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Same-day voting and registering 16 -year-olds

BY David Boze  on October 1, 2012 @ 8:43 pm (Updated: 8:35 am - 10/10/12 )

For the first time since the 1920s this state has a chance to put a female Republican into statewide office. Her name is Kim Wyman. She's actually run elections before. Her opponent has watched other people run elections before. Democrat Kathleen Drew wants the state to start a program (translation: spend time and resources) on pre-registering 16 year olds to vote. Wyman thinks we should focus on people who can actually vote. Drew wants same-day voter registration due to her conviction that the people we should most cater to are those who finally give their civic duty a thought on election day and no other. Wyman thinks some basic ballot security provisions deserve priority.

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  • SeattleD wrote...
    "For the first time since the 1920s this state has a chance to put a female Republican into statewide office."
    October 1, 2012 8:03 pm
    You don't actually have to read anything beyond that line. Maybe if the Republicons would actually run women for statewide office there'd be more of them, instead of this just being the first time there was a chance since the 1920s.
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    @SeattleD, your comment is indicative of the uninformed zombie D voters in WA
    October 1, 2012 10:15 pm
    A simple search if past elections reveals that many Republican women have run for statewide positions in the past, but they were always beaten by the Democrat men they ran against. Maybe this time, Wyman has a chance because she doesn't have to deal with the Democrat misogyny that we see every time a woman runs on the Republican ticket.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    October 2, 2012 8:52 am
    "@SeattleD, your comment is indicative of the uninformed zombie D voters in WA... A simple search if past elections reveals that many Republican women have run for statewide positions in the past, but they were always beaten by the Democrat men they ran against. Maybe this time, Wyman has a chance because she doesn't have to deal with the Democrat misogyny that we see every time a woman runs on the Republican ticket." Gee Citizen, then why aren't you also upset with Boze who clearly can't do a 'simple search' either? Or are you only allowed to get upset at liberals?
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  • Carlmania wrote...
    Ode to the U.S.A.
    October 2, 2012 7:41 am
    Listen my friends And you will see, What King Obama Has done to you and me. On January twentieth Two thousand and nine, He took control We started our decline. With record unemployment And people forlorn, Our tax money spent Poverty the Norm. With free phones for some And EBT cards too, The lazy ones come Freebies from me and you. On November the sixth Two thousand and twelve, You must go vote Or were going to hell. The country deserves better Than the King and Moochele, America must survive And ring the liberty bell... http://rocketec.com/?page_id=1455
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Next up for Washington State Democrats - POST election day voting.
    October 2, 2012 5:31 am
    OOPS - They already have that in King County.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    WE Dems are finally getting smart
    October 2, 2012 6:12 am
    BY requiring all new Dem registered voters to sign a pledge that they will always VOTE Dem.Elected officials in the GOP are FORCED to sign this type of PLEDGE and finally the Dems are getting on board.Everyone should be required to sign PLEDGES for EVERYTHING.It would make everything so simple. We would NO LONGER require elections simply count the pledge cards. NO more drawn out political campaigns,no debates, no broken promises,no more worries about who runs the economy. Life is good.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    MESSIAH - did someone hijack your screen name?
    October 2, 2012 6:21 am
    That's the kind of thing I would write if I were being facetious.

    But, wait. YOU ARE being serious ?

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Ron P
    October 2, 2012 8:35 am
    Does that mean your signing the pledge?
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    I sign a pledge every year that I'll vote for the candidate who most agrees with me.
    October 2, 2012 9:52 am
    Do you really think MY views fit the GOP agenda? ... They're just more right than the left mostly.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    ronp
    October 2, 2012 10:39 am
    My TRUTH detector (its one of those black balls that when shaken and asked a question the answer magically appears in a small window) said "Its LIKELY" when I asked if RonP is a Likely GOP voter in this coming general election. The Ball doesn't LIE,Its a Fair Ball Not a FOUL Ball
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Somehow, messiah, that is exactly how I would expect you to decide what's true or not.
    October 2, 2012 11:35 am
    We used to use those things in grade school once we decided we wanted to know if girls liked us or not. ...... VERY reliable.

    .

    I never said I wouldn't vote GOP. Just wish it would get back to the way it was going 30 years ago. ... But still far better than the Wizard of Oz with all his smoke and mirrors.

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  • SeattleD wrote...
    Citizen of Krazy Town
    October 2, 2012 6:09 am
    So you are calling Boze a liar, that there have been chances and he just lied about it.
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    @SeattleD I know reading comprehension is hard for you
    October 2, 2012 11:19 am
    So I'll wait for you to read Boze's article again slowly. Maybe it will help if you read aloud...
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    There's probably nothing that stops a 16 year old from actually voting....
    October 2, 2012 7:35 am
    I registered to vote decades ago, but I don't remember having to prove my age in order to do so.

    What stops a 16 year old from lying about his or her age, registering, and voting?

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    What is stopping illegal aliens from voting
    October 2, 2012 12:52 pm
    in the upcoming elections?
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    I give up Citizen of Krazy Town
    October 2, 2012 5:56 pm
    How slow do you have to read the words "For the first time since the 1920s" before it turns into "Many times since the 1920s"?
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    @SeattleD: OK, I'll spell it out for you. Running, and having a shot at winning are not married to each other
    October 2, 2012 10:03 pm
    .
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