Andrew at NPI has been down in Olympia this week observing the signature verification process on Tim Eyman’s presumably doomed I-917. Timmy will of course scream foul play if his initiative doesn’t qualify, but Andrew describes the process as “slow and methodical.”
We may not know the final results until the end of September.
What is going on in Olympia is SOP in elections operations the Puget Sound area, from my experience.
It is much easier to rant about the unfairness of an even-handed count than to do what is necessary to get the votes or names required.
Thank God we had General Curtiss LeMay to help end WW II. If you fucking libs ran the WW II show, we would still be having “diplomatic” chats with our enemies, and you idiot libs would be worried sick about civilian deaths in Germany and Japan.
BTW, Let’s take a look at Democrat controlled cities…………..
Hillary’s Democrat Controlled Urban Third World Villages: Gary, ID, Detroit, MI, South Central, LA, CA, Oakland , CA, East St. Louis, MI, Philly, PA, and Harare, Zimbabwe………..All shit holes, and not a Republican around for miles!!!!! Carl, These are some great Democrat cities that Mrs. Grossman would love to visit at 2 AM!!!!!
For years now, we have been deluged with the news that the earth’s oceans are warming as a result of atmospheric changes due to the combustion of fossil fuels.
Typical of these was a 2005 story titled “Where’s The Heat? Think Deep Blue,” from United Press International, describing a recent paper in Science by NASA climate modeler James Hansen. UPI’s “Space Daily” wrote that “Over the past ten years, the heat content of the ocean has grown dramatically.”
Hansen’s study covered more than just the ocean surface temperature, which can fluctuate considerably from year to year. Rather, by considering a much deeper layer of water (the top 2,500 feet), Hansen actually calculated the increasing amount of heat being stored. According to the UPI story, this provided “a match” with computer model projections of global warming.
The ocean is a huge tub that integrates and stores long-term climate changes. Consequently, when computer models are based on ever-increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the deep oceans warm, warm, and warm. Like a big pot on a small burner, it takes time to start up, but once the process starts, nothing should be able to stop it.
That’s the conventional wisdom of our climate models, but like the conventional wisdom on so many other aspects of life, it’s not true to nature.
In the next few weeks, John Lyman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will publish a paper in the refereed journal Geophysical Research Letters showing that, globally, the top 2,500 feet of the ocean lost a tremendous amount of heat between 2003 and 2005 – in fact, about 20% of all the heat gained in the last half-century. [……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Congratulation to President Bush for solving “global warming”!!! If Bush was the cause, then certainly he gets the credit here!!!!!!!!! hehe, JCH Democrats: dumb shit domestic parasites!]
General Buck Turgidson:
Well, I’m sorry. Ah… If the pilot’s good, see. I mean, if he’s really… sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low [spreads his arms like wings., laughs] you oughtta see it sometime, it’s a sight. A big plane, like a ’52, vroom! There’s jet exhaust, fryin’ chickens in the barnyard!
President Muffley:
Yeah, but has he got a chance?
Turgidson:
Has he got a chance? Hell Ye… ye… [covers mouth in solemn realization.]
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
The signature verification process on initiatives is problematic for me. When you cast an absentee ballot, the law requires election officials to go the extra mile to verify your signature — including sending you a letter about the apparent mismatch, and give you an opportunity to update your signature card. It seems the same process SHOULD be used on initiatives, but apparently isn’t.
It will be interesting to see what happens if signature mismatch rejections (as opposed to duplicate signatures or people who aren’t registered) made the difference between an initiative qualifying or not.
But my hunch is that signature mismatch rejections end up being a rather small percentage. And that I-917 will fall short of qualifying by a LOT larger number of signatures than those which are mismatches.
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Richard, I think the signature problem is more in the nature of …
a) not enough signatures
b) duplicate signatures
c) signatures of people who are not registered voters
d) forged signatures (e.g., signature gatherers paid per signature who sign the petitions themselves to boost their paycheck)
This has nothing to do with the process of verifying absentee ballot signatures.
Having to show an “ID” to vote Democrat is racist!! Having to show an “ID” to vote twice Democrat in the same election is racist! Having to be a citizen to vote Democrat is racist! Having to be alive to vote Democrat is racist! [Democrats: the party of voter fraud!]
Only Democrats in Broward County, FL can count the votes, and then only in a back room with Hillary, Joe Stalin, and King County administrators!
DAY FIVE 8/26: WHERE’S GOLDY ???????????????????
Tim Eyman came out in opposition to the property tax that never ends. Will Goldy open up his wallet to the greed of Seattle gummint, or get on Tim’s team to oppose the largest tax hike in Seattle’s history?
The greed I see is displayed prominently by a bet Welsher. Pay your gambling debt you stumblebums.
Proof that George Bush hates New Orleans Democrat blacks!! He has only sent 4 bucks of Federal money per family to help the New Orleans homeless blacks!! Hell, That won’t even buy two cans of King Cobra or a pack of Marlboros!!! Ray “Schoolbus” Nagin was right!!!!! Proof that Bush hates blacks!!!!!!!!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Oh, wait………….The Feds have provided 400 thousand dollars in relief per family in New Orleans?……………………….Hmmmmmmmmmm…………………………………Never mind. Rosanna Rosanadana [SNL]
More proof that Bush hates blacks!!! He only booked the huge cruise ship for one month for New Orleans black homeless! And the ship only had three little swimming pools!! Plus, the bastards ran out of cold beer and Black Velvet!!! This is proof we need to ensure that blacks must vote Democrat!!!!!!!!
John Craig.
Fuck you!!
Carl Grossman
Liberal, Democrat and defender of your constituional right to spew invectives everywhere. It does not mean they are the truth or that I agree with them, but freedom of speech is a wonderful thing. Fuck you, in case you missed it the first time. […………………………………………………………………………Carl, when your blood pressure goes up, you misspell words!!! Don’t worry. I’ll get you “SpellCheck” after your boxcar ride and shower. Trust me!!!]
Dear Muuuuuuuuuslim Terrorists, I offer Dave Goldenstein and Carl Grossmanstein as hostages in return for the two FOX News guys. Both are commie lib pussies, and you can kill them if you wish. Please video tape the beheading of Carl, and forward me the “YOU TUBE”!!! I’ll send you the ten bucks. Best regards, Doctor JCH Kennedy
It’s been thirty years since I worked as an initiative signature checker, but the Wabbit has it right (@5 & 6)- they are not loking at validating signatures any where near as much as they are verifying that the signature does not represent a registered voter or is a duplicate. When they come across a signature, name, and address, and the name and address matches a voter registration, it is counted as a valid signature unless it is so far from being a signature match that even MTR would recognize it. And if THAT problem arises, it gets bumped up to someone else to look at.
But rarely do we have something so on the bubble. I hope Sam Reed is smart enough to check all the signatures, not just stop whem it becomes “mathematically impossible” for it to qualify, in case his math is challenged.
Hey King Tax Evader – Are you stil under-reporting income to the IRS? Are you still conspiring with your employees to defraud the US Government? Are you still telling fucking lies? Has the IRS knocked on your door yet?
Hey commie lib Dems, Do you think George Bush is going to turn “Ernesto” towards New Orleans because he still hates blacks? Robert Kennedy has yet to give us his opinion on this. Just “axing”……………………..
JCH- Only Pat Robertson is crazy enough to attribute motive to natural disasters. Last I checked he’s on your side.
DURING THE RECENT month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel, U.N. “peacekeeping” forces made a startling contribution: They openly published daily real-time intelligence, of obvious usefulness to Hezbollah, on the location, equipment, and force structure of Israeli troops in Lebanon. […………………………………………………………………………………US out of the UN. UN to Harare, Zimbabwe [easier parking]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Gathering strength over the central Caribbean, Tropical Storm Ernesto steamed toward Jamaica Saturday and threatened to enter the Gulf of Mexico within days as the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season. // Ernesto, packing 60 mph winds, could be near hurricane strength by Sunday. Still, it was too soon to predict whether it would hit the United States… [ ………………………………………If Jamaica takes a big hit, cocaine prices on the East Coast will double or triple. What will Mayor Marion Barry do?]
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Hey welsher are you still defrauding your employer by cashing your paychecks? You’re not a “producer.” You can’t even produce the $100 you owe Goldy! ha ha ha
JCH- Only Pat Robertson is crazy enough to attribute motive to natural disasters. Last I checked he’s on your side.
Commentby K [….Sorry K, but REP Pat Kennedy blamed George Bush’s “global warming” for Katrina. You must have missed that, but, now, that is not a surprise, is it?]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Militants freed two Fox News journalists on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, ending a nearly two week hostage drama in which one of the former captives said they were forced at gunpoint to make statements, including that they had converted to Islam. […………….I did it!!……………………………………………………….. What great news!!!! Now, Carl, “The Socialist”, and GBS, if you will come with me……………………………………………………………]
Looks like the Moonbats in the UN hate Isarel too:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/.....2bqwjn.asp
Amazing thing is John F’ing Kerry wanted us to be lead by the UN? No way jose!
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Eyman is complete toast…that lying sack of shit couldn’t get on the ballot with $400,000 b/c he was too greedy to properly finance the signature gathering drive for his mindless gutless initiative.
usual outfits misplacing revisited casually Stu incestuous cleaved