Boomyal
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The State of Washington is in the process of a mandatory recount for Governor. Here is the law, copied from the Secretary of State's website<br /><br />"Q: What are the requirements for a machine versus hand recount? <br /><br />"A machine recount will occur if the election results for the top two candidates are separated by more than 150 votes and less than 2,000 votes.<br /><br />"A manual recount will occur if the difference between the top two candidates is less than one-quarter of one percent and the two are separated by 150 votes or fewer.<br /><br />The Republican margin, after the final tally was 261 votes. That makes the first condition of law apply to the recount.<br /><br />In the State's largest county (went Democratic by a margin of 59% to 41%) the Democrats began to recount the votes by hand, paying special attention to ballots that were cast out by the optical reader. The Democrats began to 'divine' the intention of the voter, in those ballots, just like in Florida 2000.<br /><br />The Republicans filed suit to stop the Democrats from operating outside of the law and guess what? The Court, in absolute defiance of State Law ruled in favor of the Democrats to continue hand counting and divining.<br /><br />Under Washington law, subsequent hand recounts are permissable if paid for by the party who requests it but it has to be done on a uniform, statewide basis. Such a recount would cost about $420,000.00.<br /><br />What I don't understand is why the State does not call out the National Guard and lock up the Judges, who have shown themselves, over and over, to be complicit with the Liberals.
no, really - that is totally wrong, and i can't understand how it can be legally admissible.
