Slog - Comments on Slog Readers Are Voting http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting Photo by Fnarf Photo by Secret South Photo by Life As Art Post your election day photos in the Stranger's Flickr Pool!... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:18:42 -0800 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:33:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC what -- death with dignity and light rail are chopped liver?

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193535 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:29:46 -0800 Comment by Confused "Prefers"? What the hell is that? Are they both too wishy-washy to actually be G.O.P. or Democrat? Or is this like the sexuality continuum -- they generally swing one way, but will swing to the other side if the mood strikes?

]]> Confused http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193541 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:32:22 -0800 Comment by Lee Don't post pictures of your marked ballot. That would violate Wash. Rev. Code §29A.84.670 - Unlawful acts by voters

It's okay to take pictures and video inside polling places, but not of marked ballots.

]]> Lee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193600 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:57:07 -0800 Comment by Q*bert H. Humphrey I assume "farewell to the polls" on these stickers refers to the end of neighborhood in-person voting in King County? It seems like a real shame. I like that we have the option to have both, and I doubt we'll see voter turnout by mail like we're seeing in person today. I also worry that mail-only voting was rushed in before people could consider all the negatives.

]]> Q*bert H. Humphrey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193616 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:02:39 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @3, is that true? Yikes. What's the penalty?

@2, that is the language imposed upon us by our inane new voting rules, after our strictly partisan balloting was thrown out. Note also that "G.O.P. Party" is redundant, like "ATM machine"; the P already stands for Party. But Rossi is a fuckhead who's trying to conceal his Republicanism.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193632 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:07:26 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Fnarf, that fill-in on the Obama bubble is a little sloppy, don't you think? I spent all kinds of time on mine. The Gregoire one at the bottom -- to me -- is completely illegible and shouldn't be counted.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193645 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:13:54 -0800 Comment by Q*bert H. Humphrey @4, if it's true, it's $100. However, if I'm reading this page correctly, the relevant section was intended to be stricken from law.

(1) It is unlawful for a voter to:

(a) Show his or her ballot after it is marked to any person in such a way as to reveal the contents thereof or the name of any candidate for whom he or she has marked his or her vote

]]> Q*bert H. Humphrey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193652 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:16:12 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @3, I don't think so. According to
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=29A.84.670

the legislation was modified twice in 2003, the first time with the language saying "show his or her ballot after it is marked...", but the second time with that paragraph struck out. According to RCW 1.12.025, if a section is modified twice in a single session, and the language conflicts, the last modification counts.

How typical that WA is so stupidly confusing on this point.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193667 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:22:28 -0800 Comment by Mark in Benin I'm glad I wrote in Christine Gregoire on my federal emergency ballot instead of "Democrat".

]]> Mark in Benin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193677 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:27:45 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Lloyd, I gots shaky hands, OK?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193686 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:31:07 -0800 Comment by Mr Fuzzy Grand Old Party Party.

]]> Mr Fuzzy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193689 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:32:35 -0800 Comment by Lee 8: I failed to scroll down. I guess the second version supersedes the first.

Sorry Megan & SLOG readers, disregard my warning.

Also, here's my family voting:
http://vimeo.com/2152783

Go Obama!

]]> Lee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/slog_readers_are_voting#c1193692 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:33:51 -0800