In a brilliant piece of prose from the AFT, the Washington State Teacher's Union, we are reminded of the proverb "by the fruit shall ye know the tree."
Certify Christine Gregoire!Hat tip, reader Douglas Jole. Posted by Brian Crouch at January 11, 2005 08:23 AM | Email ThisDear Union Member,
As you know, Christine Gregoire's gubanatorial election has already been certified by the Secretary of State. Tomorrow, the state legislature will also certify the election as fair and complete.
They still misspell gubernatorial in the following statement at the web address below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/certify/gsue8i22755i7t
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The short explanation of this alert was:
As you know, Christine Gregoire's gubanatorial election has already been certified by the Secretary of State. Tomorrow, the state legislature will also certify the election as fair and complete. However, some members of the Republican party still hope to overturn the election and are holding a rally in Olympia tomorrow to press their case. They have blanketed the state with a media blitz of television, radio, and newspaper ads. They claim they'll have as many as 10,000 supporters at the State Capitol on Tuesday to protest and to delay Governor-elect Gregoire's certification.
The Washington State Democrats are asking your help to urge your legislator to certify the vote by attending a counter-rally if possible. Or, at the very least, by writing your legislator or local newspapers.
You can contact your legislator by calling the state Legislative Hotline toll free at 1-800-562-6000 as soon as possible (before the certification vote at 10:30 a.m.) or by sending the e-mail message below (feel free to modify it) to your legislator via GetActive.
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REVOLT and Then REVOTE.
Posted by: niceville on January 11, 2005 09:04 AMAs to the Revote I guess the rest of the Washington State citizens want the same options granted to KC voters... to vote again!
Victor
Posted by: Victor on January 11, 2005 09:14 AMI will be with you all at the REVOTEWA rally in spirit !
Posted by: KS on January 11, 2005 09:21 AM'Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.'
Have fun at the rally - wish we could be there with you!
Posted by: Mac on January 11, 2005 09:53 AMPerhaps there are others too?
Posted by: jim on January 11, 2005 10:26 AMOne of us! One of us!
Posted by: ScottM on January 11, 2005 10:31 AMhttp://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_011105WABseattleonly_voteerrorsLJ.9b62bb97.html
My favorite bits:
"Oops — never mind.
Three days after King County election officials explained most of a controversial discrepancy between the number of ballots cast and voters known to have voted, the gap has grown again.
After whittling the discrepancy from 3,539 votes to 1,217 last week, officials yesterday said they had made a mistake.
The number of votes now unaccounted for is “somewhere around 1,800,” county Elections Superintendent Bill Huennekens said yesterday.
It’s impossible to come up with a precise number, Huennekens said, because workers are adding and deleting names of registered voters as they update the list in preparation for a Feb. 8 special election."
and also, this gem:
The state Democratic Party [?????]alerted county election officials to the goof shortly after the county gave a “reconciled” list of voters to the political parties and news media Friday, but the county didn’t publicly acknowledge the problem until yesterday."
Posted by: Mac on January 11, 2005 10:56 AMI am assuming the courts will remind the state legislature that it does not have the power of the pardon.
Posted by: Bostonian on January 11, 2005 11:01 AM"It’s impossible to come up with a precise number, Huennekens said, because workers are adding and deleting names of registered voters as they update the list in preparation for a Feb. 8 special election"
Haven't anybody heard of a back-up or snapshot? Why are using live registration database (if that's what they are using) to verify? Should they be using the snapshot of the database as of November 2? It seems to suggest that they have added names to cover up the initial discrepancy, and now they are explaining that this new error is caused by their attempt to cover up the initial 3500+ discrepancy. Hmmmmm.....? Even my own son would not be as stupid as these people.
Posted by: number1dad on January 11, 2005 11:09 AMBefore today I could not gauge the level of your cruelty or great sense of humour.
This reminds me of a sign that was carried outside the Broward County election commission in 2000. The sign read "If you can read this sign you voted for Bush". I am still roll on the ground when if I think of it.
Posted by: Ralph on January 11, 2005 11:39 AMHa ha ... yes, we do seem to have a "goober"-ment. Especially in Seattle and King County, where we are lucky if our elected officials aspire to the level of being a goober.
But, I am not sure it is fair to criticize eubonics like this.
"Gubament" is a correct spelling in eubonics.
Posted by: Iguana on January 11, 2005 12:23 PM"'Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.'
Have fun at the rally - wish we could be there with you!
Posted by Mac at January 11, 2005 09:53 AM"
I had heard the first part of that before, but the second half was somehow always dropped! I think it is more than appropos...
Thanks, Mac!