The Oregonian: Rigging election in Oregon called a "mishap" in editorial
If you are not yet boycotting the Oregonian, now would be a good time to do so, and Save Trees too!
Not only is fixing elections a "MISHAP" but, they advise, don't let that be a reason to criticize the wing-nut in charge of County Elections, just don't vote for her next time. Meanwhile, the petition for her resignation gains more signatures, twice the expected number already.
Clackamas election mishap leaves cracks in the public's confidence
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/11/clackamas_election_mishap_leav.html
This is not the moment to demonize Sherry Hall, the Republican clerk of Clackamas County, or run her off. She was elected and then re-elected by the county's voters, who prefer that such offices are won by popular vote ...
It is true that on Hall's watch a part-time elections worker went rogue last week. The ballot-handler apparently filled in a small but indeterminate number of incomplete ballots along Republican lines, affecting the count in some way. But the Oregon Department of Justice will figure out why the worker did what she did and how it affected the count and announce its findings soon enough.
... state Rep. Dave Hunt complained that Hall's exclusion of Democratic observers from late-ballot processing for a legislative race narrowly won by Republican Bill Kennemer left him less than fully confident in the outcome. ...
... sentiment is clear. If Hall, who is paid nearly $90,000 a year, should choose to seek re-election in two years, the vote should be no.
BREAKING: Ballot tampering suspect identified - and she's a right-wing activist
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014292507
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