WA Gov. Race: Gregoire Leads by 10 -- 723 to be Counted Tomorrow

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[Publius]

Ping.

[dangus]

Umm... Where'd she get the 97 votes, if not from the 721?

[schu]

Unbelievable, a national tragedy.

[Publius]

The last ballots (not from the 723) that went before the canvassing board were finally validated and counted today. I believe that was about 300 ballots.

[CyberCowboy777]

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[thoughtomator]

At what point do the people of Washington State get to exercise their Constitutional right to a republican form of government?

[dormouse]

Now, lets get after the military absentees...these great citizens have been disenfranchised through no fault of their own....count every vote... let in King County votes, let in the military votes.....

[AndyTheBear]

It would be richly ironic if those extra votes the Democrats fought so hard to include switched the balance back to Rossi.

[MissouriConservative]

Then there must be another recount. When Rossi was leading by 42 votes, Gregoire stated that the race was a "virtual tie." Now that her lead is even slimmer (10 votes) doesn't that make the race still a "virtual tie"?

Or am I using too much logic for the democrats to grasp what I am saying?

[Parley Baer]

Yes truly a joke. However the handwriting was on the wall with all the missing ballots that keep turning up in King County. Even if there was a fourth recount more votes would turn up in King County. The democRATS will cheat when they can get away with it. Parley

[Publius]

Besides the military absentee ballots that went out and came back too late to be counted, I understand that there are appoximately 500 ballots from outside King County that were rejected for the same reasons. They should be reviewed and counted, too.

[llevrok]

it explains the Seahawks. Win 3 quarters and lose the 4th - and the game.

[Arkie2]

Have any military absentee ballots been thrown out in this race? I haven't heard any news to that effect.

[crazyhorse691]

Was there really any doubt that the Rats were going to win this? The Rats sole purpose in life is to institute their souldraining agenda.
Manufacturing votes is one of their most obvious. If it's money for a program they want, they will go as far as to purge the voters rolls after an election to achieve the supermajority.

[AndyTheBear]

Not fair, military votes tend to help Republicans. The Democrat is finally, albeit barely, ahead, so we must stop!

[Publius]

They were never counted. By a mistake they went out too late to come back in time for any military votes to count. Just a simple bureaucratic snafu.

[Baumer]

In the King County hand recount, Rossi lost 12 votes while Gregoire gained 47. A net gain of 59 votes for Gregoire. Big surprise huh!

Total county by county can be seen at
http://www.nwcn.com/election/results.html?countybycounty

[oceanview]

where did those 300 come from? were they 300 that were validated by using the paper registrations? or was some other method used to qualify those 300? or, was it just a counting issue - in other words, were the 300 there all along and simply improperly counted?