Governor! At Last!!!

Governor Gregoire

Washington Judge rules not enough evidence…

I know you have not heard much about this mess, Because it only involves one state, not 50, but it is really quite an important decision. The Washington State Governors race, which was held by election during the National election, has been in Limbo for 6 months now.

You see, it was too close to call, so they had a recount, and the Republican won, then they had another recount and the Democrat won, so then they had another recount, and the democrat won by a slim 125 votes. So they election was certified, and Christine Gregoire was sworn in to the Governor’s position.

Dino Rossi, the loser, filed suit, and said that because there were so many miss counted ballots, and illegal ballots, and missing ballots, and undetermined ballots, that the election should be declared null and void and another election be held.

After 4 weeks of testimony, during which several Felons admitted to voting illegally, and several precincts in King County had mis-counted or lost or not counted ballots and were discovered, the judge ruled that there was not enough evidence supporting the suit that said that the Democrats had rigged the election. He also said that because 5 of the ballots in question were submitted by felons, and because they admitted who they voted for, the vote changed again…this time Gregoire won by 133 VOTES!! It backfired!!

The Judge also stated that it is the PEOPLE who elected the governor, and that the Judicial system had NO business deciding that the people had voted incorrectly.

YAHOO!!!! Now I voted republican in the General Election, but I did vote Democrat in the State, and basically for the same reason…I did not trust the person that was running in the other party. Ms Gregoire has, in the 5 months she has been in office, shown to be a very competent governor. She makes good decisions, both for and against her party, She thinks of the people of the State before she rules. She is very qualified, and should be allowed to finish her term.

What has been brought to light by this whole mess, is that the election and voting system in our state, and in every single other state in the country is broken. Florida was brought to light by the election in 2000, when Gore lost to Bush. SO it was scrutinized. Ohio has been scrutinized because it took so very long to get everyone through the poles that were registered to vote. Far above the normal length of time.

We as a Country need to take a good hard look at how we vote, and what happens to that vote once cast. Did your vote actually get counted, or did it lay hidden in some little office out of the way, thinking that all ballots were in? There has to be a better way of doing this. It is only because these few states had CLOSE election RETURNS that they were even looked at. I am willing to bet that if someone was to go to say MONTANA, and scrutinize their voting procedures they would find the same things wrong. It is systemic people, every vote does not count, and it should. ONCE. And then it should be validated and closed. Not recounted, and recounted, and then recounted again. The amount of money spent by both parties trying to overturn an election, would have gone a long way towards finding a workable solution for every single precinct in the Country to count and validate their votes, quickly and finally!

Let’s hope we are on this already, because they are already talking about 2008 elections and the candidates that will be running.

GOOD GOD People!!! Let’s let those duly elected, GOVERN. Let’s quit throwing stones at each other and work together for a better way. We must look really foolish to those young democracies overseas…