Sources in the legislature tell me that:
1. Contrary to an earlier rumor, it does not appear that the Democrats will attempt to certify the election on Monday.
2. The D's have the votes to certify on Tuesday, and they will move forward with that no matter how many people are protesting outside.
3. Nevertheless, it is important to lobby your legislators to try to persuade them to hold off on certification -- especially if you have a Democrat Senator and/or Representative and your district voted for Dino Rossi.
4. The advice for making your point to your elected officials: "Phone calls and e-mails are effective, and the more effective if they are courteous".
The following is an expanded list of the Dino District Democrats in the legislature. If you any of these people represent you, it's essential that you contact them. [If you're not sure of your district, go here and scroll down to "District Finder" ] Explain that there are too many irregularities in this contest to trust the outcome and that it would be only undermine public confidence in our electoral process if the legislature were to certify the result. Ask them to support a revote so we can restore confidence in the system and elect a governor who has a legitimate mandate, whomever that turns out to be.
| District | Location | Rossi's Percentage |
Democratic Legislators |
| 1st | portions of northeast King County and south Snohomish County, including areas of Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, and Brier. |
50.3%
|
Sen.
Rosemary McAuliffe |
| 16th | parts of Benton and Franklin counties, and all of Columbia and Walla Walla counties. |
63.6%
|
Rep. Bill Grant |
| 17th | a portion of Clark County. |
54.6%
|
Rep. Deb Wallace |
| 23rd | Kitsap County, including Bainbridge Island, Silverdale, Poulsbo, Kingston, and parts of Bremerton. |
50.9%
|
Sen.-elect
Phil Rockefeller Rep.-elect Sherry Appleton |
| 25th |
Puyallup, Milton, and portions of Fife |
53.9%
|
Sen. Jim Kastama Rep. Dawn Morrell |
| 26th | parts of Pierce and Kitsap Counties |
52.4%
|
Rep.
Patricia Lantz Rep.-elect Derek Kilmer |
| 28th | Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Tillicum, and West Tacoma; Anderson, Ketron, and McNeil Islands. |
51.3%
|
Rep. Tami Green |
| 30th | Federal Way, Milton, Algona and Pacific |
51.2%
|
|
| 35th | Mason and portions of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, and Thurston Counties. |
50.4%
|
Sen. Tim
Sheldon Rep. Kathy Haigh Rep. William Eickmeyer |
| 41st | Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, west Issaquah and northeast Renton |
50.7%
|
Sen.-elect
Brian Weinstein Rep. Judy Clibborn |
| 42nd | the western half of Whatcom County. |
51.1%
|
Rep. Kelly Linville |
| 44th | a portion of southwest Snohomish County |
54.1%
|
Rep.
Hans Dunshee Rep. John Lovick |
| 45th | parts of Kirkland and Woodinville; Redmond, Duvall, Carnation and the Upper Snoqualmie Valley |
54.4%
|
Rep.-elect Larry Springer |
| 47th | part of southeast King County from the Renton Highlands to Kent to Black Diamond |
54.2%
|
Rep.
Geoff Simpson Rep.-elect Pat Sullivan |
| 48th | parts of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and all of Medina, Clyde Hill, Yarrow Point and Hunts Point |
51.3%
|
Rep. Ross Hunter |
That would be 20 Democratic Representatives and 6 Senators in Dino Districts. Only a few of them need to vote with their constituents instead of with their party bosses (and union paymasters) to preserve our democracy. Again, be impeccably courteous and appeal to their highest ideals of respecting the will of the people and insisting on clean elections to measure the will of the people. At the same time, the subtext should be that betraying one's constituents and certifying a fraudulent election should merit devastating consequences.
I know that many of these Democrats are worthy public servants. It would be a shame if any of the good ones sacrificed their careers in order to prop up this fraudulent circus of an election "victory".
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 07, 2005
12:03 AM | Email This
2nd District -- portions of southeastern Pierce County and southeastern Thurston County. Senator Marilyn Rasmussen (D)
10th District -- all of Island County and portions of NW Snohomish and SW Skagit. Senator Mary Margaret Haugen (D)
Both of these districts have two GOP state representatives. And we always target Rasmussen and Haugen, since these districts are supposed to be GOP districts. Rossi must have carried both of them.
Posted by: Richard Pope on January 7, 2005 12:32 AMClark County has two legislative districts, District 17 and District 49. While District 17 is represented by two Republicans and one Democrat (Deb Wallace), District 49 is represented by one Republican and two Democrats (Jim Moeller and Bill Fromhold). That combines for a total of three Democrats and three Republicans. Importantly, Dino won Clark County by an almost 14,000 vote margin.
Likely, the six legislators in Clark County will split evenly in the vote to ratify the election next Tuesday, even though they represent a county that was pro-Rossi. I will definitely be checking how each of them vote and won't forget next time they come up for re-election to their office.
Posted by: JRR on January 7, 2005 02:15 AMThank you for your message. If there is evidence of fraud, the GOP
should ask for the appropriate law enforcement to take place. That's why
we have a criminal and civil justice system, to correct wrongdoing and
to bring justice to the injured party. In most instances, election fraud
is a felony. If such fraud exists and it can be shown that Gregoire's
election would not have happened if the fraud had not occurred, then I
agree that a revote should occur. If anybody is guilty of election
fraud, I will call for them to be punished to the fullest extent of the
law. Absent any credible allegations of fraud, the laws of Washington
have been followed and the people of Washington have elected their new
governor and I intend to vote to certify the election. Do I think come
changes to our laws are in order? Absolutely, our laws are clearly not
perfect and can certainly be improved upon. But mistakes do not
constitute fraud. Mistakes occurred all over the state as they do in
every election. When mistakes are corrected in accordance with our laws
in regard to elections, the true will of the voters is revealed. In this
case, after the mistakes that were identified in time to be corrected in
accordance with our laws were corrected, the will of the voters was that
Gregoire be elected governor. The only remedy in our laws available to
the GOP now is to show that fraud or malfeasance has occurred and as I
have stated before, if it has then perhaps a new election is in order
and certainly the perpetrator should be punished. I urge you to contact
GOP chair Chris Vance at chairmanvance@wsrp.org to urge him to produce a
credible allegation of fraud or concede that his candidate has lost the
election.
Thanks again,
Geoff
47th district King County
Posted by: colleen Ash on January 7, 2005 06:48 AMRasmussen is in Hawaii,"enjoying the beach boys" until Sunday. She isn't going to respond. Nice how she is living it up in Hawaii...she doesn't seem to care at all about this fiasco.
Posted by: Miriam on January 7, 2005 12:08 PMDidn't Dino carry his own District (the 5th)?
I live in Clark, and I think Dino got 56% of the two-party vote.
Posted by: brent on January 7, 2005 03:59 PM----- Original Message -----
From: "Sells, Rep. Mike"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:19 PM
Subject: RE: REVOTE
I think the evidence has to be looked at objectively with a view to
election reform. Simply having a revote under the same circumstances
would not increase people's confidence in the outcome. In fact it could
lead us right back where we are now. I certainly want people to feel
that the election was legitimate, the rules were followed, and the
outcome as a result was fair, especially when it is someone from my own
party who has been elected.
Mike Sells
Kat Overman
Legislative Assistant
Representative Mike Sells
425-257-2168
-----Original Message-----
From: tim.tennessen@verizon.net [mailto:tim.tennessen@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:04 PM
To: Sells, Rep. Mike
Subject: REVOTE
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TO: Representative Mike Sells
FROM:
Mr. Tim Tennessen
5502 73rd St. NE
Marysville, WA 98270
E-MAIL: tim.tennessen@verizon.net
PHONE: 360-651-2654
SUBJECT: REVOTE
MESSAGE:
Dear Rep. Sells
There are just too many glaring irregularities in this last election
with the recounts, and the "King County" found ballots, etc.,that the
whole process just reeks of fraud. We cannot in any way trust the
outcome of this election and that to continue down this slippery slope
would undermine public confidence and throw a huge question mark on the
credibility of our legislature and the whole election process. I ask
that you support a REVOTE to restore public confidence in the election
process and to elect a govenor who has a legitimate mandate, whomever
that may be.
Betraying one's constituents can, and often does have devastating
consequences. Do the right thing Mr. Sells.
I am informed, I watch, and most importantly, I vote.
Tim T.
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