George Washington was the first President of the first nation founded on the principle of government of the people by the people and for the people. All legitimate government is based on the consent of the governed. Fair elections are at the very heart of ascertaining and signifying that consent. Allowing King County's flawed elections office to reverse the winner of two prior counts is an insult to the whole idea of fair elections.
The State's public employee's unions are the single largest contributor to Christine's efforts since Election Day. Union employees run King County's elections office. In Washington State we now have two political parties, one that represents the government and one that represents the citizens. The government party has now sanctioned the handiwork of their comrades in King County; handiwork that mysteriously resulted in hundreds of ballots for which no real voters can be found, handiwork that reversed the outcome of two prior vote counts and resulted in the government party's candidate proclaiming victory.
Christine declares our election system to be a model of how "democracy" should work. Democracy is not the right term for government of the government by the government and for the government. Tyranny would be the correct term for a system were the citizens role is limited to paying the taxes that support the lavish lifestyle of their rulers.
Great post.