Vote By Mail Spreads, But Doesn’t Help All Voters

http://www.projectvote.org/blog/2010/06/vote-by-mail-spreads-but-doesn%E2%80%99t-help-all-voters/ Vote by Mail Spreads, But Doesn’t Help All Voters Some progressives overlook that voting by mail does not always help their longtime constituents. As state and county officials look for ways to streamline elections during tough budgetary times, many jurisdictions are increasingly relying on mail-based voting—and winning praises from progressives for doing so. But [...]

Washington State Secretary of State Race 2012

Here’s the candidates you have for Washington Secretary of State so far: Kim Wyman (R) – Thurston County Auditor Kathleen Drew (D) – Ex-State Sen. & Ex-Gubernatorial Aide Jim Kastama (D) – State Sen. & Ex-State Rep. Greg Nickels (D) – Ex-Seattle Mayor, Ex-King County Councilman & Ex-US Conference of Mayors President Not one of [...]

Computers adding wrong, “I got a penny extra in gas!”

Hi everyone, I haven’t been writing much on this blog in a few years since starting my business. However, this caught my eye today as we head into another election cycle in which private companies count our votes using secret vote counting software. I had pre-paid for gas at AM/PM for $25.00 of gas. But [...]

Want to know about problems with Voting By Mail?

Yep, that’s what this site is all about. Here’s a good place to start, if you are looking for a list of problems found with 100% absentee voting systems. I have been writing about the voting by mail for about 5 years now. Most of the press covering Wasington and Oregon’s voting systems either supports [...]

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Looking for the quick highlights? Check this link for all you need to know about Vote-By Mail Problems.

RIP Caleb Schaber

Caleb Schaber was a man who made you nervous. And like Dick Cheney, you were always worried he might just shoot you in the face. But unlike Dick Cheney, you were more worried that he’d probably shoot himself in the face before he got to you. And you loved him for it. I met Caleb [...]

Our Vote Live, National Database of Absentee Voting Problems

http://www.ourvotelive.org/responses.php?op=list&&filter_subset=epc_absprob Just came across this link and wanted to keep track of it. It’s a national database of voting problems, and the link above will give you a long list of complaints registered by voters concerning voting by absentee.

Ron Sims Misuses HUD Funds?

In an article from 10 years ago by noted columnist Geov Parrish, we get a glimpse of what HUD is in store for under Ron Sims: http://eatthestate.org/03-11/RonSimsBaggage.htm You might have thought, after the protracted investigative fiasco that accompanied the City of Seattle and Nordstrom’s use of HUD money to finance a glitzy new downtown retail [...]

Sherril Huff, David Irons, Julie Kempf, Pam Roach, Christopher Clifford, or Bill Anderson?

Sherril Huff, David Irons, Julie Kempf, Pam Roach, Christopher Clifford, or Bill Anderson? That’s the question before King County Voters this February 13th, 2009 Special Elections for King County Elections Director. So let’s get started…. with the current director–Sherril Huff. Well first off,  Huff is a carpet bagger, of this there is no doubt. She [...]

Vote By Mail Disenfranchises 10,993 Voters in King County Alone… No One Notices

The Seattle Weekly reports: Here’s the final voter breakdown – right word – from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That’s a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate. Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general election mail ballots, [...]