[AuH2ORepublican]

"Unofficial word is that Rossi as gained 15 votes net in King County."

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If Rossi gains 15 votes in King, and is thus up 89, and the only votes remaining to be recanvassed are in 2 smaller counties plus the 573 ballots that were discovered in King, I predict Rossi will win by like 10 votes.

[westfield3]

The Pierce County recount results are likely to be disappointing this afternoon.

According to the Auditor's website, http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/archives/gen2004/recount1.htm, there are 390 fewer "undervotes" in the manual recount compared to the machine recount (and two fewer overvotes) - with 200 added for Gregoire and 182 for Rossi (compared to the machine recount) and the net result is a net pickup of 18 for Gregoire.

Rossi had gained 19 votes in the first, machine recount.

As of yesterday, there were 67 fewer ballots counted in the manual recount than in the machine recount - which BTW, counted 9 more ballots than recorded in the original report on the general election.

General ballots - 317,002
Machine recount 317,011
Manual recount to date - 316,944

The canvassing board is meeting this morning, perhaps to made decisions on the remaining uncounted ballots. Can anyone add insight?