Comments on: Late Registrations Accepted by Washington Secretary of State

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:49:42 +0000

I think te best way to handle this is to challenge that specific policy on the courts. Now, we could lose or win, but at least it will be clear.

That being said, I think it’s not fair that people would be given that much leeway. I don’t think they would be for giving people the chance to vote and register latter, so long as they register before the results are announced.

OK, legal scholars. What do you think?

By: Cole

Cole — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:28:28 +0000

Election officials are RIGGING the process to get this referendum on the ballot so haterosexuals can rip away gay people’s rights. How can you not say the process is rigged when even before they counted any signatures the SoS didn’t even defend state LAW requiring signatures be made public?

According to the law they cite to defend the practice of accepting unregisted people is you have to be a “legal voter ON the petition.” Clearly these unregistered people who are being accepted were NOT legal voters on the petition. More than 700 rejected signatures have been moved to accepted because of this illegal process. There is expected to be more tomorrow. Those are real numbers. Numbers that will probably mean this will go on the ballot.

All gay people ask is for fairness and haterosexuals can’t even give that. Everything has to favor the hatero and disadvantage everyone else.

By: KZ

KZ — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:06:02 +0000

Anything to get the referendum on the ballot…

God forbid gays and lesbians get to enjoy strictly the rights of marriage.

By: Leonard Drake

Leonard Drake — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:01:28 +0000

Has such a previous lack of registration name by the required filing date been allowed in previous voter measures before, or just THIS one? If this is a new notion, it seems highly suspect and problematic.

By: russ hemphill

russ hemphill — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:50:58 +0000

so, can a recount be set forth. if it is close, can there be request for a recount? It would be interesting if a recount was demanded, you know if Stickney and Randall wanted a recount for additional verification. . .there would be a stink.

By: Burr

Burr — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:40:04 +0000

Is a court challenge possible?

I don’t believe in any sort of conspiracy theory, but this is getting a bit out of hand. Why even bother checking for registration if they’re going to play it like that?