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Posted on 11/08/2005 5:45:55 PM PST by NavyCanDo
In a nutshell, I quit as a poll judge because the inspector threatened me for doing my job of dissuading an ineligible individual from voting.
The poll judge's statutory oath says:
we will not give our consent to the receipt of any vote or ballot from any person, other than one whom we firmly believe to be entitled to vote at such election Silly me, I tried to convince someone who is not eligible to vote in this election to vote in the next election. The poll inspector, a Democrat named Nancy Shelton, threatened to remove me from my post and called the Elections Office and then threatened me with even bigger consequences.
I was working as the provisional ballot judge, helping people who were not eligible to vote a regular ballot to cast a provisional ballot. A man came to my desk at around 11am. In the course of trying to help him figure out which precinct he should vote in, he volunteered to me that he had registered to vote, but moved to Washington State from California only on October 13th. The significance being that he has not lived in this state the 30 days required for being an eligible voter, as spelled out in Article VI Section 1 of the State Constitution.
I showed the gentleman the state voter registration form, which includes a declaration signed under penalty of a Class C felony, reminding the voter of the thirty day rule:
reminded the voter that the provisional ballot envelope requires him to sign, under penalty of perjury, a declaration that he is eligible to vote. I also explained that if he did insist on voting I would note on the envelope his statement that he moved here less than thirty days ago and that he had seen the eligibility requirements on the registration form. He decided, correctly, to go away without casting a ballot. I expressed to him my hope that he would come back and vote in the next election.
Inspector Nancy Shelton grew livid and insisted that she was trained that we have to allow everybody who wants to vote, regardless of what the oath says. She threatened to remove me from my post and then called the Elections Office.
At around 2pm when Nancy Sheltonwas away from the polling place (on what was much longer than the permitted 1 hour break) a roving "troubleshooter" from the Elections Office came in. I explained to her what happened with the ineligible provisional voter and she told me she thought I handled the situation appropriately. Nancy Shelton returned at around 3pm, all upset.
She said: "This is very serious. You violated that man's federal civil rights. The Elections Office had to call him and offer him the chance to vote at a different precinct" [knowing that he had acknowledged he was not eligible to vote]
Nancy Shelton also told me in a threatening tone that I had two choices: I could step aside from the provisional desk and work as a regular precinct judge; Alternatively, if I wanted to continue to work as the provisional judge I could not ask any prospective voters if they were registered to vote. In other words, I would not be allowed to uphold my oath.
At that point I decided that I wasn't going to play the Sims/Logan game if upholding my sworn oath means getting accused of bogus charges like "violating people's federal civil rights", when all I did was show an ineligible voter the official documents that explain why he is ineligible.
I'll drink to that!
You should have held your ground and insisted the Inspector be removed for encouraging voter fraud. Other than that, good job!
steal it too.
I dont see how you can expect any better in a state with an illigitimate Governor.
Get this on local talk radio immediately!
Already there. I was listening to it on KVI's John Carlson show an hour and a half ago.
This appears to be conspiracy to create fraudulent votes.
Get this on local talk radio immediately!
KVI 570 has been talking to this guy. Very troubling to hear.
I did mean "steal" not still. I was in a big hurry to get this story out and failed to double check my spelling.
If I ever had to move to Washington, I would avoid King County like the plague. I have heard absolutely nothing but horror stories about Dem corruption there.
Amen!
And encourage local talk radio to interview this Nancy Shelton, along with her supervisor.
Shelton would have to either a.) admit ignorance of the rules of eligibility or b.) admit to knowingly breaking the rules or c.) lie.
I heard Stephan talking about this with John Carlson on KVI this afternoon.
It really is an amazing thing to watch the King Co. Elections office. If so much weren't at stake it would be funny.
Here in heavily democrat King Co. the people who could change the system are in charge of the system and have no vested interest in changing it. So sadly sadly I think most are shrugging and saying "that's politics/"
Here poll workers carry cell phones to call Republican headquarters where lawyers are standing by. Individuals cannot be expected to withstand opposing intimidation without backup.
I wonder if Nancy Shelton needs her very own song.
You're right about needing help to stand up to the opposition. I suspect, however, that this poll judge knows where to push buttons.
He is/was the point man doing much of the investigation finding all of the ballot irregularities during the election a year ago - when the Dems counted and recounted and recounted continuing to find more ballots until they got the result they wanted.
His name must send shivers down the spine of the KC Elections Board. Since the woman called downtown for direction, the Dems are either very stupid for pulling this stunt with him of all people, or they are feeling very insulated from any repercussions and consequences of their shifty behavior. Or some of both.
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