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To: LindyBill who wrote (88586)	11/29/2004 6:25:17 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

The rules should be simple, which I am sure they must be, that is everyone vote on ELECTION DAY, only ballots cast ON ELECTION DAY or prior in the case of absentee count. All provisional ballots must be VERIFIABLE, (hell that is the whole reason for a provisional ballot, the voter COULDNT verify on election day where he/she was supposed to vote). Any deviation from the above is ONLY CAUSE OF FRAUD, There is NO DOUBT in my mind about this, as I live in Palm Beach Cty Fla. and I saw with my own eyes (as I was one of the many monitors of the process) how they cheat the system. So, when this judge says every vote must count, he is saying give the Dems a chance to cheat. Poor morals judge IMHO.jdn

To: LindyBill who wrote (88586)	11/30/2004 1:43:00 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793912

John Fund has an excellent question!! Today this: GOP's Rossi: Governor-Elect, but Not Governor-for-Sure [KLP Note: THe Democrats have tried all sorts of tricks...they will keep on having the votes counted, until they are ragged bits and scraps of paper....then they can re-vote again on the provisionals, and go for it again! ] By David Ammons Associated Press Writer Published: Nov 29, 2004 ap.tbo.com OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Come Tuesday, it'll be official: Republican Dino Rossi will be certified as Washington's governor-elect. But it'll be far from over. After a machine recount last week, only 42 votes separated Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire in the closest gubernatorial race in the state's history. Since Rossi edged Gregoire in both the regular count - by 261 votes - and in the automatic machine recount, the state's chief elections officer planned to certify the self-made real estate millionaire as the governor-elect Tuesday. But Gregoire, a three-term attorney general, wasn't giving up. On Friday, Democrats are expected to request a hand recount of all or part of the 2.8 million ballots, and the Republicans may weigh in as well. The uncertainty could last until Christmas. Some are even worrying about whether a winner will be known in time for the inauguration on Jan. 12. "Right now, the state is divided smack down the middle," Gregoire's spokesman, Morton Brilliant, said Monday. "If all the ballots aren't counted, we will go through the next four years with one candidate's supporters not believing the winner was legitimately elected." Kirstin Brost, the state Democrats spokeswoman, added: "There's a long list of counties where ballot numbers don't match up - where ballots either materialized or ballots evaporated. There may be perfectly reasonable explanations, but it needs to be explored." Republicans, meanwhile, will respond with their own recount request, while stepping up the heat on Gregoire to concede, said Rossi spokeswoman Mary Lane. "We'll be prepared for them, whatever strategy they decide to go with," Lane said. Incumbent Gov. Gary Locke, a Democrat, did not run for a third term. --- On the Net: Republicans: wsrp.org Democrats: wa-democrats.org Returns: vote.wa.gov AP-ES-11-29-04 2259EST