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MADem

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18. What an asshole!

Tue May 17, 2016, 07:43 PM

May 2016

Swenson, 55, an Oregon City-area resident, was removed from her position processing county election ballots on Oct. 31 after another election worker saw her marking a partially filled-out ballot for Republican candidates. County officials alerted the secretary of state’s office, which sought an Oregon Department of Justice investigation.

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Ballot box stolen, votes discarded in Oregon county [View all] CountAllVotes May 2016 OP

lovely!! oldandhappy May 2016 #1

Let's toss this in also LiberalArkie May 2016 #2

GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming (From the days of Dubya Bush) Judi Lynn May 2016 #3

Well isn't that convenient. cui bono May 2016 #31

Meh. Grant County went big for Bernie ... something like 20-25 points. KPN May 2016 #37

Washington Times LOL 4now May 2016 #4

Whatever you do, skip over that (AP) part. jeff47 May 2016 #5

I saw the link referenced first CountAllVotes May 2016 #9

It's not an AP story, actually--it was stolen/lifted from a local paper--The Bulletin. MADem May 2016 #11

Actually, it's the AP lifting it from The Bulletin and then put on the WT web site. (nt) jeff47 May 2016 #15

Either way, the best bet is to stay away from WT. Why anyone would read that rag is curious. MADem May 2016 #17

And the source here isn't the WT. jeff47 May 2016 #20

Yes, it is--go to the OP and click on the link. MADem May 2016 #21

We just walked through this chain. jeff47 May 2016 #22

And the link in the OP is to The MOONIE TIMES. smh! nt MADem May 2016 #26

Here, maybe you'll actually read your own post on the subject. jeff47 May 2016 #40

. merrily May 2016 #41

Doesn't change the link. The Moonie Times is a poor source. nt MADem May 2016 #45

And this is the house that Jack built! nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #39

Is Bill Clinton by chance in Oregon? INdemo May 2016 #6

Yes Conservatives Are Here billhicks76 May 2016 #16

I'd imply as much too if my bias depended on it LanternWaste May 2016 #51

conservatives are just chicken shit passiveporcupine May 2016 #7

Three more weeks. Kingofalldems May 2016 #36

Until what? Mrs Clinton's interview with Director Comey? frylock May 2016 #44

great sig line quote yurbud May 2016 #8

You'd hope more would notice CountAllVotes May 2016 #14

It's not a historically accurate quote. It started making the rounds in the early 2010s and I Brickbat May 2016 #55

Looks like it's GOP shenanigans, from the full report ..... MADem May 2016 #10

remember this 2012 GOP election fraud gem from Oregon? 0rganism May 2016 #13

What an asshole! MADem May 2016 #18

There was a bag of ballots stolen in Mn in 2008 Mnpaul May 2016 #12

How do they know, geologic May 2016 #19

They likely don't know CountAllVotes May 2016 #23

The envelope nonpareil May 2016 #25

We have election officials in our State Equinox Moon May 2016 #24

Really excellent ones in Oregon, but no overnight camping next to the drop box. L. Coyote May 2016 #30

More American Exceptionalism colsohlibgal May 2016 #27

The recovered ballots can still be counted? Because someone who stole them would not tamper with merrily May 2016 #28

+1 cui bono May 2016 #34

PLUS 1,000!!! Wonder How Many OTHER Countries Are Laughing At Us???? n/t ChiciB1 May 2016 #35

Oregon ballots are mailed/dropped off in a sealed envelope KPN May 2016 #38

Good to know. The story doesn't specify, but I hope we can infer they were sealed merrily May 2016 #42

Yeah, I'd think they were. KPN May 2016 #43

I think it's one of the things Oregon does really, really well. It's wonderful for older voters, MADem May 2016 #46

Massachusetts? KPN May 2016 #47

Yep! nt MADem May 2016 #48

Not too many "Commonwealths" KPN May 2016 #49

Yeah, Virginia, Puerto Rico, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and our good old MA! MADem May 2016 #50

If they were stolen from a drop box, and the state considers them countable passiveporcupine May 2016 #58

Well, to tamper with them passiveporcupine May 2016 #56

Did you happen to notice Reply 42. merrily May 2016 #57

The power structure UnitedFront4Sanders May 2016 #29

You mean the people who have worked longest getting Dems elected? L. Coyote May 2016 #33

No conflict here! Misinformation suppresses voting. From the AP story, this: L. Coyote May 2016 #32

THAT is the Unsolvable Problem with Mail In Voting. bvar22 May 2016 #52

Yes. This is what any country that wanted to ensure a FAIR vote count would do. nt mhatrw May 2016 #53

I even liked the Purple Finger used in Iraq. bvar22 May 2016 #54

Had to be Bernie supporters. Up to their old tricks and will blame it on Hillary no doubt. Jitter65 May 2016 #59