How Many Felons Voted Illegally In Washingtons Gubernatorial Election?
I don’t know, and, as far as I can tell, neither does anyone else. But there are some numbers from the Florida 2000 election that suggest that illegal votes from felons may have provided Christine Gregoire’s 129 vote margin. First, the basic data from John Fund’s Stealing Elections. Both the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post found that, if anything, county officials were too permissive in whom they allowed to vote, and that this largely benefited Al Gore. An analysis by the Post found that 5,600 people whose names matched the names of convicted felons who should have been disqualified were permitted to cast their ballots. “These illegal voters almost certainly influenced the down-to-the-wire presidential election,” the Post reported. “It’s likely they benefited Democratic candidate Al Gore. Of the likely felons identified by the Post, 68 percent were registered Democrats.” The Miami Herald found a similar number with a similar search. Both newspapers endorsed Gore, and I think it fa
