Judge denies request to dismiss election Challenge (WA state)

[The empressof all]

Chelan County judge denies democrats request to dismiss Republican challenge to Gregoire election. The case will proceed in court and will most likely be heard in the next three weeks.


http://www.komotv.com/stories/35125.htm

[Demit]

2. oh, jeez, that's a bummer, truly.

[bluestateguy]

3. Gregoire needs to make it clear that she is Governor for the next 4 years

And that any attempt to remove her before the next scheduled election, in 2008, will be resisted.

It may be time to consider using the state's National Guard to prevent a possible coup d'etat. That was what the framers of the Constitution had in mind in providing for a citzen militia in the states.

If need be she could declare a state of emergency and assume emergency powers until the coup is over.

[icymist]

4. Using "the state's National Guard to prevent a possible....

coup d'etat"? Things are not that bad yet! This suit is clearly in the courts now and that's where it'll most likely be decided. The way I see it is that this suit will most likely go before the state supreme court and I don't see a re-vote in the future. Because the Republican party would not back down, this will cost the tax-payers of the state of Washington plenty, when that money could've been spent to improve the state's infrastructure. When the next big earthquake happens the Republicans can tell everybody that it's too bad!

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Well, Chelan county is highly republican so no surprise.

That's why the repubs chose Chelan county to file suit. They might even win there.

I don't think they will fair so well as this moves toward the supreme court of Washington.

[joeybee12]

6. You're right on the nose with "taxpayers' money" and the Dems need

to start running ads letting the voters know what the Repukes are doing with OUR money!

The Dems need to do a better job than they have so far in the court of public opinion!

[Walt Starr]

7. Judge Allows Challenge to Washington State Governor's Race to Go Forward

Judge Allows Challenge to Washington State Governor's Race to Go Forward

By Rebecca Cook Associated Press Writer
Published: Feb 4, 2005

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A judge allowed a court challenge to Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire's excruciatingly close election to go forward Friday, rejecting arguments that the dispute can only be resolved by the Legislature.
The ruling by Superior Court John E. Bridges came at a hearing on a Republican attempt to overturn Gregoire's election.

Gregoire was sworn in last month after being declared the winner by a mere 129 votes out of 2.9 million cast.

But Republican candidate Dino Rossi and the state GOP say the contest was tainted by so many errors and illegal votes - including ballots cast by hundreds of felons - that the courts should throw out the results and order a new election.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWD51TS4E.html

This is why the Republicans win. They never give up! Gregoire has been sworn in, yet they keep fighting unlike spineless Democrats!

[maxsolomon]

washington state dems ARE fighting back

the GOP ran over the chelan county because only in head-up-our-ass eastern washington would they get a hearing. over here on the rational, we-pay-our-own-way-as-well-as-yours-you-selfish-eastern-washington-mouth-breathing-ignoramuses side of the cascade curtain, they'd be laughed out of court.

there's no provision in the state constitution for a re-vote, and they lost a constitutional process fair and square because the dems BEAT THEM. there's no way to prove that there was fraud as any illegal votes benefitted both candidates.

the state supreme court BETTER laugh at them, the fucking whining hypocrites.

SUCK IT chris vance.

[newscott]

Do the Democrats

Have a majority in WA?

Can they impeach Rossi if he gets the election overturned in his favor? :evilgrin:

[Turbineguy]

But I thought criminals

are into laissez faire capitalism, deregulation, smaller goverment, anti-union and all that stuff. If they stop them from voting, or don't count their votes, how can republicans win?

[hector459]

Don't you think the gloves should be off by now? Dems should not be nice

any longer. We need Dean and others like him. the only thing most Americans admire it "guts"...not brains, not honesty, not sincerety, not intelligence, not fairness....as the last two elections have proved. When will Dems learn and begin to FIGHT BACK?

[everythingsxen]

YES!

Alright! GO Rossi!!

:eyes:

Can anyone tell me what I said many, many, *many* months ago about the elections?

I said it didn't matter.

I said that the elections would be stolen at all levels.

I said that our democracy was an illusion.

I wish I wasn't right. Sadly I am.

This is the Matrix. There is no way out of the system because we are plugged into the system. Even if we could "wake up" and become Neos and Trinitys and Morphei that is all figured into the grand plan. Just an anomoly that would be put down without incident.

I have sunk so far in hopelessness that now I think that the conspiracy is a conspiracy that isn't a conspiracy that is controlled by a conspiracy.

Translated: The administration, megacorporations and news companies are all screwing us over out of greed. They aren't working together per se, but they aren't working against each other either. To top it off, I believe that there are unseen puppet masters behind the scenes, directing things according to some unseen plan.

[nascarblue]

Amazing

After two recounts, one by hand. Compared to Ohio's "selected" precincts to be counted. Remember 66 out of 68 precincts in Ohio would not let the recounters review their tabulations (illegal) after dozens of sworn affdavits of fraud, hundreds of eyewitness testimony, Triad swapping out hard drives on the recount computers, etc. and excuse me if I'm wrong, but I did watch two days worth of Washington State Supreme Court hearings and all the Repugs had was the arguement about whether or not to count the 500+ uncounted ballots. The Ohio Supreme Court blocked the Dems on a technacality about only bringing one instead of two allegations and in effect, stalled the proceedings two to three weeks during Christmas. (dirty trick) Then the judge would not recuse himself even though he was proven to be tied into the vote investigation and a staunch republican.

500 votes?! Didn't Ohio have something like 92,000 ballots get thrown out without any review as to why? Not to mention the paper weight issue and the bogus home address issues. Voters who lived in the same house twenty years were diqualified because of alleged wrong addresses? And then there's the voting machine college and black urban area scandal. And it goes on and on.

What is the core complaint of the Republicans wanting a revote? It couldn't possibly be the 500 Kings County votes? One issue, decided in Supreme Court, versus about 148 issues in Ohio, and about 9 issues in New Mexico. Unfrigginbelievable!

This is just friggin disgusting.

[icymist]

This issue is now in the courts. It will ultimately go to the Supreme Court

in the state of Washington, where there is no provision in the state constitution for a re-vote. This suit is just wasted time and taxpayer money.

[HereSince1628]

1. I never really understood the concept of killing the vanquished

but I am beginning to understand its implications.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. This is not suprising....The pukes chose Chelan country for a reason.

It's heavily republican.

This will go on for quite a while. The pukes won't have as much luck when they get out of the local courts.

[Demrock6]

9. Pardon me but 'Fucking Hypocrites' n/t/

[MADem]

10. Ah, let the GOP eagle soar....

Let the coup begin...one state at a time....

[Democat]

11. Why don't Democrats have the same rights in Ohio?

Or Florida 2000?

Republicans are willing to play hardball, Democrats wimp out.

[rainy]

12. We dont wimp out we just can't get support. The courts rejected

the Ohio suit. The theives filed santions. The repubs are everywhere putting up road blocks to our efforts because they control the courts, the media everything else.

[davidwparker]

14. This was why Kerry had to be front and center. MSM had to

cover it then, because there was a challenge. Without a charge by Kerry, they could ignore it.

[okieinpain]

13. exactly. and have you noticed there is no mention of it in the media