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Last week a federal district judge found direct evidence that the political machine in Noxubee County, Miss., had discriminated against voters with the intent to infringe their rights and that "these abuses have been racially motivated." Among the abuses catalogued by Judge Tom Lee were the paying of notaries public to visit voters and illegally mark their absentee ballots, manipulation of the registration rolls, importation of illegal candidates to run for county office, and publication of a list of voters, classified by race, who might have their ballots challenged. The judge criticized state political officials for being "remiss" in addressing...

WENATCHEE, Wash. - Both sides delivered closing arguments Friday in Washington state's disputed governor's race, with Republican lawyers insisting the results must be thrown out to restore public faith in the system and Democrats asking a judge to uphold Gov. Christine Gregoire's 129-vote victory. On Monday, Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges will decide who's right — and who is rightfully governor of Washington state. During the trial, Republicans argued election errors, illegal votes and fraud stole the election from GOP candidate Dino Rossi. Democrats countered the errors were innocent mistakes and said Republicans lacked enough evidence to justify...

WENATCHEE, Wash. -- An expert witness for Republicans challenging the 2004 election of Gov. Christine Gregoire testified Thursday that when illegal votes are subtracted, the GOP candidate was the rightful winner. The state Republican Party and candidate Dino Rossi challenged the election after Gregoire's 129-vote victory, the closest margin of any governor's contest in the nation's history. The challengers are alleging fraud and worker errors, and want the court to nullify the election, which would lead to a new race between Rossi and Gregoire. Cal Tech political science Professor Jonathan Katz testified the way to tell who really won the...

WENATCHEE, Wash. - A trial to determine whether the results of Washington state's gubernatorial election last fall should be thrown out opened Monday with Republicans charging Democrats "stole" the contest for Christine Gregoire, who won by 129 votes out of 2.9 million cast. ADVERTISEMENT The GOP wants Dino Rossi declared the winner or a do-over election held. "This is a case of election fraud," GOP attorney Dale Foreman said in his opening statement in the trial, which is being heard by a Superior Court judge without a jury. "This election was stolen from the legal voters of this state by...

Judge Allows New GOP Allegations of Fraud in Washington Governor's RaceBy Rebecca Cook Associated Press Writer Published: May 24, 2005 WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A top King County elections official on Tuesday denied knowing about an absentee ballot report allegedly falsified by county workers while counting ballots in the 2004 governor's election. Elections Superintendent Bill Huennekens, testifying in a challenge to Washington state's 2004 gubernatorial election, said the Democratic-leaning county that includes Seattle had absentee ballots but added: "I don't know that we have an exact number." He also acknowledged the report did not include 96 unopened, uncounted ballots that...

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -- A trial to determine whether Washington state's gubernatorial election last fall should be tossed out opened yesterday with the Republicans charging that the Democrats "stole" the contest for Christine Gregoire. The GOP wants Dino Rossi -- who won the election-night count and a machine recount before hand recounts gave Mrs. Gregoire a 129-vote lead among the 2.9 million cast -- declared the winner or another election held. "This is a case of election fraud," Republican lawyer Dale Foreman said in his opening statement in the trial, which is being heard by a Superior Court judge without...

CITY OK'd 1,305 FLAWED VOTER CARDS People were allowed to cast ballots, despite filling out same-day registrations with wrong information By GREG J. BOROWSKI Milwaukee officials said Thursday that 1,305 same-day voter registration cards from the Nov. 2 election could not be processed, including more than 500 cases where voters listed no address and dozens more where no name was written on the card. [Copy of sample card below] But the revelation of the actual number of cards that couldn't be processed, far lower than previous estimates of 8,300 or more, raised new concerns, because it leaves a clear gap...

Part of the continuing look at voter fraud in Wisconsin and the lack of media attention, which I called The Silence Of The Cheese ... For a bit more analysis on Milwaukee County's presidential election results, let's take a look at the population dynamics over the past 13 years. As these articles make clear, Milwaukee County has seen a continuing flight of residents; the county decreased by 19,000 people between the 1990 and 2000 census, and the US Census Bureau estimates that the drop has steepened since. They now estimate that 32,000 fewer people live in Milwaukee County, including 29,000...

More than 120 million Americans, or nearly 60 percent of all eligible voters, cast ballots in the Nov. 2 presidential election. Approximately 50 residents of the Cardinal Krol Center - an intermediate care facility for individuals with mental retardation -- made sure they were included in that figure. The facility is administered by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is in Marple's Fourth Ward. The men voted at Loomis Elementary School. Welcomed by Judge of Elections Michael McNally, they exercised their right to help determine the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the next four years. "They want to be here,"...

Posted on Sat, Oct. 02, 2004 Voters Swell Pa. Rolls Officials are scrambling to get all the names on the books by Election Day. By Tom Infield Inquirer Staff Writer Tens of thousands of names are being added to the rolls of eligible Pennsylvania voters. With Monday the deadline for people to register to vote, election officials say they haven't seen so much political interest in years, even decades. They attribute that to the intense battleground that Pennsylvania has become as one of a few big states that could swing either way Nov 2. "People feel very strongly: I know...

More evidence the Democrats are planning an Election Day surprise for George Bush. NewsMax's recent "Insider Report" revealed that the Democrats and their 527 groups, as well as the major unions, were launching an unprecedented $300 million "get out the vote" effort to defeat President Bush. Republican strategists have warned the Democratic efforts may be laying the groundwork for massive vote fraud on Election Day. Insider Report also detailed that Democrats have been outregistering Republican voters by a factor of 5 to 1 in Ohio and Florida. But now there is word from Iowa that the Democrats are preparing to...