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The race for governor in Washington is getting petty.
The republican party here in Washington tried to pull a fast one. They wanted to have a judge put a stop to the recount practices going on in King county. They were concerned that election officials were changing ballots so the machines could better read them. In many cases, the voter circled a candidate's name, rather then filling in the bubble next to the name. Some ballots were ripped on the edge, so they were creating a new ballot with the exact same votes so the machines could read them. Early estimates were that the democrats would pick up about 600 new votes because of this recount practice and the republicans are just livid. This is due to the fact that the democrats had a very strong lead in King county, and this could change the outcome of the election. So the republicans filed a suit in king county to put a stop to it. On Sunday a judge declined to stop the recount and said the issue would be heard in court today (Monday).
However (and this is a big however), the same practices for the recount and going on in Pierce County and Spokane County. Both strong republican areas, where the recount is expected to increase the total number of votes for the republicans. But did they file a suit to stop the recounting practices in those counties? Hell no. Because they don't care about HOW the votes are counted, they care about WHICH votes are counted. If you ask me, this should be a state-wide decision. If the judge in King county actually puts a stop to the recount, it should do the same thing across the state.
I'm sure there will be more to come as the media here in Seattle get word on the court's decision this morning.
The republican party here in Washington tried to pull a fast one. They wanted to have a judge put a stop to the recount practices going on in King county. They were concerned that election officials were changing ballots so the machines could better read them. In many cases, the voter circled a candidate's name, rather then filling in the bubble next to the name. Some ballots were ripped on the edge, so they were creating a new ballot with the exact same votes so the machines could read them. Early estimates were that the democrats would pick up about 600 new votes because of this recount practice and the republicans are just livid. This is due to the fact that the democrats had a very strong lead in King county, and this could change the outcome of the election. So the republicans filed a suit in king county to put a stop to it. On Sunday a judge declined to stop the recount and said the issue would be heard in court today (Monday).
However (and this is a big however), the same practices for the recount and going on in Pierce County and Spokane County. Both strong republican areas, where the recount is expected to increase the total number of votes for the republicans. But did they file a suit to stop the recounting practices in those counties? Hell no. Because they don't care about HOW the votes are counted, they care about WHICH votes are counted. If you ask me, this should be a state-wide decision. If the judge in King county actually puts a stop to the recount, it should do the same thing across the state.
I'm sure there will be more to come as the media here in Seattle get word on the court's decision this morning.
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