Jun
22
2007
Okay Shark, Andrew'sDad and PerriNelson - my turn.
This is more appropriate for King County bloggers, but this Skagitonian gave $50 to Accountable Elections to fight for the "liberty and justice for all" that the people of King County haven't gotten and put Initiative 25 on the ballot so King County can elect their own auditor and their own elections division. See the people of King County don't get what 38 other counties get - which is a chance to vote up or down on their elections director via voting for their auditor. Only in King County - okay, Soviet Socialist Republic - is that not possible. But when you have an elected official in charge of elections, this increases accountability. Unlike with most, if not all, of the 38 other counties - King County's elected official will do just elections and not also finances, property, public records and licenses. Just elections - so King County Elections under a CEO directly accountable to the people can remove their dogpiles from our elections. So when I-25 makes the ballot (signatures just need verification and that another month will be needed to verify the signed petitions and yes, there's a cushion), please consider donating to I-25 to clean up the dogpiles!!!
Jun
22
2007
Jane Balogh proved it. All you need to register to vote in King County is a utility bill. A phone bill will do. You don’t have to prove your identity any further than that, and you don’t have to prove your citizenship.
Sure, the registration application warns you “NOTE: Do not complete this form if you are not a U.S. Citizen”. It also asks you “Are you a Citizen of the United States?” and gives you the options of selecting “Yes”, or “No”. It goes further to warn you that
If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210)
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Jun
22
2007
And by "illegal voters", I mean people who don't actually cast an illegal vote but just wanted to point out how flawed the system is.
From today's Seattle Times:
Woman registers her dog to vote; prosecutors growl
Jane Balogh had a pretty good idea who was calling when the phone rang and the caller asked for Duncan M. MacDonald.
Duncan is the dog Balogh registered as a voter seven months before the November 2006 election.
After making her point — how easy it is for a voter to register illegally — Balogh will be arraigned in King County Superior Court on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of making a false statement to a public official.
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If she accepts the plea deal offered by prosecutors, they won't ask for jail time but will recommend she be sentenced to 10 hours of community service, pay a $250 fine and commit no other crimes for a year.
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Jun
22
2007
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's website has a flash demo outlining her positions on Rising Gas Prices, Progress For America, Appropriations Bills, which includes increase veterans funding… apparently for the Canadian military. After all that is a picture of a doctor speaking to a person wearing a Canadian military uniform.
I could not make this stuff up. I wish I had to but sadly I do not.
When, not if, the page gets taken down, go here for a screenshot.
H/T Hot Air