Isn’t this how Christine Gregoire “won” in 2004? Lost the first count, lost the second count, both done by machine, then won the third and final hand recount, and somehow became Governor after that?
That’s how the clown, Al Franken, became the senator of MN...repeatedly recounting until they could manufacture enough ballots to elect him.
The election was held on November 2, 2004, with the initial count showing Gregoire trailing Rossi by 261 votes. However, a legally mandated machine recount reduced that lead to only 42 votes, then a hand count that was requested and funded by the state’s Democratic Party gave Gregoire a 10-vote lead.
Following a State Supreme Court ruling that allowed several hundred ballots from King County to be included, her lead was further increased to 130 votes...
Washington’s Republican leadership then filed suit, claiming that hundreds of votes, including votes by felons,[18] deceased voters,[19] and double voters,[19] were included in the canvass, but on June 6, 2005, Judge John E. Bridges ruled that the Republican party did not provide enough evidence that the disputed votes were ineligible—or for whom they were cast—to overturn the election.[20]
You are correct. When the hand recount was requested that was the end of Rossi’s electoral hopes. In fact I wrote down a number that was my prediction for the final result giving the race to Gregoire. My number was 192, the actual winning margin was 129.