More on my disgust for Sam Reed... And Rep. Jeannie Darnielle: WA bill would smooth voting restoration for felons.

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Once you've read the story, you notice how completely bizarre the headline for this story is:

WA bill would smooth voting restoration for felons

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Apparently, those leftist supporting this bill seem to view the mere act of release from custody as something of a "restoration process" for convicted felons.

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Something that happens "automatically" has nothing to do with "restoration."

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Even the definition of the word "restoration" refers to the concept of making whole... or returning to a prior state:

re⋅store

   /rɪˈstɔr, -ˈstoʊr/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ri-stawr, -stohr] Show IPA

–verb (used with object), -stored, -stor⋅ing.

1.	to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.

2.	to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition, as a building, statue, or painting.

3.	to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor.

4.	to put back to a former place, or to a former position, rank, etc.: to restore the king to his throne.

5.	to give back; make return or restitution of (anything taken away or lost).

6.	to reproduce or reconstruct (an ancient building, extinct animal, etc.) in the original state.

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In this particular instance, the democrats and our colossal waste of skin are MUCH more concerned over "restoring" the felon than they are "restoring" the victim.

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Only in a democrat controlled state can up become down and right become left like this; where the victims, once again, are relegated to second place.

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I would personally love to hold a poll of everyone supporting this bill. For everyone of the leftist scum shilling it or voting for it.

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When were you victims of a felony? If, for example, you female representatives sponsoring or voting for this garbage... if one of these felons that you're so concerned about had raped and murdered your 13 year old daughter, like the murder that just happened around here...

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... would you be so hot about "restoring THAT felon voter rights?"

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What if one of these felons had held a blade up against your throat... and then slowly stripped you clothes off before he raped you... repeatedly... deaf to your screams (if he allowed you to scream) deaf to your pleas... deaf to your shattered humanity, your pain, your horror...

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... would you be so hot about "restoring THAT felon voter rights?"

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Somehow, I believe that few have experienced that peculiar agony.

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Now, I get why Darnielle is doing this. When she says:

"The basic unfairness is that our system is currently based on someone paying off their legal obligations," said Rep. Jeannie Darneille, a Tacoma Democrat who sponsored the measure. "If you have money, you can get your rights restored, and if you don't have money, you won't."

Where, in that babble, does the good representative express ANY concern for the VICTIM?

She doesn't... because she has none.

What this is about is much like the other democrat concerns. They see ripe pickings for the illegal alien vote... and now, they see the opportunity to get another voting block... the convicted felon voting block.

I can see the democrats doing what our waste-of-skin Secretary of State deems to be impossible: identifying convicted felons and focusing on them as a voter block. You know, convicted felon mailers and the like, pointing out that CRIMINAL voters certainly wouldn't want to support REPUBLICANS... would they?

The rest of Darnielle's swill is eyewash to cover the true goal: opening up additional thousands of democrats to vote legally... no matter what they've done... or haven't done... to complete the court-ordered process to restore the felon's victims.

Another neo-communist legislator, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Wells (From Seattle, stunningly enough) babbles more of the same:

"It's more an issue of fairness," she said. "I don't think the right to vote should be based on one's income."

Apparently, the good senator also lacks any concern for the victim.

Now, the total moron behind this bill, our complete waste-of-skin Secretary of State, Sam Reed, tells us this utter crap:

"When people have served their time and are out of prison, we want them to get involved in their community and get connected," said Reed, a Republican.

This is the usual kind of bureaucratic bullshit double-speak that paper-shufflers engage in to justify there crapping on us.

I can just envision with ease these civic-minded convicted felons... rapists, murderers, robber, drug dealers... being let out, met at the gate by the local democrat county party chair and being personally guided through the voter registration process.

That, of course, would include the imprisoned illegal aliens, as well, because our erstwhile embarrassment of a Secretary of State has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to insure that ONLY eligible American citizens vote. I could be asking too much, however... after all, HE'S ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE EIGHT FRICKING YEARS WHILE HE"S DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT ALL.

I will give Reed SOME credit for at least a glancing reference to the TRUE reason he has for being a rabid supporter of this bill... it's to make it easier... ON HIM!

Equally important, Reed said, the measure would help reduce the bureaucratic challenges in determining who is a legal voter.

The state's voter database is able to track people who are currently in prison, or who are still under supervision by the state Department of Corrections. More than 12,000 felons have been removed from the rolls since the database went online in 2006. But people who haven't yet had their rights restored, often because of unpaid court-ordered fines, are harder to track.

"It continues to be a problem," Reed said. "We really need a bright line."

"It continues to be a problem," Reed said. Unfortunately, the Times didn't ask... and Reed didn't offer, the reasons WHY it continues to be a problem... and how they all revolve around HIS failure to do absolutely anything about it.

WHEN YOU REFUSE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM... WHEN YOU AVOID TAKING ANY ACTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM... THE PROBLEM AIN'T GONNA FIX ITSELF.

AND IN THE ENTIRETY OF HIS EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE, SAM REED HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO FIX THIS ISSUE.

NOTHING.

And now, like his fellow leftists, he throws the victims of these criminals under a bus.

Because the one issue NEVER talked about by these morons is what I call the "Rule of Likely."

If Government acts, is the outcome likely to be GOOD? Or is the outcome likely to be BAD?

So, to APPLY the "Rule of Likely," I ask these idiots this:

When these oh-so-civic-minded felons are GIVEN (Not "restored," but GIVEN) their "rights back... is it MORE likely or LESS likely that the non-existent incentive of the vote will INCREASE the payment of restitution to the victims?

Or DECREASE that likelihood?

Sam Reed's life will become easier... not that he's done a damned thing in this arena ANYWAY. But the lives of the VICTIMS, who SHOULD be the paramount concern of all these weasels supporting this bill will not be made better by one wit.

But then, I doubt that Reed or anyone in his family has been raped, robbed or murdered... like I doubt that very many of this bill's supporters have undergone that particular agony.

And oh, how easy it is for those who have not to ignore those who have.

Because political expedience and political advantage at the expense of the forgotten victims is the order of the day.

It just makes me proud to be an American.

Also, this quote in the article is inaccurate:

Secretary of State Sam Reed, the state's top elections officer, had not taken a position on the measure in the past, but this year he publicly supports it, saying the bill could foster greater civic engagement.

I don't know if the reporter just didn't check, or if Reed just lied outright... but making his own life easier has been Reed's mantra for years... and he has CLEARLY been taking this position for AT LEAST almost four years.

State czar for voting: Let felons cast ballots

Wednesday, June 8, 2005
By DON JENKINS, Columbian staff writer

Felons cast most of the illegal votes that clouded Washington's gubernatorial election, and the state's chief elections official Tuesday proposed a way to prevent it from happening again: legalize those voters.

Talking to reporters at the Clark County auditor's office, Secretary of State Sam Reed for the first time came out solidly in support of letting freed felons vote, regardless of their court-imposed debts.

Felons currently must pay off fines and make restitution to victims before they can apply to have their voting rights restored.But keeping disenfranchised felons off voter rolls has proven difficult for county auditors.Felons accounted for 1,401 of the 1,678 illegal votes cast in the 2004 election. Fifty-nine felons voted in Clark County. Election officials plead that they may never learn about the conviction.

Here, a bit more of the truth comes out... and Reed doesn't seem to say a whole lot about "fostering greater civic engagement" back THEN.... just now.

Gee. I wonder why.

Originally published March 21, 2009 at 10:09 AM Page modified March 21, 2009 at 8:39 PM
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WA bill would smooth voting restoration for felons
For tens of thousands of convicted felons in Washington state, only one thing stands between them and the ballot box: debt.

By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press Writer

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OLYMPIA, Wash. —

For tens of thousands of convicted felons in Washington state, only one thing stands between them and the ballot box: debt.

Under current law, felons can't vote until they have served their sentences, including the completion of any parole or probation, and paid all restitution and other court fees.

A measure to remove that payment requirement - opponents say it's akin to a modern-day "poll tax" - has passed the House and awaits action in the Senate. If it becomes law, felons could simply re-register to vote once they're no longer in state custody, including any parole or probation.

"The basic unfairness is that our system is currently based on someone paying off their legal obligations," said Rep. Jeannie Darneille, a Tacoma Democrat who sponsored the measure. "If you have money, you can get your rights restored, and if you don't have money, you won't."

Washington's neighbor, Oregon, automatically restores voting rights to felons once they're released from prison. Nearly 40 other states and the District of Columbia also have less onerous restrictions on restoring voting rights to felons.

But others argue Washington state is obligated to make sure felons complete all of their sentence, including all monetary obligations.

"Until they pay their fines and restitution, to me, they haven't carried out their entire sentence," said Rep. Ed Orcutt, a Kalama Republican who opposes the bill. "So their voting rights shouldn't be restored."

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