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Michael J Williams's avatar

What use to be done in a night takes weeks to get done now that we are faster and more accurate..Just make you wonder?

Denise Lapio's avatar

Right? Computers are supposed to make life easier and faster. At least that's what Bill Gates told us.

Evrita Romero's avatar

Good morning Patriots,

What an enlightening article thank you!

I’m very interested in part 3.

Wishing you all a fabulous day and we’ll see you at the Barn Dance! Yeehaw!

Eric Fehrmann's avatar

Sounds like we will be asked to purchase a new motor home to deliver MAT to the West End soon. Looking for my tap shoes for Saturday night. 🕺💃🎵

Kathy's avatar

That was my first thought when I heard the current one, which is only a couple years old, was out of commission for several weeks and that it can't keep up with trips to Clallam Bay. How many people drive that distance in a typical day yet their vehicles last many years beyond a couple? This is what we paid for the current one, though it doesn't say how much the actual cost for the van was.

"Jamestown received $1.6 million from the Washington State Healthcare Authority to develop a mobile medication unit that Simscosky said covered most of the vehicle and some training."

Glen Parker's avatar

Good morning Jeff and Doggers,

I've said it before but wow does Sequim need a new city council and especially Mayor!

I do some Election Integrity and it's a bit of a joke Ian Hillman does a great job with what he has to follow. They do not look for proof of citizenship and that's a big problem.

Thanks Jeff and I'll see you all at the Barn Dance with lots of Brittle for Jake's funding.

Have a great day all...

Garry Blankenship's avatar

We cannot have reliable elections without voter I.D.

David Zelenka's avatar

This is the central issue and one of the technical methods by which the progressive technocracy stays in power.

Did you know you can register to vote and fill out a ballot all from your own home on King County's website? You only need to define some sort of residency: https://wa.omniballot.us/sites/53033/site/app/home

The future is citizenship verification, election day only, and paper ballots with human verification. Otherwise, the Republic will be sold and bought.

Michael Heath's avatar

No one votes in person, no one has their ID or citizenship confirmed, no one can see and confirm that our elections are legitimate in any way because the election machines and software are built and designed by "entities" in foreign countries that are known to be hostile to America, and our elections here are run by an Individual named "Riggs"~? Well, if "we" don't DEMAND that our election process is immediately changed and cleaned up we deserve everything that we get~!

Unbelievable~!

Sincerely, Mike

John W.'s avatar

Thank You CCWD, Great Job!!! Interesting article, and if you haven't had the opportunity please sign the Proof of Citizenship Initiative IP26-500. Take several friends or neighbors if they haven't. You can sign it the Clallam Republican Office at 509 S. Lincoln Street in PA. This will help in re-establishing integrity in our voting. Personally I would really like to have in person voting again.

It was nice to show up, maybe have a visit with friends, and neighbors, after casting your ballot and be off on your merry way!

Michael Heath's avatar

Excellent effort here, Patriot Virginia Shogren!

Thank you, Patriot Jeff Tozzer for all of your fantastic efforts with The Clallam County Watchdog!

I have done my best for over 60 years, to awaken what has been an impotent, comatose, and completely pathetic American general public that, as a group, obviously does not care at all about their country or even themselves. After witnessing the absolutely horrific COVID mass murder genocide that is STILL ongoing unaddressed, and the grotesque level of foolishness & apathy in the US population, that would delight any Hollywood film producer who was working on a "Horror flick" portraying victims about to be slaughtered by hockey mask wearing zombies with chainsaws and knives, I am deeply concerned that it may be too late to save our once in the history of our so-called "civilization" Individual freedom and rights that all too few care about, respect, or are willing to defend and fight for. As a natural born optimist, I can be no other way, however, these "Gordian Knot" articles that are so well written by Virginia Shogren, may well be the last hope for our once beautiful but NEVER as great as it could have been community here. The 4th of July is just 23 days away and I expect that the usual crowd will be "celebrating" a freedom that no American really has or enjoys, as many temporarily deceive themselves with the thin illusion of "freedom" because the truth is too painful and making any effort at all to be free too bothersome! I deeply thank and appreciate all of the good folks here on The Watchdog and in our local community, who have tolerated my rambling words in support of The American Constitution and in criticism of the evil criminals who prey upon America like leaches sucking the lifeblood of their victims until they are dead~! To all of you who I know love America and have proven it by taking a stand against these criminals of humanity who smile while they plunge knives in ALL Americans backs, have a great 4th of July Holiday weekend~! One way or another, I am sure that sooner rather than later, this old illusion of so-called "American freedom" will melt away even in the eyes of the most ignorant and pathetic and be immediately replaced with the cries and whimpers of all of those who will claim "I didn't know", as they FINALLY realize that it was they who ignored their duty and finally killed America and "The Great Experiment"~! Cheers to the unsung American heroes who have been "rewarded" with absolutely horrific personal abuses from the very Americans that they have given all to protect, as they are abandoned on this battlefield and left to die alone like countless other great Americans have for the past 250+ years~! Always live a healthy, safe, and happy life to the best of your ability, regardless of how many or few may still be counted among your loved ones & friends! NEVER fall for the lies that you are alone, because you are always in the best of company every day regardless of the deceptions of those who wish only for your destruction and demise~! May God bless and save the Irish~!

"Sic Semper Tyrannis"~!!! ;-]

Sincerely, Mike

Robert's avatar

Weren't computers supposed to make everything faster, more accurate, and foolproof? As Robert Heinlein so sagely wrote back in 1987, “Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self‑interest gives you more leverage.” Garbage in, garbage out ....

MK's avatar

Data Centers sure get a lot of attention, overwhelmingly negative, but we give a hard pass to software made in China when other options are out there? Add that we have no reasonable mechanisms like having the code in escrow in place?

Say what?

MK's avatar

My question, how much of this would be difficult for any elections official to fight if the state forces these requirements in counties via legislation?

No One Important's avatar

As a former computer scientist, I wouldn't trust electronics in our elections farther than I can spit. It's not the electronics, per se, that I don't trust, it's the designers' and programmers' integrity, competence, and motivation that are the weak links.

Positive ID, paper ballots, hand-counting, with bipartisan oversight is the only way to ensure accurate elections. And, given the obvious ballot-printing fraud in CA, I still don't see how those votes can be counted in federal elections.

Ron's avatar

The simple fact that one party so adamantly denies that there is fraud, after it is presented to them time and again, tells me all I need to know.

UFOCCWD's avatar

Electronic voting was made for cheating,equipment- software made outside usa then shipped to usa for assembly what a joke.Why have the republicans allowed this for so many years knowing the issues.It seems the trump & fed govt could make executive order that all hardware & software be made in USA and put a end to this cheating B.S.