Yesterday's Port Townsend Leader published a story yesterday on the two Jefferson County double voters that we mentioned last week.
The Leader: "Two residents rebuked for vote fraud"
Kudos to Bob Edelman for doing the research on the double voters and bringing it to the attention of the Jefferson County Auditor. As lame as the Jefferson County Prosecutor's rebuke of the double voters was, it's still more than what, say, King County seems to be doing about election fraud.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at March 30, 2006 11:05 AM | Email ThisOh really?
Posted by: Misty on March 30, 2006 11:40 AMYou are so, so RIGHT!
The problem the State Republican Party has had is a complete lack of leadership and trying to pander to the LEFTY'S rather than be vigilant toward our fundamental rights, like voting.
R's are generally pretty lazy....satisfied to see others doing all the heavy-lifting.
Hey, I blame myself for the mess we are in.
I could have and should be doing more.
A lot of R's sit around and complain....that's it. We need more GROUND TROOPS in order to free ourselves of the LEFTIST PINHEADED KLOWN stanglehold.
It's easy to blame newspapers. But when we KNOW where they are coming from, we must do what we can to circumvent them and go right to the people. HOPING newspapers will investigate and treat an issue fairly is naive and stupid.
Stefan has kept the pressure on in this Voting mess and we have seen tremendous progress...although still a long way to go.....especially if lame-a$$ Prosecutors DO NOTHING but talk loudly.
This Double-voting is just one of many issues on the horizon. It's not carping about the past. Far from it. It's blazing a trail to a better future. It's VIGILANCE!!
Posted by: Mr. Cynical on March 30, 2006 12:42 PMRebuke=shake your finger vigorously at the offender, while repeating three times, "I rebuke thee!"
Severe rebuke=repeat.
Wasn't that a Steve Martin skit?
Posted by: South County on March 30, 2006 12:50 PMThe problem with Jeff Co is in its demographics. Pt. Townsend is a bit left of North Korea and the rest of the county (where I live) is rural (Republican) or affluent waterfront (mixture of old-money liberals and entrepreneurial conservatives). The Dems have the power and their leadership has no problem with "voting early and often".
Posted by: Saltherring on March 30, 2006 01:22 PMIt is a felony to double vote. At worst their voting rights should be withdrawn until a stiff fine is paid. At best they should be spending jail time.
Posted by: Snuffy on March 30, 2006 01:53 PMThe prosecutor couldn't tell if it was an accidental mistake? How many people in this state do NOT know that they can only vote once per election? I know, I know, they did only vote once in Jefferson and once in King (Snohomish)....
Unenforced laws end up having ZERO meaning.
Posted by: SouthernRoots on March 30, 2006 02:03 PMIf they don't think they can prove these voters intent in court this time, why do they think they can prove it if these people vote twice again.
Posted by: Born Right on March 30, 2006 02:20 PMYou can call (as I did) and vent to them, letting them know how much she contradicted herself with this flimsy letter claiming they won't tolerate double voting when that's exactly what they're doing.
Let them know that you will not stand by and let them disenfranchise your legal vote by doing nothing to people who know they voted twice.
Posted by: Misty on March 30, 2006 04:14 PMSuppose there is someone that they finally do get around to prosecuting for vote fraud. What will be exhibit A for the defense?
"Yerhonner, the defense would like to point out the following ten circumstances where other people have voted twice in this jurisdiction, been caught with all the evidence needed to have a slam-dunk case, and were not prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County. We must ask why this case is different. Based on the circumstances, we assert that it is because the defendent is [black| hispanic| white| poor| rich| left-handed| gay| straight| bi| left-wing| right-wing| union-member| non-union-member| atheist| religious| snake handler]. Based on this, we wish to counter by charging the prosecuting office with Conspiracy to Deny Civil Rights under color of Law, which is a felony under US Code."
Law enforced unevenly is law enforce unfairly. If the government of Washington can't bear to operate under the requirements of its own Constitution, please let the people know so that we can dissolve it and institute a new government that will abide by it. As long as we're at it, let's move the capitol to Eastern Washington. My read of the WA Constitution says it can be moved with 2/3rds vote. I suggest the town of Republic.
Posted by: gmcraff on March 30, 2006 05:19 PMSo, not not only am I disinfranchised from their original illegal vote, I will continue to be disinfranchised every election that these people vote in when they should not be allowed to!
Posted by: Right Wing Wacko on March 31, 2006 12:03 AMInteresting that you tout this case as an example - she is accused of voting in the wrong PRECINCT, not two counties. Right now, she has 30 days to explain how she made her mistake, these two people in Jefferson don't even have to do that!
Isn't it amazing that, in Florida, it is a level three felony to knowingly vote in the wrong precinct? Here, trying to get someone to vote in their proper precinct is called disenfanchisement.
Posted by: SouthernRoots on March 31, 2006 09:35 AM