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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (90471)	12/13/2004 9:11:38 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793770

When will they make a decision? John Carlson said tonight that it would appear the way the count is being handled in King County now, that Rossi will lose...by manipulating the votes.... Didn't get to see the arguments today....had to go deal with acute bronchitis and bad sinus infection.... Rest and liquids....HA! What great timing, eh?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (90471)	12/13/2004 11:35:26 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793770

Alan, any suggestions on what we can do here? Election Official Says 561 Ballots Wrongly Rejected in Washington Governor's Race [KLP Note: the Dems want to win this so bad, they will stoop as low as it takes....finding more ballots and trying to salvage them....putting votes in the wrong pile, etc etc etc] Dec 13, 2004 The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) - The election director in Seattle's King County said Monday that hundreds of absentee ballots were mistakenly rejected in the heavily Democratic stronghold - enough to swing the close governor's race to Democrat Christine Gregoire. A statewide hand recount is under way across Washington state after Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead of Gregoire by just 42 votes out of 2.9 million cast. King County Elections Director Dean Logan said he will ask the county Canvass Board on Wednesday to amend the results of the Nov. 2 election in his county. Agreement is likely; Logan has a seat on the three-person board, and one of the other members is a Democrat. Logan said election workers mistakenly rejected 561 absentee ballots because they thought signatures on the ballots did not match original voter registration records. However, he said that the signatures simply were not on file in the county's computerized voter registration system and that original registration records should have been checked. "We need to correct the error and count those votes," Logan said in a statement. One of the rejected ballots belonged to King County Council Chairman Larry Phillips, The Seattle Times reported. "I was under the absolute impression not only I voted, but followed the instructions correctly," Phillips said. "If it can happen to the King County Council chairman, it can happen to anyone." In response to a state Democratic Party lawsuit, the state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether county officials will have to reconsider all previously rejected ballots, including those thrown out because of voter errors such as failing to sign the ballot or missing a deadline to verify a signature. The high court heard arguments Monday in Olympia and a decision is expected in the next few days. "Washington will show the nation it is committed to counting every vote," David Burman, attorney for the Democrats, told the court. Burman estimated about 3,000 ballots were wrongly rejected and should be included in the hand recount. Two-thirds are in King County. The secretary of state's office, county auditors, Rossi and the state Republican Party fought the motion in court. State law defines a recount as re-tabulating the valid ballots, not dredging up ballots that have already been considered and rejected, they contended. AP-ES-12-13-04 2236EST This story can be found at: ap.tbo.com