And then who would pay?
Just imagine if this is 2006, it's a GOP v. Cantwell and we're in deep red Spokane County this time? But everything else is the same.
Food for thought.
The real point is - WA state has got to make some kind of move to change their election laws. It can be done if you have a good organization to do it.
So .. the point isn't the location of the voting problems .. but what laws govern the voting problems.
However .. a reasonable dispute - such as if the margin of winning is 500 votes or less - then it becomes the state's obligation to pay for the machine recount. I believe the law already states that the hand recount is paid for by the party asking for the hand recount and the dems did that. Then that only leaves a rule change for who pays for a revote. If there was malfeasance in the original vote - then rules need to be made as to who is responsible for the revote - the party that was harmed - or the party which committed the malfeasance. That's going to be a tough decision.