Posted on 01/12/2005 9:54:00 PM PST by Publius
So what do we do now?
A purge is coming -- a genuine political enema.
Vance Holds Spokane Press Conference to Discuss Status of Election Contest
On Thursday, Washington State Republican Party Chair Chris Vance will be in Spokane to discuss the current situation in the election contest. The initial hearing of the election contest is scheduled in the Chelan County Superior Court this Friday.
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: Davenport Hotel, Isabella Room
10 South Post Street, Spokane
Hope that the courts give an honest ruling in this case. And keep the political pressure on. Judges are elected in this state.
If you have a ping list for this topic, could you add me please?
I've heard the 50K number a few times, I believe from John Carlson and also soundpolitics.com but I'd have to check to be sure.
LOL..they couldn't find a single soul to sign that...hahahahahaha
Right after the courts let the California recall go ahead, I had lunch with Kastama and found him to be as smart politically as anyone I've ever met. He predicted that Davis would be recalled handily and that Schwarzeneggar would win. He laid out succinctly what was wrong with California, the corruption in the legislature, and said that Cailfornia needed a political enema, something he thought Arnold would administer.
Kastama was one regular Democrat I thought would break ranks with his party and vote to hold off on certification. I was disappointed when he folded.
I'm hoping that our Washingtonian friends stand for a pitched battle on this election fraud and theft.
Anything less would be a signal to the dark side that cheating works.
BTW, the normally excellent WSJ had a pretty wimpy ed on this important topic. (Definitely not worth reading.}
Systemic problems: Systemic problems, problems with election law as written, as important as they are to fix, will not help with the contest -- namely, because the same systemic problems will almost certainly be in play in any revote. What needs to be shown -- and clearly has been -- is unique instances of illegal voting, or voting irregularities, that can be avoided in the next vote.
The reason I question this is because of the military vote. We might agree that the 'disenfranchisement' here is something that 'does not matter' in court but....
there are reports of possible violations of meeting post office deadlines and there is the strange 'back dating' just recently observed.
If there is evidence that a deadline was in fact missed although published otherwise, then that should be material to the courts.
In short, if King County promised to meet a deadline for mailing out military ballots and reported that they had indeed met the deadline but instead had lied or otherwise obfuscated the actual mailing dates that were after the deadline, then this could amount to misconduct as well.
I'd be interested in your views on this.
I still think that, judges being human, may be extremely tempted to say that the disruption to the state from unseating a sitting governor outweighs the irregularities in this election. I hope I'm wrong.
What happens to Gregoire's appointments if she's ousted? Are her appointments considered null and void? Will the Democrats raise a stink if a Governor Rossi demands the resignations of Gregoire-installed politicos?
-PJ
The real issue of systemic problems is that you would have to have the state AG and the Washington State Patrol watch the vote counting like hawks to get an honest count out of King County.
Bump
Are her actions since the inauguration null and void? I don't know. The legislature spends its first week figuring out where the bathrooms are, and they won't have anything for Gregoire to sign until April at best. I suspect there is little mischief she and her pals in the legislature can do in that limited time.
placemarker
When staff became aware that a group of ballots were incorrectly categorized and rejected, we researched and corrected the error,
By utilizing a marker to designate voter intent?
Thanks for posting this informative blog. I'm not familiar with WA politics. Could you please tell me the political make up of the Washington State Supreme Court? Just a general left leaning or right leaning is fine.
to me, naming judges, and commissions, and regents, and the like is trying to button down more power......
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