction, he was charged and ultimately pleaded guilty to
possession of heroin as well.

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.14

1st paragraph, last sentence.

Nor Should it be his
problem that the committee has “doubts,” as doubts can arise from a variety of
sources including the listener’s inattention or lack of understanding.

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.17

4th sentence

The object of our inquiry is therefore to determine a trait or
generalization based upon a general course of conduct rather than a particular event,
unless that event is so significant so as to have overshadowing importance. In the
case of Mr. Wright, for example, the court concluded “second degree murder does
not exhibit good moral character.” In re Wright, 102 Wn.2d at 859. By the same
token, prior engagement in criminal enterprise may also point to bad moral
character. Cf. In re Belsher, 102 Wn.2d. At 851-52. Even so, we have admitted
or readmitted others to practice notwithstanding prior criminal conduct when

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.18

rehabilitation is demonstrated. Let us weigh the claims of the Bar by the standard
we have set for ourselves in prior proceedings.
We have reinstated attorneys who have committed serious illegal and/or
immoral acts including: second-degree assault (In re McGrath, 112 Wn.2d 481,
482, 772 P.2d 502 (1989)); misappropriation of client funds (In re Moynihan, 113
Wn.2d 219, 220, 778 P.2d 521 (1989); In re Rosellini, 108 Wn.2d 350, 355, 739
P.2d 658 (1987); In re Chantry, 84 Wn.2d 153, 154, 524 P.2d 909 (1974));
witness tampering (In re Stroh, 108 Wn.2d 410, 41, 739 P.2d 690 (1987); In re
Shain
, 24 Wn.2d 598, 166 P.2d 843 (1946)); lying to a client (In re Livesey, 94
Wn.2d 251, 252, 615 P.2d 1294 (1980)); possession of bank robbery proceeds ( In
re Egger
, 93 Wn.2d 706, 707, 611 P.2d 1260 (1980)); burglary (In re Krogh,
93 Wn.2d 504, 505, 610 P.2d 1319 (1980)); grand larceny (In re Johnson, 92
Wn.2d 349, 350, 597 P.2d 113 (1979)); assault with intent to commit rape (In re
Simmons
, 81 Wn.2d 43, 44, 499 P.2d 874 (1972)); fraud (In re Eddleman, 79
Wn.2d 725, 489 P.2d 174 (1971)); mail fraud (In re Lonergan, 23 Wn.2d 767,
767, 162 P.2d 289 (1945)); embezzlement (In re Lillions, 196 Wash. 272, 82 P.2d
571 (1938)); and having an

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.19

affair with a juror in a cause in which the attorney was counsel (In re Bruener, 178
Wash. 165, 34 P.2d 437 (1934).[Footnote 5]

Moreover, regarding just the last seven initial applicants for admission
considered by this court, we have granted admission to applicants who have: sold
seven ounces each of cocaine and heroin (Bar Applicant No. 60); conspired to
import and distribute marijuana and transported $250,000 to another country (Bar
Applicant No. 59); engaged in vehicle tampering and shoplifting (Bar Applicant
No. 58); sold over a pound of cocaine to undercover officers for $30,500 in addition
to possessing over a half-a-pound of cocaine (Bar Applicant No.57); furnished
alcohol to a minor, delivered a controlled substance to a minor, and committed third
degree sodomy with a 14-year-old girl (Bar Applicant No.56); broke into a liquor
store, burglarized a home, stole payroll checks, and drove under the influence (Bar
Applicant No.55); and possessed marijuana and attempted to commit fraud (Bar
Applicant No.54);

Footnote 5: One case, In re Greenwood, 22 Wn.2d 684, 157 P.2d 591 (1945), does not report the misconduct for which the attorney was disbarred.

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.20

It is therefore our charge to measure Mr. Garen’s application by the standard
we have applied to others. I would be most interested to hear any explanation from
the majority as to how Mr. Garen has fallen below that standard we have set in the
prior proceedings enumerated above. Cum tacent, clamant. {Footnote 6}

Tax Liens

Mr. Garen admitted to tax liens on Los Angeles County property, unpaid
since 1990, in the amount of a few thousand dollars. He testified before both the
Nevada and Washington committees he currently did not intend to pay the liens but
would do so when he sells other real property in Los Angeles. This is frequently the
practice since these liens show as a defect in title and new purchasers often, but not
necessarily, require clear title before closing.

Aside from simple economics, Mr. Garen testified before the Nevada
Committee he did not think the liens were legitimate and initially contested their
basis in a proceeding to contest the assessed value. But when he lost his challenge
he did not further appeal. He testified he did not pay the liens because he was very

[Footnote 6-- Their very silence is a loud cry. Cicero, In Catilinam, I, 21.]

In re Clark Garen, Bar Applicant
B.A. Number 61
Pg.21

upset about the valuation and this was the manner he elected to handle his personal
affairs. On this basis the Character and Fitness Committee concluded: “Mr.
Garen’s
cavalier attitude in reference to the tax liens indicate his disregard and
disrespect for the lawful process.” Cp at 7. To the contrary, it appears Mr. Garen
fully participated in the process but rather was dissatisfied with its result.

What is missing from the committee’s conclusion, of course, is any discussion
of how Mr. Garen’s failure to pay a tax lien on real property is “immoral.” Refusal
or failure to pay property tax is malum prohibitum(Fn. 7), not malum in se(Fn. 8). Moreover,
in both California and Washington it is the property that owes the tax; there is no
personal obligation on the part of the individual to pay it. See City of Huntington
Beach v. Superior Court of Orange County
, 78 Cal. App. 3d 333, 144 Cal.
Rptr. 236, 240 (1978) (“Real property taxes are imposed on the ownership of
property as such; they recur annually on a fixed date; and no personal liability arises
from their nonpayment, the sole security for the taxes being the property itself.”);
Clark-Kunzl Co. V. Williams, 78 Wn.2d 59, 63, 469 P.2d 874 (1970) (“[P]roperty
taxes are primarily in rem in character. The tax is imposed against the property
itself, not against the owners of the various interests in the land.”). One may even
acquire

Footnotes---7 & 8

Footnote - 7
A wrong prohibited; a thing which is wrong because prohibited; an act which is not inherently immoral, but becomes so because its commission is expressly forbidden by positive law; an act involving an illegality resulting from positive law. Contrasted with malum in se. Story, Ag. §346; People v. Pavlic, 227 Mich. 562, 199 N.W. 373,374, 35 A.L.R. 741. Black’s Dictionary 4TH page 1112, This definition was not enter/offered by the court.

Footnote - 8
A wrong in itself; an act or case involving illegality from the very nature of the transaction, upon principles of natural, moral, and public law. Story, Ag, § 346. State v. Shedoudy, 45 N.M. 516, 118 P.2d 280, 287. Black’s Dictionary 4TH page 1112, This definition was not enter/offered by the court.

17 posted on 09/22/2021 11:56:56 AM PDT by Stanwood_Dave ("Testilying." Cop's lie, only while testifying, as taught in their respected Police Academy(s). )
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To: Stanwood_Dave
Most corrupt counties are / is Snohomish & King County(s).

Pierce County has a long history of judicial and political corruption that is every bit as bad... possibly worse.

18 posted on 09/23/2021 6:53:33 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

I remember that 2004 election and I recall thinking ...this is a crime with the boxes and boxes of “found ballots.”

Little did I know that would be the START OF SOMETHING BIG.

And I live on the East Coast!

If you are a Washingtonian, I feel sorry for all those lost years. It started a little later out here.


19 posted on 09/23/2021 7:16:12 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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