Clark County finds more than 1,000 uncounted votes
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Election officials routinely sorting through ballots in Clark County say they found more than a thousand uncounted votes.
The Vancouver Columbian reports the ballots had been scanned but not counted.
The discovery nearly doubles the votes that remain to be counted in an election that includes two races in the 17th District that have been too close to call.
As of Friday, Republican incumbent Don Benton was 96 votes ahead of Democrat Tim Probst in the 17th District Senate race. Meanwhile, 17th District House candidate Monica Stonier, a Democrat, led Republican Julie Olson by 100 votes.
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey says the problem was discovered when it became evident that the number of voters given credit for voting did not match the number of affidavit envelopes received.
The Vancouver Columbian reports the ballots had been scanned but not counted.
The discovery nearly doubles the votes that remain to be counted in an election that includes two races in the 17th District that have been too close to call.
As of Friday, Republican incumbent Don Benton was 96 votes ahead of Democrat Tim Probst in the 17th District Senate race. Meanwhile, 17th District House candidate Monica Stonier, a Democrat, led Republican Julie Olson by 100 votes.
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey says the problem was discovered when it became evident that the number of voters given credit for voting did not match the number of affidavit envelopes received.
Really, it doesn't matter. For every one that doesn't count in favor of a democrat incumbent or candidate, King County can produce two dead voters - so there!
Welcome to what's left of our voting system. In our "age of technology and security", they STILL can't find a way to vote without someone being able to skew the results? DEFINITELY intentional.
And just several weeks ago a poster told me things like this NEVER happen and there is never any possiblity for fraud in this system. Well, I guess they must have been mistaken. Wonder how many more boxes of votes are out there somewhere.
 @Jatok Of course it doesn't happen. Politicians would NEVER turn to fraud.
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Bwaaahahahahahahaaaa.
It's called the Gregorie method, you only count them if your behind. If their from King county makes them even better.
As the Democrats soar to victory by 700 votes
Could be the ballots stolen by the Republicans !  ;)
Say it ain't so.   I thought King County had the exclusive honors in this department.
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Keep trying Washington. Soon even Cook County Illinois will envy our stellar election machine.
Is there a Democrat out there who sees the dishonesty here? This is exactly like Chicago politics. How sad for our voters.Please...someone. If you have any guilt or cannot sleep at night knowing what you know, please stand up to this criminal behavior.
fine out who and lock everyone of them up for 5 years then you will see this crap end
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funny this is a king county trick
How the hell does this happen? How incompetent are these people election officials are hiring? Do scanned ballots just get "put somewhere" or what? Â
Naaawwww.....this one has to be Bush's fault!!!
 @countrygalfm It is far too late to blame him for this fiasco. I know that it will
be decades in the future that people will try to blame him.
 @pete1427  @countrygalfm I think your sarcasm detector briefly malfunctioned here. :^D
 @al_wa  @MargeGunderson  @pete1427  @countrygalfm http://www.1001freefonts.com/Sarcastic.php
 @MargeGunderson  @pete1427  @countrygalfm The world needs a sarcasm font.
Amazing how this keeps happening in WA.
 @sadatoni Cannot forget the votes in Florida when Bush Jr. was elected.....
 @Funky-Munky  @sadatoni Funny ! many times liberal media has recounted the ballots.One time headed by the New York Times{favored progressive news source} and Bush won. Bush won election night . Here in WA. the republican doesn't win until all ballots are found .Â
 @Funky-MunkyThis is not Florida, and it is 2012.
 @pete1427 And yet, here we go again....
Standby for conspiracy theory rants... 3-2-1....
@TruthinAdverts - nah, it's a republican county, so the wackos will be fairly quiet.
 @FormerMarineSgt  The separation is 100 votes. Bet'cha ten to one the dem wins.
 @factchekr I'm not a republican. I have equal disgust for all politicians.
 With a fair vote, with all the ballots counted against Republicon wishes, the Democrat may indeed win. It's funny to hear Republicons try to acuse the Dems of vote manipulation when it they who have been pulling shennanigans all over the nation to deprive people of voting.
 @TruthinAdverts Not a conspiracy. It's called the "gregoire method". Politicians learn from each other very quickly.
 @komoispropaganda Never a Marine conveniently forgets it may not have been a Republican behind it.
 @William H. Bonney  @komoispropaganda LOL he wqs never a marine, if you believe that one I have a bridge to sell you
@komoispropaganda @TruthinAdverts - gee in a republican county even....
@TruthinAdverts See! I knew the government would do this!!! This is why we no longer have Twinkies!
 @m4a2000  @TruthinAdverts I think the Twinkie conspiracy will play a role in everything now.........such an innocent looking cake.......responsible for so much evil in the world.........
 @Susabelle  @m4a2000  @TruthinAdverts Here I always thought it was the Ding Dongs.
 @Susabelle  @m4a2000  @TruthinAdverts There is already an infamous murder case where they used what's now called the Twinkie Defense.Â
(Yes, it was actually just a euphemism for junk food and Twinkies were not directly to blame or even mentioned during the trial, but they still earned the notoriety.
Now they're the courtroom equivalent of Spam®; the term is used to disparage any ludicrous attempt at a defense for an indefensible crime where guilt is obvious.)