[Publius]

Again, re-read my sentence. State law provides this form of relief if an election is marred by incompetance and/or corruption, not because a race is close.

[PetroniDE]

That sentence I saw the first time --- it is liberal judges that will "re-work" that. That is what I am afraid of.

[dangus]

I think the fact that King county has repeatedly "found" hundreds or thosands of "missing" ballots suggests incompetence, if not corruption. The closeness of the race matters inasmuch as it establishes the importance of the incompetence.

"Competence" would seem to be the ability to correctly determine which candidate won the larger share. If the election is a blowout, it takes little competence to correctly determine the winner. As the vote gets tighter, the required minimum competence increases. Hence, "incompetence" is partly a function of the victory margin.