Posted on 01/12/2005 9:54:00 PM PST by Publius
For the gory details: soundpolitics.com
Interest from non-locals is much appreciated. Feel free to write to our Sec. of State, Sam Reed (email), and tell him what non-Washingtonians think of this mess. This whole thing is a joke - 129 vote lead for Gregoire after the THIRD count, after trailing by 261 (count #1) and then 42 (count #2), and ONLY after questionable votes (with no associated voter) mysteriously appeared. 9 times during the counts, King County "found" ballots unexpectedly.
One thing this Washington State voter can assure you: Rossi's case is ROCK SOLID. I have every confidence that an impartial decision rendered on the basis of fact will THROW OUT THIS SHAM OF AN ELECTION.
I already read this.
I don't know if you might have caught christine on the news in any sound bites from her inaugural speech, or at other times, but she has a very BAD habit of having her voice shake like she's under waaaaay too much pressure and scrutiny, and has lost it.
She reminds me of someone who, caught in a criminal act, is running from the crime scene, and wondering when the cops will blow the whistle and tell her to STOP OR THEY'LL SHOOT.
Maybe i'll call her office tomorrow and tell her assistant that I will be filing a petition to recall her no later than Tuesday morning. Shopuld make her day, because she will know who I am with the mere mention of my first name.
BTTT Thanks for psoting this. He was on KVI this afternoon.
Bravo, Timothy! Fantastic layout of the issues. Very informative!
Fraudoire--Sheesh!
"He's damn good. His brief is tightly argued, and as a non-lawyer, a tightly argued brief is the only kind I can understand."
I hate it when my briefs get tightly argued....
8^)
Judge John Bridge annulled and set aside the 2000 election for Wenatchee Mayor, finding that Gary Schoessler was not eligible because he failed to meet the residency requirements.
Judge John Bridge was meticulous in his findings of fact and law. He enumerated 90 separate findings of fact and 15 conclusions of law. His thoroughness may be one reason why the WA State Supreme Court unanimously upheld the election annulment.
Another notable fact is that Judge John Bridge did not delay the proceedings. The election contest was filed December 3, 1999 and the ruling was filed January 7, 2000. Also notable was that the WA Supreme Court immediately accepted review and affirmed on April 20, 2000. Almost 5 months from the filing to the final decision.
Sounds like HE belongs on the State Supreme Court.
i remember reading the opinion. It was a pretty strait-forward case and there really wasn't even a little bit of wiggle room. If Bridges applies the unambiguous wording of the election contest statutes to the facts of this case, a revote is a foregone conclusion. there really is no other option, especially with all the public attention being paid to it. The state SC will be unanimus in ruling for a revote.
Those maybe "in the inner sanctum", lol, is there any TRULY hope the fraud and purposeful "errors" will be judged and revote granted, or even better, any criminal charges?
Just thought this needed to be BTTT.
In all fairness and the spirit of justice, I must point out that many Freepers may suffer from that regrettable Republican tendency to insist on live, registered voters, voting once, and once only, and within the precinct in which they reside. This sort of limited view shows up the GOP as mean-spirited dorks, and entirely lacking in imagination.
This strange, antediluvian mindset causes the process many problems. It makes no provision for the dead. Even worse, it does not take into account the entirely fictitious voter.(Known in the trade as a "loretta" after Loretta Sanchez, who was elected to congress with the votes of entirely imaginary Mexicans) Are not these voters absent? Of course they are! That means they get an absentee ballot. It is designed for absent people. It doesn't have to say WHY they are absent, dummie!
Furthermore, you Republicans never take into account the special and tragic plight of the minority and female voter. These downtrodden citizens must be allowed to make up the votes they missed during the long and bitter period in which they were denied suffrage. The mantra, "One man, one vote," perfectly expresses the racist, misogynist, and homophobic slant of the Republican mind. With only one vote, it would take these poor people who have been sorely oppressed by white racist males, a thousand years to get even! The Washington way is faster, as you can plainly see. Faster means fairer.
Also, I think it is tragic that the Republicans keep using Abraham Lincoln's cheap trick of offering the vote to our military. It's even worse if they are overseas. Don't you realize that these people are armed voters from war zones? They might easily tip the balance against Democrats, and are thus racist, homophobic, and quite possibly misogynistic themselves!
A true voter, alive or dead, real or virtual, must therefore have three options for reaching the polls and making their vote count:
(A) They must be registered so their vote van be counted in a precinct, or many precincts depending upon the need.
(B) They must have provisional ballots that can be carried by volunteers for use in precincts other than their home, graveyard, or computer file.
(C) They must have absentee ballots.
OTOH, The live voter presents certain difficulties. They must be bussed all over the place. They whine. They moan. They are affected by the weather. They are unreliable. The street money they can soak up is up there in Soros-Land. Nope, for vote efficiency, give me the dead, or imaginary voter every time.
I hope this has been enlightening for you.
Donna Brazile.
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