King County Council calls for audit of elections office (Seattle Times)

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - Page updated at 12:45 a.m.




King County Council calls for audit of elections office

By Keith Ervin

Seattle Times staff reporter

One week after King County Executive Ron Sims appointed a blue-ribbon commission to study the flawed 2004 election, the County Council voted unanimously yesterday to commission its own audit.

The Metropolitan King County Council authorized up to $350,000 for a detailed look at the elections office in the wake of the contested governor's election.

Election officials have acknowledged problems ranging from valid absentee ballots that weren't counted to provisional ballots that were improperly counted and illegal voting by felons.

Council members from both political parties said that they were deeply troubled by those kinds of mistakes and that a truly independent investigation is needed to restore public confidence in the election process.

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1. And there I had my hopes up, thinking they were going to audit the machine

s. Actually, I lie. I didn't have my hopes up.