In my previous post I debunked Dino Rossi’s shameful lies about disenfranchised military voters. In King County — the focus of an intense Rossi/BIAW/GOP propaganda campaign to undermine public faith in the electoral process — military ballots not only went out on time, but over 83% were returned by the deadline… a rate equal to the turnout of all registered voters.
In this post I will expose the mock outrage over the “discrepancy” between the number of voters credited with voting, and the number of ballots cast. Ready? They’re not intended to reconcile.
For those actually interested in the truth, King County Director of Elections Dean Logan has posted a document explaining what this voter list really is:
Historically, the number of votes cast and the number of voters credited with voting does not typically balance.
State election laws address ballot security and accountability on the front end of the elections process