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To: greenspirit who wrote (84352)	11/6/2004 6:36:52 AM
From: E. T.	Respond to of 793903

Arafat is dead.eom

To: greenspirit who wrote (84352)	11/6/2004 5:26:55 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793903

It is going to be a real squeaker Michael. We need legislation that allows for an earlier absentee ballot deadline imo. Let's hope it doesn't turn out like the Gorton/Cantwell race. M Saturday, November 06, 2004, 12:22 A.M. Pacific Gregoire's lead over Rossi slips to 4,000 By Ralph Thomas Seattle Times Olympia bureau OLYMPIA — Washington residents will have to wait until at least next week, maybe longer, to find out who their next governor will be. The race between Republican former state Sen. Dino Rossi and Democratic Attorney General Christine Gregoire moved back into a dead heat yesterday after the latest tally of absentee ballots across the state. Gregoire yesterday saw her lead over Rossi slip from 18,000 to just over 4,000. And the vote counts in several key counties appeared to be trending Rossi's way. He extended his lead in most of the big-prize counties, including Snohomish, Pierce, Spokane and Clark. Overall, he leads in 31 of 39 counties, and nearly 60 percent of the projected outstanding ballots are in those counties. Rossi is trying to become the first Republican elected governor in Washington since 1980. After 30 counties tallied more than 260,000 absentee ballots yesterday, Gregoire's lead was less than two-tenths of 1 percent of the more than 2.4 million votes tallied so far. State law requires a recount if the difference is less than one-half of 1 percent and less than 2,000 votes. After yesterday's count, an estimated 362,000 ballots were left to be counted statewide. But that figure is not precise. Counties still are receiving absentee ballots in the mail. And they still have to wade through a record number of provisional ballots to decide which are valid. Provisional ballots allow voters to vote at precincts outside their normal polling places. "There's still too many votes out there to know which way this thing is going to go," said Gregoire spokesman Morton Brilliant. The biggest pile of outstanding ballots is in King County, where Gregoire holds a nearly 120,000-vote advantage. But Rossi's numbers are improving in King County. The first returns on election night showed him getting 38 percent of the vote in King County. But yesterday he got nearly 44 percent of new votes tallied there. "Those are great numbers," said Rossi spokeswoman Mary Lane. "That's what we want to keep seeing." Ralph Thomas: 360-943-9882 or rthomas@seattletimes.com seattletimes.nwsource.com

To: greenspirit who wrote (84352)	11/6/2004 10:36:22 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793903

Heard later this afternoon that Rossi was very close....They expect to be counting ballots until perhaps the end of next week.... It will be VERY interesting to see what the absentees think of Rossi, the Republican...!!! It will really be a STUNNING upset if Rossi wins...!! For him to even get this close says something all by itself....The Seattle Libs who think the world of McDermott and Murray, must be totally berserk by now. Oh......the sadness of it all. <ggg> Also heard on KVI today something that comes close to an example of "the Dems eat their own"....Albin, E'side Dem, and multi-millionaire from Real Networks, was RECRUITED by the Dem Party Chair, and was running in the 8th District primary for the seat that Jennifer Dunn vacated. Albin spent $250,000 of his own money to run. Evidently just before the primary, the same guy pulled Albin, and inserted in his place Dave Ross, the sports guy on TV, thinking Ross had more "presence" in District 8... Turns out Ross lost. Winning was Republican Dave Reichert, soon to resign as King County Sheriff....Yep, the very same Sheriff who worked on finding the Green River killer for 18 years, and finally caught him not too long ago. I'll bet there are similar stories like this all over the country.... Edit: Funny, look at the number on your post, then on mine....<g>