Dems Rest Case in WA Governor Vote Trial

[BlueTarheel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050603/ap_on_el_gu/election_challenge

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Gregoire, who was the state's attorney general at the time of the election last fall, lost the first count and a machine recount, then won a final, hand recount. It was the slimmest winning margin, by percentage, in any gubernatorial election in U.S. history. Rossi and the state Republican Party sued to overturn the election and want a new election this fall.

[lady lib]

1. Thanks for the update.

I like this part:

On the witness stand Friday morning, lead GOP election observer Dan Brady testified about lax security for ballots in King County — for example, a ballot vault that was usually open and unguarded. He also said observers couldn't see ballots at every step of the counting and recounting.

Later, Democratic attorney Kevin Hamilton asked Brady several times about GOP State Chairman Chris Vance's Nov. 9 statement that there was no fraud in King County.

"I don't recall these statements," Brady said.

Hamilton then played part of a Nov. 9 televised town hall meeting in Seattle, in which Vance said about King County election workers: "These are dedicated professionals. ... I know there is no fraud, there is nothing nefarious going on here in Washington state."

Would that be a lie or a flip flop??

[smartvoter]

2. Great smackdown!!! nt

[Amaryllis]

4. Or selective memory.

[merwin]

3. Here's a play-by-play of the entire trial. Good stuff.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=184x4332