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Thursday, January 27, 2005

Election woes here and in Washington State

We’re not the only state with post-election headaches. We’ve all heard about the fiasco of the gubernatorial election in Washington. Here’s a recent statement from the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF), in Olympia, Washington (hat tip InsiderOnline, a Heritage Foundation site):
A soon-to-be-released report will detail VIP’s [Voter Integrity Project’s] investigation, which has uncovered or substantiated some startling and disappointing facts. Among them: More than 55,000 ballots "enhanced" by election workers; more ballots counted than cast; newly "discovered" ballots illegally added to the count; voting by felons, dead people and the homeless; 3,500 duplicate absentee ballots sent in King County; some military ballots sent too late; violation of privacy rights; improper election certification; etc.
Back here at home, as the election investigation gets underway, this Journal-Sentinel article suggests to me that Ward 176 might be an interesting place to start:
The most lopsided result was in Ward 176 on the north side, where voting was done in the field house at Auer Avenue Playground, 2221 W. Auer Ave. Kerry won 99% of the vote, with 573 votes; Bush had six votes and Nader had one.
Ninety-nine percent of the vote? Kerry did as well in that ward as Saddam Hussein used to do in Iraq.

Now I'm not saying he couldn't get 99% of the vote. And I'm not saying anything fishy went on.

I just want to know how those six Bush votes got in there.