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Spin Control archive for Oct. 30, 2008

THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 2008

How does a signature bounce?

Alert reader John O'Rourke wondered about the posting that mentions some 700 ballots have already been pulled because of improper signatures. Do they examine each ballot for matched signature? Who deterimines what's mismatched and what kind of training they get to be experts?Good questions, which…

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Thursday's quickie political briefing

Today's fun video: If only they could really dance like this...Ballot Watch: More than 120,500 ballots have been returned to the Spokane County Elections office. That's about 47 percent; put another way, more than half of everybody that's gonna vote, has voted.Here are today's headlines…

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