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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (25087)	1/6/2005 11:08:10 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Washington flaw Republicans in Washington state yesterday said that hundreds of provisional ballots in the state's ultra-close governor's race may have been counted on Election Day without being verified. Republicans are finding flaws in the governor's balloting and demanding a new election. After losing the first two counts, Democrat Christine Gregoire bested Republican Dino Rossi in the third count by 129 votes out of 2.9 million ballots cast. State Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance said an admission by election workers in King County that provisional ballots had been counted without verification is "absolute proof" of the need for a new election, the Associated Press reports. The heavily Democratic county, which includes Seattle, was the last to turn in the figures of its hand count, after media reports had kept running tallies of the race as the other counties' recounts poured in. "It's enough right there to invalidate the election," Mr. Vance said. "This is a bombshell." Mrs. Gregoire's inauguration is scheduled for Wednesday. Republicans are preparing for a potential court challenge to the election — the deadline to file such a challenge is Jan. 22. Democrats downplayed the importance of the Republican claim, with state Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirstin Brost calling it "just the attack of the day from the Republicans." The exact number of such ballots in King County was not immediately available.