Rossi's First Break
Maybe Christine Gregoire won't steal the Washington gubernatorial election after all....
"A judge Friday granted a state Republican Party request to block the counting of hundreds of recently discovered King County ballots in the governor's race, which the GOP's candidate is winning by just a few dozen votes.
"Even if the election workers wrongly rejected the ballots - 150 of which were discovered Friday - it is too late for King County to reconsider them now, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Arend said.
"The issue of the ballots could prove pivotal: With all but King County finished with a hand recount, Republican Dino Rossi was leading Democrat Christine Gregoire by 50 votes.
From reading state law and state Supreme Court decisions, 'it is clear to me that it is not appropriate to go back and revisit decisions on whether ballots should or should not be counted,' Arend said."
I must say I am floored by this ruling as I was by that of the Washington Supremes last week. I'm also pleasantly surprised that the state GOP had the balls to file suit to block this open Dem attempt at vote fraud, and the brains to do so outside of King County, where it would almost certainly have failed. Given that Judge Arend's ruling cites the SCOW's earlier decision regarding a separate vein of 3,000 mined King County ballots, it's safe to say the WaDonks' appeal will go nowhere.
Of course, they're vowing to take it to the SCOTUS, and even the UN Security Council if necessary. Hopefully once it gets there, we can change the state's locks so as to ensure a festive time at Governor Rossi's inauguration.
"A judge Friday granted a state Republican Party request to block the counting of hundreds of recently discovered King County ballots in the governor's race, which the GOP's candidate is winning by just a few dozen votes.
"Even if the election workers wrongly rejected the ballots - 150 of which were discovered Friday - it is too late for King County to reconsider them now, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Arend said.
"The issue of the ballots could prove pivotal: With all but King County finished with a hand recount, Republican Dino Rossi was leading Democrat Christine Gregoire by 50 votes.
From reading state law and state Supreme Court decisions, 'it is clear to me that it is not appropriate to go back and revisit decisions on whether ballots should or should not be counted,' Arend said."
I must say I am floored by this ruling as I was by that of the Washington Supremes last week. I'm also pleasantly surprised that the state GOP had the balls to file suit to block this open Dem attempt at vote fraud, and the brains to do so outside of King County, where it would almost certainly have failed. Given that Judge Arend's ruling cites the SCOW's earlier decision regarding a separate vein of 3,000 mined King County ballots, it's safe to say the WaDonks' appeal will go nowhere.
Of course, they're vowing to take it to the SCOTUS, and even the UN Security Council if necessary. Hopefully once it gets there, we can change the state's locks so as to ensure a festive time at Governor Rossi's inauguration.
posted by JASmius at 2:11 AM
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