Washington State law requires a machine recount if the certified results show a difference of less than 2000, which now seems almost certain. It also requires a manual recount if the difference is less than 150 votes. A machine recount is estimated to take a week, a hand recount a month or more.
"A machine recount is estimated to take a week, a hand recount a month or more."
Does state law require the result to be in by some predetermined date?