Wrapping Up Day Six
Day Six of the Washington State gubernatorial election challenge is over. We started a bit late today (9:30 AM) and ended early as well (4:35 PM). The trial resumes tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM.
David Goldstein of HorsesAss.org has become a regular on John Carlson's weekday KVI show, appearing along with local wingnut Stefan Sharkansky. He was on yet again today and we again have clips from the show that you can listen to.
Major highlights today included the testimony of state elections director Nick Handy. Handy testified that Dino Rossi has consistently made claims that were not based on facts in order to undermine the public’s confidence in Washington’s election system.
He also said he didn't give any credence to claims of fraud or ballot box stuffing, which the Republicans alleged in their opening statement on Day One.
The GOP has focused all its energy on King County but neglects to note that there were errors in twenty counties, not just King County.
And, of course, you can read all about Dale Foreman's outrageous cross examination antics in our earlier post today.
Moving on: this afternoon, Democrats called Snohomish County Auditor Bob Terwilliger to the stand to testify. David Postman of the Seattle Times reports on why his testimony was so critically important:
Pearson's testimony was similar to Handy's, although it was much, much shorter.
As usual, we have a full wrap up of what transpired today - and we're continuing to update our index of all Pacific Northwest Portal-affiliated blog posts about the trial.
David Goldstein of HorsesAss.org has become a regular on John Carlson's weekday KVI show, appearing along with local wingnut Stefan Sharkansky. He was on yet again today and we again have clips from the show that you can listen to.
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Major highlights today included the testimony of state elections director Nick Handy. Handy testified that Dino Rossi has consistently made claims that were not based on facts in order to undermine the public’s confidence in Washington’s election system.
He also said he didn't give any credence to claims of fraud or ballot box stuffing, which the Republicans alleged in their opening statement on Day One.
The GOP has focused all its energy on King County but neglects to note that there were errors in twenty counties, not just King County.
And, of course, you can read all about Dale Foreman's outrageous cross examination antics in our earlier post today.
Moving on: this afternoon, Democrats called Snohomish County Auditor Bob Terwilliger to the stand to testify. David Postman of the Seattle Times reports on why his testimony was so critically important:
Terwilliger is explaining discrepancies -- which a Democratic attorney called "statistical quirks" -- between the number of votes counted in the election and the number of people shown as having voted.Last was John Pearson, the state's deputy elections director. Pearson was supposed to retire last summer, but he has been repeatedly called back to help during the last few months by the Secretary of State's office.
Terwilliger said there are a number of reasons for such discrepancies. One, which he called a "mis-filing exercise," resulted in some voters being shown as having voted in the wrong precincts.
Democratic attorney Kevin Hamilton said, "It's still possible to lose track of absentee ballots after you receive them?"
Terwilliger said that because of human error it was still possible.
Pearson's testimony was similar to Handy's, although it was much, much shorter.
As usual, we have a full wrap up of what transpired today - and we're continuing to update our index of all Pacific Northwest Portal-affiliated blog posts about the trial.
