[NormsRevenge]

AP Photo/ELAINE THOMPSON Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges listens during afternoon testimony in the gubernatorial election challenge trial Thursday, June 2, 2005, in Wenatchee, Wash. Bridges said he plans to rule Monday morning on whether the 2004 gubernatorial election should be nullified. Bridge's announcement came Thursday, as Democrats were nearing the end of their defense of the disputed election, which Democrat Christine Gregoire won by just 129 votes. Republicans challenging Gregoire's victory have focused on errors in the Democratic stronghold of King County, the state's most populous and home to about a third of the total votes statewide. They contend the errors indicate fraud and want the election overturned to allow a new contest between Gregoire andRepublican candidate Dino Rossi.

[BladeLWS]

Fingers crossed!

[Graybeard58]

If there is a ruling favorable to the Republicans won't this be appealed to the 9th Circuit, if so, guess where that's going.

[DesertDreamer]

Now, that is a real poser, isn't it? What could possibly cause such a discrepancy? hmmmmmmmm Could it be Satan?

[highlander_UW]

Democrats have countered that any election errors in King County were inadvertent and innocent, and that similar mistakes happened in other counties, including those that favored Rossi.

This flies in the face of the testimony. One of the people in charge of absentee ballots admitted that when they couldn't reconcile the numbers they made up a number. That is neither "inadvertent" OR "innocent". It may have been their best honest guess, but not accidental, and they knew it did not represent the actual vote tallies...it was dishonest to certify a number they knew they fabricated.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

So if the judge rules our way, what's next? Gregoire appeals to the Supreme Court? What if they rule in our favor? Does Rossi automatically get the office?

[zerosix]

Why couldn't this be brought to a jury or better yet Grand Jury? Leaving these things up to judges is just plain moronic, in this day and age of the "international law" etc. of the nut cases out there posing as "judges."

[JCEccles]

This judge is not going to nullify the final recount and send it back for a revote. I hope I am wrong, but I just don't see it happening.

[Nataku X]

Rossi WILL lose this ruling and Washington will be Gregorie's b---- until the next election. Yeah, yeah... the evidence is solidly on Rossi's side, but in the end, a good judge or lawyer can read anything they want in the law!