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Reed sides with GOP before court
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| Last Edited | None Entered Jan 28, 2005 07:51pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Times |
| News Date | Friday, January 28, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The state law setting out a process to contest an election says illegal votes are one ground for overturning an election. While that law specifically mentions felons, Democrats have argued felon voters qualify as improperly registered voters and would have needed to be challenged before the election.
Reed disagreed. He said votes cast by felons, people declared mentally incompetent and those who vote more than once are clearly illegal votes under the law.
Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance held a news conference Wednesday to outline the hundreds of alleged illegal votes he says have been discovered, including those of felons and people who voted more than once.
The state did not respond to all of the Democratic arguments.
For example, Reed did not answer claims that evidence provided by Republicans is vague or exaggerated and would not be sufficient to overturn an election.
"Their silence is deafening," said Democratic Party attorney Jenny Durkan. "Sam Reed at the end of the day, I think, will stand with the auditors and understands that everybody believes there should be a fair election, but like in any human endeavor there is never a perfect election." |
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