Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Socialism on the Edge in Seattle

Will the crazed Socialist Alternative Party candidate, Kshama Sawant (She wants to nationalize Amazon), end up on the Seattle City Council.  MyNorthwest.com reports:
Two races in last week's election are so close that campaign workers are going over invalidated ballots to make sure each vote is counted.

Incumbent Richard Conlin's lead over Kshama Sawant in the Seattle City Council race is down to 1,237 votes.

KING 5 reports there are more than 5,600 invalid ballots that could impact the race. Ballots are usually invalidated because of problems with their signatures. It's up to those voters to fix the issue.

Campaigns are contacting those voters to make sure they fix the issues so their votes will be counted.

"It's coming down to the wire. This race is extremely tight and we need to make sure every vote is counted," said Conlin's campaign in an email urging voters to visit the elections website to make sure their ballot was counted.

The race is also tightening in the SeaTac minimum wage campaign where the "no" vote now trails by only 43 votes.

4 comments:

  1. Well, if she won at least you'd have someone with the minimal integrity needed to at least admit their agendas upfront.

    "Socialist" is pretty clear when it comes to a party label. ''Republican" and "Democrat", well could they just be called "Socialist Lite".

    I think Bernie Sanders getting elected was a good thing too. No sense in pretending much of the nation wants something other than socialism.

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  2. Here's a thought: since it has been deemed a "living wage" pay all instructors at Seattle Central Community College $15 an hour. To ease the transition, start with all who are SAP members.

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  3. “Ballots are usually invalidated because of problems with their signatures. It's up to those voters to fix the issue. Campaigns are contacting those voters to make sure they fix the issues so their votes will be counted.”

    Did anyone else notice what this implies? I guess they don’t do secret ballots up there.

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    1. When people vote in Washington State by absentee you are required to sign your ballot and mail it in. I don't recall if the ballot actually has the address it was mailed to on it but there are several bar codes and serial numbers that would make it easy to track which ballot went to which address. A great majority vote by absentee these days. So no, Anonymous, they don't do secret ballots in that state.

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