WEiCU vs King County Elections, part 1
the real legal system on display, the war for election integrity, and a MUCH NEEDED VICTORY!
On Friday, June 2nd (today), there was an election integrity hearing in King County Superior Court. It took place at the Norm Maleng Justice Center (aka the Kent Regional Justice Center).
This case was brought against King County Elections (and the Washington State Central Democratic Committee) by WEiCU (Washington Election Integrity – United), with Virginia Shogren, as the representing attorney. There were also some additional plaintiffs, including Doug Basler (who ran for Congress last year), as well.
For King County Elections, the representing attorney was Ann Summer, as well as Heath Hyatt. Hyatt was representing the Washington State Democratic Central Committee.
This case was about being able to view the ballots and the vote records from the 2020 election, whether said ballots are anonymous; and if so, compel King County to abide by requests to audit said ballots under the Washington State Public Records Act. This allows ‘discovery’ (fact-finding, and evidence gathering), in any further legal action.
Judge Leroy McCullough, was presiding over the proceedings.
There was nothing normal, or transparent, about these proceedings.
The hearing was conducted behind closed doors (even though 50 people did show up to the courtroom), and it was conducted via Zoom (where 115 people, including myself, were signed in).
No recording devices of any kind were allowed (even online), and there was no transcript available.
Seeing the hearing in the 90 minutes that took place, was a sobering reminder of the rotten state of affairs that our so-called 'legal system' represents.
There were some very important points brought up about the ballots, and the public's ability to view not only the ballots, but the records of the elections.
The main dispute, was whether ballots are considered anonymous (per Washington State Constitution Article 6, Section 6).
This has been a hotly contested issue between anyone interested in election integrity, and any well-connected bureaucrat who fears transparency.
During this hearing, it's been revealed that King County Elections, under the direction of Julie Wise, has been actively blocking, and suppressing any, and all attempts to view the ballots, vote records, and scanned ballot records (and images) for the past 21 months (in violation of her job, and oath of office).
It has ALSO been revealed, that Wise was aware, on some level (if not thoroughly complicit) of the insufficiencies (and vulnerabilities) regarding the use of uncertified voting machines, the insecure ballots, and the egregious chain-of-custody issues (chain of custody, in a few words, means there's a traceable chain of custody, or possession, between the person casting the ballot, and the agency processing the ballot, in which there's no third party being used to either cast, or process the ballot).
It was also revealed, that King County has resorted to 'lawfare', and have filed countersuits against WEiCU; even going as far as to file a permanent injunction to prevent WEiCU from ever filing any complaint against King County again.
The clincher, was finding out it was Wise (as well as the Washington State Asociation of County Auditors) , who was the driving force behind SB 5459 (using bureaucracy to suppress investigation of (and hide) election fraud). This seems to be a common tactic among 'queen bees', as we saw Kim Wyman do a similar act (when she went to Inslee to craft a bill to hide the audit of the 2020 election, including disclosure of cybersecurity and ransomware issues).
The attorney for King County (Ann Summer), did everything in her power to dismiss these claims, even resorting to questioning the validity of the lawsuit, using legalese, (which included using ‘legal STANDING’ multiple times), and in one case, actually lied (she claimed SB 5459 can retroactively prevent ballots from being viewed from the 2020 election - also known as ‘Ex Post Facto’, and is totally unconstitutional). Both her and Hyatt (the attorney for the WSDCC) resorted to gaslighting, when rebutting the claims (and evidence) of election fraud. In fact, Hyatt boldly (and arrogantly) stated that this election integrity lawsuit, wasn't about election integrity at all, but about overturning the 2020 election.
This has been a common ‘go-to’ argument for both Democrats and Republicans. They seem to be very comfortable with highly questionable election results that have known and apparent fraud.
They've expressed ‘that since the election has already been certified, that there's no reversing it’, almost as if to taunt a patriotic voter…one who knows this election was rife with rampant fraud.
The other argument that was used, was ‘allowing the viewing of cast ballots and election records wouldn't benefit neither the public interest, nor the government, as allowing such a thing would weaken the so-called establishment’.
Within the first hour of the hearing, Judge McCullough ruled that the ballots are INDEED ANONYMOUS, paving the way for ‘discovery’!
This ruling was declared, much to the chagrin and dismay of King County Elections.
It's very disturbing (and revealing) to see people who are supposed to be our elected officials, gaslight everyone over any fraud of our elections. We the People have every right to audit our elections under state and federal law (Washington State Constitution, Sec 6, Article 6), and no amount of legalese, lawfare, gaslighting, or threats will (or should be allowed to) change that. Our elections are the glue that hold our Republic together. Without transparent elections, our Republic is gone.
This large victory for WEiCU, and all the patriots who’ve supported this organization, as well as our ongoing fight for election integrity, is much needed.
I realize, there were some details I left out...like Washington Courts Civil Rule #8, 11, and 56. Those are based on the 'Federal Rules for Civil Procedures', and was frequently argued by the King County Elections attorney. Using legalese, as a way to gaslight, and dismiss people's ability to audit their elections, seems to be commonplace these days. It's something everyone needs to pay attention to, as the fraud continues to be exposed (in both the election AND the legal system). Such 'legalese' has no place in common law. But this is the battle we need to fight...and win.
Absolutely wonderful abridged summary. Without patriots like you and many more fighting this corruption nothing would change. We fellow Washingtonians Thank you. Looking forward to outcome on Monday.