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Reader Brian Thomas forwarded a very detailed letter [to Rossi] ... describing his experience as a recount worker. [On 12/20/04] in a second count of a box of absentee ballots I found, in the middle of ballots with Christine Gregoire votes, a ballot on which the bubble next to Christine Gregoire had been filled in and ‘X’ed out twice. ‘X’ing out a bubble being the correct procedure for canceling a vote on an absentee ballot. Next to the ‘X’ed out bubble was printed the words “no vote” with an arrow pointing to the name Christine Gregoire. I showed the ballot...

SEATTLE -- The Washington Republican Party filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Saturday afternoon to try to stop King County from including certain ballots in its recount for the governor's race. The party is asking for a temporary restraining order against hand-counting of ballots that are rejected by voting machines and hopes to have a hearing on Sunday. The ballots the Republicans want excluded include those rejected by a machine and checked over by hand. The party calls this process "human enhancement." State GOP Chairman Chris Vance said Saturday evening that this hand-counting of ballots violates the equal protection...