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To: jlallen who wrote (94292)	1/8/2005 1:28:16 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794581

If there weren't SO many unanswered questions and irregularities, I'd agree with you. But as it is now, the majority of the people want a re-vote. One of the local TV stations had a poll that showed at least 26,000+ people were 79% in favor of a revote. I see this morning that the 3 very probable votes by felons have been sent to the court. Remember, the Republicans have to be pretty sure that things are as they say they are....otherwise, everyone that is Republican might as well move from the state... Another thing to remember is the majority of the counties in the state are conservative. I'm sure that the leaders from those counties have had their say about this as well. What is REALLY interesting to me is how quiet the Democrats Nationally have been .....They who constantly say "Count Every Legal Vote"... One would think they wouldn't want to count the illegal votes either.

To: jlallen who wrote (94292)	1/8/2005 5:42:54 PM
From: Tom C	Respond to of 794581

I think if Rossi was smart...he would concede and use all these issues to grab a Senate seat in the next election.....he is going to be portrayed as a sore loser and he may as well kiss his career goodbye.... I agree 100%. When Republican Ellen Sauerbrey ran for Governor of MD, a mostly Democratic state and challenged the election result, she was toast. Washington seems to be a mostly Democrat state, like Maryland willing to elect an occasional Republican Governor. Before November, the state's voters will learn much more about her. In 1994, Mrs. Sauerbrey made a strong bid to become Maryland's Margaret Thatcher, losing by fewer than six thousand votes at the end of a mudslinging race with Parris Glendening (D.), who dramatically outspent her and is now running for re-election. There was some evidence that vote fraud made the difference; Mrs. Sauerbrey spent several months in court quixotically challenging the election results and even attended a Republican Governors Association meeting -- an unfortunate pair of decisions that made her look like a sore loser. Her nickname among political enemies is 'Sourberry.' findarticles.com

To: jlallen who wrote (94292)	1/8/2005 6:38:10 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794581

That is what allot of repubs were worried about, and dems were hoping for, but that possible scenario is being replaced by evidence that the election was a mess by any standard. It is a fact that votes were illegally cast by the dead, unregistered, and felons, or twice by the same person. That some ballots were altered (which is specifically illegal) by election workers in King county, and that provisional ballots were commingled with already validated ballots in King and now Pierce county. In other words, it's a real mess. Rossi made an announcement last week that he doesn't give a darn about his political future. He didn't run to ensure a political future for himself. Millions of Wash st voters are not confident that the outcome of the vote, manual recount, or hand recount has determined who won this election, and are demanding a revote. This does not hurt Rossi's career. I think in the end Washington State will become a model of how to conduct elections now that all of these irregularities are going to get thoroughly scrutinized. At least I hope so. M