Don't Count Rossi Out - A stolen election in Washington state? Not if bloggers can help it

Opinion Journal ^ | 1/10/2005 | JOHN FUND

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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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It keeps getting better...

[Petronski]

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.

[Jet Jaguar]

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.

[Crazieman]

348 in a 120 margin??

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Ms. Gregoire is just keeping the seat warm for Governor Rossi.

[ViLaLuz]

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.

[wita]

Even more disturbing was the apparent necessity of certifying the election despite all the irregularities.

[gridlock]

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...

[Dawgreg]

EX-actly!!!

[Truth29]

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.

[DustyMoment]

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.

[Elle Bee]

More here...

Don't Count Rossi Out (WA State)- If bloggers can help it ~ John Fund

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[Falcon4.0]

Is it time to take our sporting equipment to Seattle? :-)

[Caipirabob]

It all sounds like a Michael Moore movie, except that it's real.

[sgtbono2002]

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.

[filly]

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.

[libstripper]

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.

[sionnsar]

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.

[pepperdog]

Accck! My eyes!

[connectthedots]

Bump.