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December 18, 2004
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My vote won't be counted. From the democrat party:
Unfortunately, a lower court ruled this afternoon to NOT count my ballot. It is being appealed to the State Supreme Court for a final decision.
12.16.04 Governor’s Race Update
· Mistake Discovered. King County discovered that it had accidentally neglected to count hundreds of ballots. Because of a mistake, these legitimate ballots were never counted. Now King County is trying to do the right thing, correct their mistake, and count these ballots. Afraid of the consequences, the GOP and Dino Rossi are saying it’s fraud. They are doing everything they can to keep these ballots from being counted.
· Valid Votes, Ordinary Voters. These are valid votes cast by ordinary voters who did everything right. There is no legitimate reason to ignore their votes.
· Mistakes should be fixed. If the government messed up your tax returns, they should fix them. If the DMV makes a mistake, we would expect them to take of it. So why shouldn’t we fix the mistake that kept ballots from being counted?
· What Are They So Afraid Of? The GOP sounds downright hysterical. With some of the largest counties still not in yet, they know it’s entirely possible that if every legal vote is counted, their candidate will lose.
· Dino Rossi Is The Accidental Governor-Elect. At the last count, Rossi only lead by 42 votes. But a mistake by King County kept hundreds of valid votes from being counted in that count. Thus, it’s entirely likely that Rossi owed his lead at the end of the last machine count to a mistake.
· GOP Wants To Change the Rules. Now that it looks like Rossi should be behind, the GOP wants to change the rules. They’re going to court and arguing that every vote shouldn’t be counted. In essence, they want the court to stop the count while Rossi is ahead.
· Flip-Flop: Just last week, Rossi and the GOP shrilly attacked Democrats for going to court. They said they “trusted the voters, not the lawyers.” Now they’re doing the exact same thing.
· Hypocrisy. Hundreds of ballots have been added in that favored Dino Rossi, and the GOP didn’t make a peep (and the Democrats didn’t scream fraud while these hundreds of ballots were helping Dino Rossi).
- Example: Snohomish. Snohomish added in 223 ballots that were never counted, and Rossi picked up votes because of it.
- Example: Chelan. Chelan found a ballot that should have been counted before but wasn’t. It was a Rossi vote, and it was added in – and the GOP had no problem with it.
- Example: Grant. Grant added in 52 previously uncounted ballots, and Rossi netted 18 votes. Again, not a whisper of protest from the Rossi camp.
- Example: Whatcom. Whatcom found 7 new ballots, and Rossi gained because of it.
· Republicans Even Demanding New Election. Republican Ralph Munroe has been calling for a new election. Why? Two reasons:
- Munroe Has a Financial Interest. Munroe is Chairman of “Vote Here,” an electronic voting company. If a hand count demonstrates that the earlier machine counts were inaccurate, it’s in his personal interest for the hand count to be thrown out.
- Munroe is a Rossi Backer. Throughout the recount Monroe has been talking straight from the GOP script. Now that Rossi fears he’ll lose the election because all the votes will be counted, his team wants a do-over.
· Take a Deep Breath. Rossi and the GOP need to calm down, and listen to the public, newspapers, Republicans and Democrats who have called for the hand count to continue without interference. Chris Gregoire says she will accept the results of the hand count; Rossi needs to make the same promise.
Posted by jana at December 18, 2004 12:12 PM
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