Sound Politics: Jefferson County Prosecutor gives everybody one chance to vote twice

March 23, 2006

Jefferson County Prosecutor gives everybody one chance to vote twice

This file of documents was released by Jefferson County pursuant to a records request regarding some suspected cases of double voting.

Two individuals, Tami Mathias and Phineas Porter were recently discovered to have voted in both Jefferson County and in a second county (King and Snohomish, respectively) in 2004. Repeat voting is a Class C felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. But instead of filing charges as appears to be required by state law, Prosecutor Juelie Dalzell let these double voters off with a lame-ass warning letter. The letter says that "Voting twice will not be tolerated", but tolerated is exactly what Dalzell did. I guess that means that everybody is allowed one turn to double-vote up there in Jefferson County. At least the redundant registrations have been cancelled.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at March 23, 2006 03:24 PM | Email This

Comments

1. I've always thought I would vote twice to see if I could get away with it, but I have always chickened out.

Now, there seems to be no worry that I would be charged with a felony, so other than my conscience, what problem do I have?

Posted by: swatter on March 23, 2006 03:40 PM

2. The precedent for this, of course, is the "One Free Grope" policy given to Bill Clinton by Pat Ireland.

Posted by: South County on March 23, 2006 03:42 PM

3. This is just lunacy. But thanks to meth-heads, there isn't the $$$ or room to jail these losers.

Posted by: A Watchdog on March 23, 2006 04:13 PM

4. SC, I thought it was one free Lewinsky...

20 Jul 1998 Time magazine contributor Nina Burleigh declares: "I would be happy to give him (Bill Clinton) a b***j** just to thank him for keeping abortion legal. I think American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs."

Posted by: Monica on March 23, 2006 04:25 PM

5. Yah, they might as WELL rewrite that lame letter by saying "Voting twice will not be tolerated, but we will tolerate it if we catch you doing it."

Big deal. We're SO not impressed with these so-called governemnt officials.

Posted by: Misty on March 23, 2006 08:03 PM

6. Monica, I remember that quote you shared and it was just breathtaking in its outrageousness, wasn't it? THIS is what the libs called progress? Not hardly.

Posted by: Misty on March 23, 2006 08:05 PM

7. I think you miscontrued what they meant. They meant that double voting for anyone other than a Democrat will not be tolerated. Othewise it is very much encouraged.

Posted by: pbj on March 23, 2006 09:48 PM