Get real. Recanvassing is defined explicitly in state law (RCW 29A.60.210) and is allowed if a county wants to do it, and the votes must be valid in all other ways (arrived by Election Day, signature matched, etc.).
Counting votes that arrived after Election Day is explicitly forbidden by state law, no matter what. So WHO is proposing to "break state law" here, the recanvassers or those who want to count military ballots that arrived after the legal deadline? Hint: it's you.
Hey, I don't really have a dog in this fight. I have voted for both of the candidates at various times.
I am just an advocate of clear thinking, and I won't fool myself into believing that the law does not say what it clearly says. I support the Supreme Court decision because it followed the law, but that decision ALLOWED KC to recanvass, and they can then count the votes.
And I won't agree that counting votes not allowed by law because I have sympathy for the military. They have it rough. They're not the only people whose votes didn't arrive on time. Tough crackers to all those poor people. That's the law.
I guess you're right. I think a federal court should overrule a silly state law that prohibits counting an overseas military absentee ballot that was received AFTER election day if it was a result of mistakes made by elections officials and not the voter themselves. Same for the Tacoma folks. Other states allow additional time for absentee ballots to arrive as long as they were voted properly.