GOP Analysis Gives Rossi 100-Vote Win
Report via the Seattle Post Intelligencer
Washington state Democratic Governor Christine Gregorie would have lost last November by about 100 votes had not ballots cast by felons, dead voters, and non-citizens allowed Gregoire a small 129 vote win.
But it's not clear whether the courts will buy into the statistical arguement. Democrats contend that state law doesn't allow such arguements.
Huh? WTF! If those arguements are not good enough then nothing is.
Republicans intend to file findings of the statictical analysis in the election trial that starts May 23 in Superior Court. The findings include the following allegations of improper votes in the election:
• 946 ballots cast by felons, who are barred from voting by the state constitution unless their civil rights have been restored. Of those, 726 came from King County.
• 53 ballots cast in the names of dead voters, including 39 in King County.
• 22 ballots from voters who voted twice in Washington state, and five from voters who voted in Washington and another state.
• Two absentee ballots from Chehalis that were filled out by someone other than the registered voter who received them.
• Two ballots from Seattle cast by non-citizens, who are ineligible to vote.
• 317 provisional ballots that were tabulated without the required verification of voter status. All but a handful are from King County.
• 53 ballots cast in the names of dead voters, including 39 in King County.
• 22 ballots from voters who voted twice in Washington state, and five from voters who voted in Washington and another state.
• Two absentee ballots from Chehalis that were filled out by someone other than the registered voter who received them.
• Two ballots from Seattle cast by non-citizens, who are ineligible to vote.
• 317 provisional ballots that were tabulated without the required verification of voter status. All but a handful are from King County.
But Democrats in Washington don't want to reign in illegal voting, they want to expand it. As this post from Sound Politics shows they are "Advocates for illegal voting."
Q: Can non-citizens vote in our elections?
A: Although that has not been proven to have been a problem in the last election, within these reforms we are requiring that clear and conspicuous language be added to the voter registration form stating that the applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a check box confirming that the applicant is a citizen. Additionally there will be a warning put on the voter registration form that it is a class C felony to provide false information.
There is no database to cross-reference voter rolls and check for U.S. citizenship. We must rely on law enforcement to prosecute individuals who lie on their registration. In our efforts to better our election process, we must not disenfranchise potential voters who are given the right to vote by our constitution. In protecting some we cannot create barriers for others.
A: Although that has not been proven to have been a problem in the last election, within these reforms we are requiring that clear and conspicuous language be added to the voter registration form stating that the applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a check box confirming that the applicant is a citizen. Additionally there will be a warning put on the voter registration form that it is a class C felony to provide false information.
There is no database to cross-reference voter rolls and check for U.S. citizenship. We must rely on law enforcement to prosecute individuals who lie on their registration. In our efforts to better our election process, we must not disenfranchise potential voters who are given the right to vote by our constitution. In protecting some we cannot create barriers for others.
Just who else do the Democrats think preventing non-citizens from voting creates barrier for?
Michelle Malkin also reports on Counting Every (bogus) Vote.