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Preemptive Karma.
Some guys just can't win.
Apparently Stefan Sharkansky (of Sound Politics blog) is one of them.
For the second time, Stefan has been soundly smacked down (pun intended) on an election related challenge.
In February, Sharkansky filed a challenge against Daniel Sosin, who's registered to vote in Washington State.
Sosin is a commissioned officer with the US Public Health Service. Sosin's job is one in which he moves around a great deal. Sosin is currently serving with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. TJ at Also Also posted this and one other previous piece about the Sharkansky/Sosin challenge. If you want more background, TJ's got the scoop.
In a move that can only be described as high handedly snotty, Sharkansky challenged Sosin's voter registration and right to vote in the State of Washington because he doesn't maintain a Washington State address.
The
finding of fact from King County shows that Sosin maintains a valid Washington State driver's license
and isn't registered to vote in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Stefan admitted in the hearing that he knew Sosin wasn't registered to vote in Atlanta. And while Sosin is on long term assignment with the CDC, Washington State law allows for individuals to keep their duly held registration in Washington State while in the civil or military service. Sosin definitely qualifies as civil service.
Sharkansky has better not quit his day job to become an elections attorney. He'll starve to death.