Ross: No cries of vote fraud, except maybe one case in Seattle
Nov 4, 2021, 6:16 AM | Updated: 9:37 am
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Here it is two days since the election and no cries of vote fraud so far. Columnist Mona Charen wrote about this remarkable development on a conservative website called The Bulwark.
“Isn’t it interesting,” she wrote, “that Democrats appear to have forgotten how to manipulate voting machines, stuff ballot boxes, engage in the wee-hour ballot dumps, collect ballots from dead people …”
It IS remarkable.
Except maybe there WAS some fraud right here in Seattle.
KOMO 4 News ran a story about the same-day voter registration event at Lumen Field (where unregistered citizens could register, sign the oath, then vote immediately). And the KOMO story quoted one voter as saying: “I just walked in, provided my information, (and) got signed up pretty quick.”
But even more interesting – this voter also said he had relocated to Seattle from New York “over the weekend.”
And that got the attention of KIRO Radio’s own Dori Monson who pointed out that voters must affirm UNDER OATH when they register that they have been a resident at their address for at least 30 days before Election Day. And if this guy just relocated over the weekend, then he committed vote fraud.
So now what do we do? Well, what we ought to do is prosecute the guy. He was named in the story – I’m not going to repeat the name here just in case this is all some big misunderstanding – but if this goes unpunished, conceivably you could have thousands of people who just blow into town so they can vote in our elections.
Please look up the story, and if you know the guy – or you know of anyone else who did this – speak up.
Otherwise, we may have to go all Texas on this – anyone who successfully sues a fraudulent voter gets $10,000 paid by the fraudster.
Although I will admit that a guy casting a vote after just moving here actually doesn’t bother me as much as the opposite situation – the guy who has lived here for more than 30 days and who votes, but then immediately leaves town.
That’s perfectly legal, of course, but think about it: In the case of the guy who votes right after moving here, he at least has to live with the choices he made. Whereas the guy who votes and runs, he’s probably voting for GoodSpaceGuy and Mike The Mover – what does he care? He’s leaving!
So, frankly, I would have them both prosecuted. Especially if I could walk away with (what would that be?) $20,000!
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