I hate to see a Democrat get in there too, but is your statement a quote from a Liberal website, circa 2000?
I have no proof of fraud and so far, all I've seen are alegations. Knowing what I do about Washington politics, I wouldn't be surprised if the claims are true, but I don't think I would take my suspicions to court... Certainly not a Washington court anyway.
Gregoire changed the rules as AG in a 1998 recount.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297209/posts
"At the time of certification for the General Election, the ballots in question “were accounted for in the mail ballot report as signature mis-comparisons.” Therefore, the Canvassing Board voted not to count these and other ballots with signature problems.
No one raised this issue during the first count, or the machine recount."