Stranger Election Control Board Endorsement
King County Elections Director: Vote for Sherril Huff
Confused to be getting a ballot this soon after the November election? We don't want to hear it. The only reason we're having an election right now is because you, the voters, decided last November that we needed another election to decide who should run elections around here.
So here we are, three months after the last election, voting for King County Elections director—an obscure, mostly administrative job that involves making sure ballots go out on time, ensuring that votes are counted correctly, and certifying election results as quickly as possible.
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Sound boring? It is! But—and you're not going to see this coming—this election is important! And filling out your ballot will take you less time than it takes to read this endorsement! And you're all invited to our King County Elections Director Elections Night Election Returns Watching Party down at the Showbox! We'll be partying on the streets of Seattle until 4:00 a.m.!
Why should you vote for Sherril Huff? Well, consider the competition. It includes: Chris Clifford, a Republican schoolteacher from Renton who's also leading the effort to recall port commissioner Pat Davis; former Republican King County Council member—and emerging crank candidate—David Irons, who allegedly beat his own mother; disgraced former elections director Julie Anne Kempf, who was fired after she allegedly mailed ballots out late and lied about it; Pam Roach, a gun-totin' Republican state senator with a vendetta against the King County Council and a violent passion for flowers; and Bill Anderson, a former bank manager who says he's qualified to count votes because "votes are like checks," but otherwise seems harmless enough.
Huff, in contrast, is competent, sane, and highly qualified. As
elections director, she's overseen steady improvement at an elections
office whose incompetence was at the center of a Republican challenge
to Governor Christine Gregoire's win in 2004. She shouldn't have to run
for her job, but she deserves to keep it. 
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Julie Anne has been an advisor to many in the voting integrity movement, and knows more about the process of voting than anyone I've ever met.... who is actually also willing to be HONEST about the problems we face, with whatever system the county council, executive, and Secretary of State, chose to force down our throats.
The reason papers are dying, is that none of the papers out there seem to actually do any real research, or ask tough questions. This is why people look for answers on Google. At least there are other sources for information nowadays.
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Pam Roach is the Handmaiden of Satan, btw.
after having worked for king county elections for the greater part of '06-'08 (all under her leadership) i know firsthand that huff is a fair, levelheaded, nonpartisan leader and she deserves to keep her job.
she's got my vote, and i think the SECB is spot-on in their endorsement of her.
consider the competition ... Chris Clifford ... who's also leading the effort to recall port commissioner Pat Davis
You say that as if you think a Davis recall would be a bad thing?
I happen to know Julie Anne Kempf, and have for years... she is the only one in the election department who has a shred, a shred of honesty, that I have every dealt with. And to that and, there are lots of election integrity activists that know this, and there are lots of Democrats in this town that know how she was scapegoated, and the know-nothing reporters in this town have done nothing but help destroy an honest election worker.
Pathological? There's a lot of that in King County's government, but if firing Julie Anne would have solved anything... why so many major screw up later?
So, I definitely will not.
Did the Stranger have any second or third picks? Certainly not Kempf, who is an incompetent liar. Maybe the bank manager.
Bringing your personal feelings about Kempf into this conversation have cemented my opposition to her candidacy. Your need to let everyone know that she is the most honest person ever rings hollow and lacks credibility to convince me that she wasn't part of the problem and that the allegations weren't true. "Allegations" have been a routine part of her public life since at least 1999, with her alleged coverup for her mom. Whether the long list is true or not is important, but, even if not true, it assuredly points to a likelihood that those she works with don't get along with her very well. This history of accusations and blame-deflecting, cover-up crying included, are indicators that she has not been able, nor will be able, to lead a government entity with efficiency and without controversy.
A stack of lies against someone often hold some truth, whether in reality or motive...
Of course the stranger would never dare not to endorse the Democratic candidate. Yeah, because she has done such a good job so far.
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What is Kempf's record of activism, besides covering her tracks and doing a poor job of it? I've never read about her on the BradBlog. Does she work with Bev Harris?
(waiting....)
Why does she remind me of Tonya Harding, in a pathologically dishonest kind of way?
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