King County SOS Warns Voters that GOP Is Trying to Collect Ballots
In the state of Washington, where they vote entirely by mail (oh sanity), the Secretary of State felt compelled to put a warning on their home page about Republicans trying to collect ballots. Do not give your ballot to the Republicans. Mail it yourself, they urge.
They write, “It’s been reported that King County GOP is offering to collect and return voters’ ballots.
We recommend that voters return ballots to an official King County Elections ballot drop-off location or through the US Postal Service. Voters may use the online ballot tracker to confirm that King County has received their ballot.”
(Click image above to see warning.)
County elections spokeswoman Kim van Ekstrom told the Slog they were alerted to the activity via “a call to our phone bank, and we want voters to know we are aware of this activity.” Indeed.
In Oregon, a Republican Clackamas County elections worker is under criminal investigation for tampering with ballots. She was reportedly filling in a straight Republican ticker for voters who left it blank. That is, of course, a class C felony.
She shouldn’t feel too badly though, because Republican voter registration strategist Nathal Sproul’s worker in Virginia is facing 8 felonies for election fraud for tossing your voter registrations away.
Republicans were right to warn us about voter fraud, because it finally brought attention to the much larger and more systemic problems of election and voter registration fraud.
The lesson here is do not give your ballot to that ‘nice’ Republican. Mail it yourself, lest it end up in the trash or filled in for a straight Republican ticket against your wishes and intentions.
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Reynardine
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 am
Don’t let anyone see or touch your ballot or your ID except a certified poll worker. If you mail in your ballot, do it yourself. If you are ill or disabled, make certain the person assisting you is trustworthy. Never let anyone take a blank ballot from you.
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Anne
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 9:04 am
It’s a sad commentary on how the dishonesty and willingness to stoop to any unethical behavior to win characterizes the GOP. It’s even worse that people who have taken the right to vote without interference for granted now have to be leery of whose hands their ballots fall into. This election cycle has been extremely revealing of just how important the right to vote is and how there are people who are only too willing to commit the very voter fraud they project onto others.
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singhx
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 am
It’s very difficult to warn innocent citizens that their “neighbor” is out to “get them” via their vote.
It’s very sad that we have a small minority of people mobilized as “true believers” enjoined in a conspiracy to commit fraud against their fellow citizens on behalf of uber-wealthy business moguls.
…it seems like this bunch of “true believers” are engaged in different kind of civil war. It’s as if they don’t want to get “caught” committing treason, and yet, that’s what they are actually up to…and we all know it.
I know it’s been posted before, but, it’s important to know that “Anon” is on the job….Go to Youtube, search “Anon2Rove” and watch if you haven’t already.
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A Walkaway
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 11:32 am
I hate to say this, but it’s not a small minority.
I’ve said in the past that the estimates before a minimum of around 21% of the population is dominionist, and it could go over 30%.
A recent survey (I think the Pew Survey) says that now as much as just under half of Americans are young-earth creationists – which puts them close to, if not in, the dominionist camp. I hope it’s wrong (I don’t see how they could be half yet, but anything is possible).
They, and not economics, are the driving force behind what we face.
I’m of the opinion that the “Faith-based Initiative” is behind the potential downfall of this country… when they started getting their hands on government money seems to be when they really took off.
As much as it would hurt our tiny UU church, I now say “Tax the Churches!” – and stiffen the penalties for tax fraud by organizations (and their leaders)!
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Walk re our discussion yesterday I was wrong. There is an Eve, she lived 170,000 years ago. She was not the only woman at that time, however she is the only woman who’s DNA lasted throughout time. We all pretty much come from her.
Started my reading period this am and that was the very next page where I had left off. She was in Africa.
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Reynardine
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 2:04 pm
The problem with this methodology is that a female with all-male children or all-male grandchildren leaves no MtDNA, and a male whose descendants are all female leaves no Y-line. That is why some of these worthies think that only a dozen stallions contributed to all the horses in the world, or that there was only one “Eve”. In fact, Battleship, a thoroughbred stallion standing in the first part of the Twentieth Century, could be deemed to have left no descendants, and the same could be said of Cormorant, but what really happened is that, while their sons were gelded, their daughters were bred. They are thus the progenitors of, and genetic contributors to, many living Thoroughbreds, though their Y-chromosomes are nowhere to be found.
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Elizabeth
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 4:30 pm
very interesting. I hadn’t thought of the implications of the MtDNA coming down the maternal line.
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jdw
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 5:37 pm
You may be interested to know that, statistically speaking, every living human most likely shares an ancestor as recently as 3,000 BC(E). Here’s a link to a Wikipedia article on the subject. It’s pretty interesting!
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singhx
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Who knows how and what a church would potentially be taxed–I would think their land/property would be the biggest ticket item that would be taxed. To me a property tax would be more than fair in terms of all the “infrastructure” that is used in and around the property. Your “UU” rents a space, right?
The other “ticket item” that I’d like to see the IRS take a look at all the deductions that these so-called “ministries” take as personal/business deductions on their income tax…all the trips, gifts, clothes, etc. all come from “profiting” off their “ministries”. Whatever happened to Sen Grassly’s investigation of several televangelist for tax evasion? Swept under the rug, I suppose…
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A Walkaway
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Actually, we own the church. It’s not that big however.
We can account for every penny too.
Those expenses… yeah, and they may even include “missionary trips to Africa” or to South America. I’ve heard about those “mission trips”, especially the long-term ones.
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Elizabeth
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 4:27 pm
I agree with the “tax the churches” even though I know it would hurt my church. I would add, be sure and tax all their buildings, businesses, infrastructure. What some of them own is amazing!
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Reynardine
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 10:01 am
The Android app allegedly sent out by Our Vote has already crashed. Either it’s been hacked or it’s a ringer. Hand program all numbers into your phone and don’t rely on apps. If you have an app, make sure it opens and responds before you vote.
This is not a good sign.
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Churchlady
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 11:24 am
OMG – thank you for that update, Reynardine!
The number is 1-866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) so yes please ENTER THIS NUMBER AND DO NOT RELY ON THE APP!
This service has been vetted by Common Cause, but the app is merely a convenience. USE THE BASICS – hand dial or put it into your phone on speed dial – but do NOT use the App!
Reynardine – that warning is a HUGE service to us, thank you.
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Marco
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 10:08 am
“Nice republican” – one hell of an oxymoron!
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mary adkins
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 am
I’ve never seen such dishonesty and downright illegal activity during an election, ever. Be very cautious, the future of our nation depends on it!
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Sharon
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 11:15 am
To the Republicans: If you truly know in your heart you have the absolute best person and platform to lead the United States why do you feel you must lie, cheat, and steal to get that person elected? All that person has to do is tell the truth, show they mean what they say and not change what they say each day to satisfy whoever, really care for all Americans and work for the better good of ALL, not take funds from special interests that must be repayed in some manner, and listen to what the people are trying to tell them. It should be an easy task to just all go vote that person into office without all the repression of votes by those who don’t agree with your candidate since you keep saying there aren’t that many.
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Jonathan Burton
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 am
Republicans project their inadequacies on others just like everybody can. The are paranoid about dishonesty and fraud because they are willing participants themselves, and assume that because they are willing to stoop to illegal and unethical practices, that everyone else must too.
It is like a thief who is paranoid about being robbed.
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evette
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Hopefully this story will make it to the media so more people hear it. Honestly if Romney wins I really think there should be a recount-by hand, in light of all the fraud stories that have come to light that has been committed by Republicans
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Sammy
Nov. 4th, 2012 at 12:28 am
Don’t count on many in the media to get this information out. They are too busy lining up on their kneepads to give the republicans/teabaggers all of the air time they need to lie.
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Foxtrotsky
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Here in our beautiful state that I like to call “the REAL Washington!”, the Republican Party is of neccessity more educated and worldly than is the case in some other areas- after all, in the home of Microsoft and Boeing, with our thriving and vital Native, Latino, and Asian communities, their blatant appeals to racism and hatred wouldn’t fly here.
However, it’s obvious that they’re just as dirty, underhanded and conniving as they are in the most benighted backwaters of, say, Texas (a state where I lived for many years, before they went all Tealiban on us).
They are truly swine, and their impending come-uppance will be sweeter than a fresh Rainier cherry.
“When the power of love is stronger than the love of power, the world will know peace.”- Seattle native Jimi Hendrix
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Reynardine
Nov. 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Ah, Rainier cherries! And even Strawberry Rainiers! But for me, seeing these people defeated would even be comparable to a sun-warmed Hayden mango, taken right from the tree in May…
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ANNROBERTS
Nov. 16th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
What makes CNN or any body else than that the USA cares about the insignificant opinions of king county texes sore loser/hater what make their conversations worth speaking CNN. The whole country know america is divided so what?, if romney had won heaven forbids would you have many an issue of polling a county who did not vote for romney at all. The mere fact that they voted for the ex-governor george wallace says a lot. The woman who said she prayed to JESUS well I SAY SHE DID NOT PRAY TO THE RIGHT JESUS BECAUSE HE ANSWERED MINE ,
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