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Simplest Source of Voter Fraud Is Baked Into the System
2020-11-21
[Townhall] Back in 2016, when broadcaster Lars Larson attempted to find out whether one Arcan Cetin was a citizen of the US, ICE, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him, essentially, "Sorry, our obligation is to protect this migrant’s privacy."

Mr. Cetin murdered five innocents, north of Seattle.

Arcan Cetin voted, reports Mr. Larson. But nobody at ICE was willing to tell a good citizen like our broadcaster if Cetin voted legally or not.

As it turned out, a sigh of relief was in order. The stellar Mr. Cetin, who, like most Muslim immigrants, voted Democrat, violated the Sixth Commandment five times, but, thank God, did not appear to have violated the commandment against voter fraud. Rumor has it that the murderer had been awarded citizenship, although it’s impossible to ascertain.

The point made here is that you can rest assured voter fraud is rampant in the US—and not only because Americans are barred from checking whether a murderer is a fellow-citizen. But, rather, because the progressive, globalist left has fought down-and-dirty to bar any proof of citizenship at the time of voting.

Yes, the law requires, in my state, as in most of these United States, that you be a citizen, as well as a resident of the state in which you’re voting. But you don’t have to provide proof of citizenship, when voting.

To vote in Washington State, as in most states, all that’s needed is a driver’s license or a current State ID card. Essentially, the American voting system, thanks to the triumph of left-liberalism, is based on an honor system.
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Cascade Mall shooting: Suspected gunman found dead in prison cell
2017-04-18
[BBC] A man accused of killing five people at a shopping mall in Washington state has been found hanging inside his prison cell, say officials.

Arcan Cetin,
...the troubled druggie, Turkish immigrant yoot who was brought to America when his mother married a nice American. Sadly, he brought his olde country attitudes with him, which did not please the local girls or the boys. He stole his step-papa's guns to shoot up the Macy's counter where his ex-girlfriend hadn't been working for ages...
20, who had been awaiting trial for the mass shooting in 2016, was found dead in the Snohomish County Jail on Sunday night.

He had been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, and could have faced the death penalty if found guilty.

Authorities have not yet determined the cause of death.

According to Sherlocks, Cetin shot five shoppers at a Macy's department store after first trying to enter through the backdoor of a nearby cinema.

The shooting spree at the Cascade shopping mall occurred less than three hours after he had sat down for dinner with his stepfather.

Surveillance footage from inside the mall shows the suspect opening fire on four woman and one man as they browsed the store.

Police say Cetin was inside the mall for less than one minute before he fled the store, leaving the .22 calibre rifle, which police say had been stolen from Cetin's stepfather, on a counter in the cosmetics department.

He was tossed in the clink
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
 about 30 hours later as he walked near to his apartment in Oak Harbor, Washington, according to local media.
The Skagit Valley Herald adds:
Arcan Cetin, 20, died in an apparent suicide, Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney Rich Weyrich said Monday morning. Cetin appeared to have hanged himself.

At the request of one of his lawyers, Cetin had been held in Snohomish County for about a month, Weyrich said.

The move to Snohomish County came about because Cetin was making statements to other inmates that were "against his best interests," said Skagit County spokeswoman Bronlea Mishler.

Cetin was awaiting results of a second competency evaluation, a hearing for which had been scheduled for next week.
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
WA: Lawmakers pledge to get tough on voter fraud
2016-10-01
[KREM] Lawmakers in Washington are pledging to get tough on voter fraud.

The state is moving forward on a plan that would require proof of citizenship anytime.

The latest change comes after an embarrassing week for voting administrators in Washington.

According to reports, the suspect in last week’s deadly mall shooting, Arcan Cetin, may have faked his voter registration. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
 Cetin still participated in several different elections.

It is for that reason that state voting workers are getting tougher on rules.

At the news conference on Friday, Washington’s Secretary of State, Kim Wyman insisted change is the only way to prevent voter fraud.

To reduce cases of voter fraud, Secretary Wyman is proposing a safeguard that is common in other states.

Under the proposal, people would have to present proof of citizenship whenever they get a drivers license.

Voting workers would also have access to that information, and could determine if a person is eligible to register to vote.

"These are ideas that have been discussed in Olympia for a decade, the time for action is now," said Wyman.

The Federal Department of Homeland Security has required these changes since 2005, but Washington never followed those orders.

In fact, Washington is one of only three states that do not check for proof of citizenship.

Auditors across the states said they have been flooded with angry calls in the last few days.

"They're upset about this. They think that every person has the authority to vote and we cannot prove it," said Yakima County auditor, Charles Ross.
Oddly enough, on the morning of September 30th, local television station KING5 ran this update about their previously living killer:
UPDATE: KING 5 learned Thursday that Arcan Cetin, the 20-year-old who killed five people at Cascade Mall on Sept. 23, is in fact a U.S. citizen.

For days after the shooting, Cetin was described by local and federal law enforcement as being a permanent U.S. resident. He immigrated to the U.S. from Turkey when he was a child, after his mother married an American citizen.

On Thursday, a federal official told KING that further investigation revealed that Cetin is a naturalized U.S. citizen. That means he was legally registered to vote.
But the single source, anonymous official did not say when Mr. Cetin obtained his citizenship, the fact of which his parents, acquaintances, and he himself on social media did not mention, so possibly he did vote before the paperwork was completed.
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Home Front: WoT
Cascade Mall shooter voted in US despite not being citizen
2016-09-29
The Cascade Mall shooting suspect, Arcan Cetin, may face an additional investigation related to his voting record and citizenship status. Federal sources confirm to KING 5 that Cetin was not a U.S. citizen, meaning legally he cannot vote. However, state records show Cetin registered to vote in 2014 and participated in three election cycles, including the May presidential primary.

Cetin, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey as a child, is considered a permanent resident or green card holder. While a permanent resident can apply for U.S. citizenship after a certain period of time, sources tell KING his status had not changed from green card holder to U.S. citizen.
Details, details...
While voters must attest to citizenship upon registering online or registering to vote at the Department of Licensing Office, Washington state doesn't require proof of citizenship. Therefore elections officials say the state's elections system operates, more or less, under an honor system.
And if you can't believe a green card holder in Washington state, just who can you believe?
"We don’t have a provision in state law that allows us either county elections officials or the Secretary of State's office to verify someone’s citizenship," explained Secretary of State Kim Wyman. "So, we’re in this place where we want to make sure we’re maintaining people’s confidence in the elections and the integrity of the process, but also that we’re giving this individual, like we would any voter, his due process. We’re moving forward, and that investigation is really coming out of the investigation from the shootings."

The penalty for voting as a non U.S. citizen could result in five years of prison time or a $10,000, according to Secretary of State's Office.
That clearly slowed the man down...
"The penalties are very serious.
No, they're not...
That’s why we want to make sure we’re very measured, and this is why we want to make sure we’re very calm and purposeful in how we move forward," Wyman continued. "The stakes are very high on both sides. You want to keep the confidence level high, but you also want to protect the voting rights of everyone."

Wyman says while it's impossible to determine an exact number, she does not believe this case points to a larger issue.
"No, no, certainly not!"
"Our hands are kind of tied, but make no mistake, we want to make sure that everybody has confidence that people casting Democratic ballots are given a free pass eligible. This is certainly going to be a topic at next legislation."
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Mall shooting suspect was 'zombie-like' when arrested, officials say
2016-09-26
More on this story from yesterday.
[FOXNEWS] A suspected gunman believed to have killed five people at a Washington state mall was locked away
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
 Saturday, according to authorities.

At a news conference, officials said they had not ruled out any possible motives for why 20-year-old Arcan Cetin allegedly shot four women and one man at the Cascade Mall in Burlington Friday evening.

Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley told news hounds that he spotted Cetin near the suspect's home in Oak Harbor, around 30 miles due west of the mall. Hawley said he immediately recognized Cetin as the suspect, turned his patrol car around and arrested Cetin without incident.

"He said nothing," said Hawley, who added that Cetin was unarmed and carrying a computer in a satchel when he was apprehended. "He was kind of zombie-like."

Mount Vernon Police Lt. Chris Cammock said Cetin had immigrated to the U.S. from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 and was a "legal permanent resident." It was not immediately clear when Cetin came to the U.S.

Hawley said Cetin had been arrested for simple assault last year, but provided no further details on the case. The Seattle Times reported that Cetin faced three domestic violence assault charges in both Burlington and Island County, with the victim identified as Cetin's stepfather. The newspaper reports Cetin also was arrested for drunken driving.

Court records show Cetin was told by a judge on Dec. 29 that he was not to possess a firearm, the newspaper reported.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
 the stepfather urged the judge not to impose a no-contact order, saying his stepson was "going through a hard time."

Cetin was arrested almost exactly 24 hours after his alleged victims were shot at the mall Macy's makeup counter. The four female victims died in the store. The male victim died early Saturday as police finished sweeping the 434,000-square-foot building.

Local media outlets had identified the victims as of early Sunday. One was 16-year-old Sarai Lara, a cancer survivor and high school sophomore. Her mother, Evangelina, told the Seattle Times that through a translator that she was shopping with Sarai and her younger sister, but they split up.

She said Sarai went to Macy's looking for pants. News of the shooting spread through the mall, and Lara tried to get to her daughter but was unable to do so.

KIRO-TV identified two more victims as Belinda Galde, 64, and her mother, 95-year-old Beatrice Dotson.

The Seattle Times identified the other two victims as Macy's makeup artist Shyla Martin, 52, and Chuck Eagan, a Boeing maintenance worker who was shot while helping his wife flee the store.

"There are people waking up this morning, and their world has changed forever. The city of Burlington has probably changed forever, but I don't think our way of life needs to change," Burlington Mayor Steve Sexton said earlier Saturday. "This was a senseless act. It was the world knocking on our doorstep, and it came into our little community."

Surveillance video captured the suspect entering the mall unarmed and then recorded him about 10 minutes later entering the Macy's with a "hunting type" rifle in his hand, Cammock said. The lieutenant said late Saturday that the rifle was apparently brought into the mall from a suspect vehicle. The weapon was recovered at the scene.

"Probably one of the most difficult moments for us last night was knowing that there were family members wondering about their loved ones in there," Cammock said.

Burlington, a community of 8,600 people, is about 65 miles north of Seattle, too far to be a commuter town, but its population swells to 55,000 during the day because of a popular outlet mall, retail stores and other businesses. Burlington is the only major retail center within 30 miles in a region where agriculture is king, said Linda Jones, president of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce.

Homeland Security Chair: ‘Good Chance’ Mall Shooting is Islamic Terror
So it's not just here at Rantburg that people are suspicious.
[Breitbart] Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday morning that "there’s a good chance" Friday’s mass shooting at mall in Washington "could be" Islamic terrorism.

McCaul appeared on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the latest developments in a week of violence, from last weekend’s bombings in New York and New Jersey, which were allegedly carried out by Moslem immigrant Ahmad Khan Rahami, to the shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.

On Saturday evening, police incarcerated
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
 Arcan Cetin, 20, a Moslem immigrant and permanent resident from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, for the shootings, in which four women and one man were killed. Cetin was unarmed at his arrest, though he allegedly used three guns stolen from his father in the shooting.

Bartiromo and McCaul discussed both attacks, and discussed possible terror links in the latter case:

Bartiromo: There was a Washington mall shooter. He’s been caught. The suspect was 20 years old. Turkish, Moslem, Arcan Cetin. He was arrested for murder of the five people he killed in the mall in Washington State. What can you tell us about him? Is this related to Islamic terrorism?

McCaul: Well, I think there was a good chance it could be. I know right now law enforcement, FBI is playing it safe, saying there are no links to terrorism. That’s true at least from the evidence so far. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out more details about this individual, as well as we did Mr. [Ahmad Khan] Rahami.

Thus far, police have suggested that a likely motive for Cetin could have been personal, as his ex-girlfriend worked at the Macy’s store in the mall where the shooting began.
Then there's this Weasel Zippers post courtesy of It Is me yesterday evening:
Cascade Mall Shooting Suspect Arcan Cetin Had Tumblr With Chant To Allah, Pic Of Ted Bundy, Was Sent Pic Of ISIS Leader…
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Washington mall shooting: Bad Guy in custody
2016-09-25
[CNN] A man carrying a rifle entered a Macy's store at a mall in Washington state, rubbed out four women and a man, and vanished into the night, police said.

Authorities believe only one person fired the shots Friday night at Cascade Mall in Burlington, about an hour north of Seattle.

A search is underway for an armed man who headed toward Interstate 5 after the attack, said Sgt. Mark Francis, a front man for the Washington State Patrol.

Francis released a blurry surveillance photo of a man described as the suspect. His motive or relationship to the victims, if any, are unclear, he said.

The names of the victims were not immediately released.
Word is he is a Turk national, identified as Arcan Cetin
From Fox News
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