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   DJ Allyn, ITW bloviates:

   November 10, 2010 at 2:24 pm

   What exactly is “rehabilitate” a ballot? Is that something like “determining voter’s intent?” I mean, Joe Miller is up in Alaska filing suit in federal court to prevent such a thing, using Bush v. Gore as a precedence.

   Don’t get me wrong, I am all for trying to determine a voter’s intent on a ballot. I just find it ironic that it is alright in some cases but not alright in others.

   By all means, contact the people with the bad signatures. It should be done in ALL elections, regardless of who it might benefit. Fair is fair.

   Of course I voted for Rick Larsen, and he won by 4500-something votes. Koster isn’t that well known in Snohomish County where the majority of the district is. Even my Right-wing friends and neighbors voted for Larsen — mostly because he is a known commodity.

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   Lizard, G.L.O.R. bloviates:

   November 10, 2010 at 5:53 pm

   DJ – I was wondering the same thing regarding “rehabilitate” ballots. Doesn’t Washington do all their voting via mailed in ballots?? Cannot they just contact the people and say, um ya can you please fill out a ballot that we can clearly read. Personally if you are not able to clearly fill out a ballot you forfeit your vote.

   I’m in a cranky mood today. Just read an article where a school in NY only has the first 6 words of the pledge recited over the speaker system and then the indivdual classes are suppose to continue to say it on their own. The reason given is that different age groups say it at a different pace. HOWEVER the code of conduct pledge is recited completely over the speaker system for all to recite together. WTF!!!!!

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   VonZorch Imperial Researcher bloviates:

   November 10, 2010 at 6:55 pm

   Lizard, G.L.O.R. said the following:

   Personally if you are not able to clearly fill out a ballot you forfeit your vote.

   I am in full agreement. If you’re too stupid to fill out a ballot according to the simple instructions printed on same, I don’t want you having a say in important decisions.

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   Tallulah bloviates:

   November 11, 2010 at 1:22 am

   OT: or is it?

   Pakistanis Sentence Christian Woman to Death for Talking About Jesus:

   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=226405

   AND they are pushing to have their “blasphemy” laws enforced by the UN. . . .

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   Tallulah bloviates:

   November 11, 2010 at 1:24 am

   More:

   “In Pakistan, it’s a very complicated situation. Let’s say the court acquits her, it’s not going to be enough for Asia and her family to live freely. The Muslim world is going to carry out its own vigilante justice against her,” he said. “Even if the higher court releases her, Asia and her family face the reality of possibly being killed by the Muslim mobs.

   The Pakis want their Muslim enforcers’ code made part of the Universal Declaration of HUMAN RIGHTS.

   I think even Eleanor Roosevelt would vomit.

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   kwongdzu bloviates:

   November 11, 2010 at 2:00 am

   Thanks for posting this, Misha! I should have been a little more descriptive on this. This year I have learned a lot about how these things are processed here … and it’s kind of interesting, really! I imagine the routine may vary in some ways from county to county, but I was fairly reassured about the integrity of the tallying system in our county at least. (Now new voter registration I am not sure about, however! I also don’t know what measures they take to assure that dead people don’t vote and that mentally incompetent people are not manipulated.)

   Rehabilitation regards ballots that were rejected because of sloppy or poor signatures. In other words, the signature may not match the one that is on file at the county auditor’s office. These ballots may be accepted if the voter verifies his signature and registration information with the auditor and signs an affidavit saying that the ballot is his (or hers), and therefore legitimate. Volunteers can call these people and encourage them to go through this process so that their ballots can be validated. That is all it means.

   I am not sure how many ballots are actually rejected because of issues like this, but it must be enough to warrant the additional effort or it wouldn’t be done. Furthermore, I am in favor of it because it enforces voter verification – which to my way of thinking can only be a GOOD thing!

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   kwongdzu bloviates:

   November 11, 2010 at 2:27 am

   DJ – Larsen may be a known quantity … but I don’t care for what I know about him. Yes, he has gone to bat for some large employers in our county (Intalco) … but at the same time he has undercut businesses here through his endorsement of a generally liberal agenda. He supported Obamacare … but would have preferred more government control in that area. Unfortunately, I have had the opportunity to hear from the horse’s own mouth where he stands on some of the issues, and it shouldn’t appeal to conservative voters. I am surprised your right wing friends would opt for Larsen over Koster. And as far as I know in Snohomish county he still leads Larsen … but is behind elsewhere. (Yes, I just checked and he still holds 50.9% of the vote in Snohomish county, where there are still a large number of uncounted ballots.)

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   kwongdzu bloviates:

   November 11, 2010 at 2:35 am

   As to the processing of the ballots themselves, after they are received (here, that would be at the county courthouse) they are put in a secure room and the ones rejected for signature issues are pulled. The remainder are put through a machine that separates the tab with the signature on it from the ballot. From there the now anonymous ballots are sent to a different area of the building for further processing. So once the signature is removed, there is no further means of identifying the ballot’s owner or contacting him … which is what you would want, I should think!

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