AP: WA Supreme Court rejects recounting provisional & spoiled ballots.

[jamboi]

I thought it was OH. My bad. So very sorry. In my defense another person listening with me also thought they'd heard it that way too.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 · Last updated 10:37 a.m. PT

Supreme Court rejects Democrats' recount lawsuit

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Recount%20Lawsuit&dpfrom=tsto
By REBECCA COOK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously turned down the Democratic Party's request that previously rejected absentee and provisional ballots be included in the hand recount of the governor's race.

Republican Dino Rossi won the Nov. 2 election by 261 votes and held a 42-vote lead over Democrat Christine Gregoire after the first, machine recount.

In a brief written opinion, the high court said that under Washington law, "ballots are to be 'retabulated' only if they have been previously counted or tallied" - thus excluding those that had been disqualified by county canvassing boards.

The decision does not affect the 561 uncounted ballots in King County that were discovered Sunday to have been wrongfully rejected because of mistakes by election workers. Those ballots go to a canvassing board Wednesday for verification.

[Kralizec]

1. I was under the impression this report was for the Washignton recount. nt

[New Earth]

4. you know, i think you are right

there was no one directly asking the Ohio Supreme Court to count provisional ballots.

JAMBOI, I THINK YOU IS CONFOOSED BOY!

[bemis12]

2. Appeal to who?

They are the highest court in Ohio.

[New Earth]

3. um, oh great

i think i'm gonna

[dogindia]

5. they had over a month to plan how to stop the vote count

and years to plan this very complex and diverse vote control. What did we expect? Them to just lay it out for to find the fraud. These people plan. To steal an American election at this magnitude is a real planned job.

[New Earth]

7. don't worry

it's the Washington State recount, not Ohio.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

6. I believe that was Washington n/t

[madison2000]

10. what does n/t mean?!

:shrug:

[New Earth]

11. no text

it's means the posters entire message is in the subject, no text in the body.

[Stand and Fight]

8. There is a relatively simple solution to this...

If you don't have confirmation or even a link -- then don't post it. Given the gravity of this situation posting such information and not even listing a link, much less naming a solid source, is a grave offense against your fellow DUers. (AAR does not really count as they tend to report the news HOURS after we are already on it.) You really should take heed that a lot of people will see this and there hearts will skip a beat. In fact, I am 90% certain this was in Washington state, as my mother-in-law told me about it this afternoon. Nonetheless, it is wholly irresponsible and rude to post such rubbish when you have not even verified it yet.

[texpatriot2004]

15. I agree stand and fight - NO link NO post! n/t

[Stand and Fight]

18. Yeah, texpartriot2004...

It's just going to get a lot of our fellows here a great deal more stressed than I am sure they already are... Myself included!
:smoke:

[jamboi]

23. Apologies. If another person hadn't thought they'd heard the same thing

I probably would have held off. We even thought that Mike Milloy went on to talk more about it. I thought they were breaking news. I'm still new to AAR so you're probably more familiar with it than I and are probably right about them being slow to put out news. Our mistaken hearing and my mistaken post. Any ways I apologize.

[femme.democratique]

9. Um, do they usually render opinions....

....at 10pm?

[Stand and Fight]

14. Nope.

A hardy welcome to DU, femme.democratique!!!
Pleased to have you here!

:toast:

[ClintCooper2003]

12. This was Washington, no?

[New Earth]

13. Jamboi you really need to fix this post quick

hurry hurry, people are gonna flip their lids for nothing.

[Stand and Fight]

16. Great Idea Faye.

As usual you maintain an air of reasonable and concerned conviction!
I second that motion.

[jamboi]

20. Fixed. Sorry about that. n/t

[New Earth]

17. thanks for changing it

i was scared for one minute!

[Stand and Fight]

19. Thanks jamboi.

You da' man!

:toast:

[dogindia]

21. oohhhhh

thanks. It is easy to flip out. Gosh this is hard. Does feel like there are at least 51 percent American folks behind us....but those on the right are so mean and pushy and will stop at nothing.

[femme.democratique]

22. Just to make everyone feel better.... OSC procedural info

Based on this, looks like they render opinions once a week - on Wednesdays, at that...HMM, TOMORROW is Wednesday...

http://www.ohlawyersweekly.com/ohsup.cfm

Also, theres a pdf with OSC prodecural info...I don't have a pdf viewer on this pc, so someone else check it out....might hold some interesting info

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Rules/practice/rulesofpractice.pdf

[jamboi]

24. And as far as WA goes I think the Dems will do fine w/o those ballots and

will win anyway.

[femme.democratique]

25. Mike Malloy....he's got it wrong!

Keeps saying Ohio supreme court...