GOP expected to file suit over Gregoire's win

[Walt Starr]

GOP expected to file suit over Gregoire's win

By David Postman

Seattle Times chief political reporter

OLYMPIA — The Republican court challenge to Christine Gregoire's election as governor, expected to be filed today, will center on mishandled provisional ballots in King County and lingering questions about why the county shows more votes counted than people voting on Nov. 2.

That's Republican candidate Dino Rossi's best bet for getting a judge to overturn Gregoire's 129-vote victory, said former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton. Gorton, an attorney who lost his Senate seat in a close 2000 race, is not part of Rossi's legal team but is a close adviser to the candidate and has been consulted about the imminent legal challenge.

"That will be the primary ground of any election contest," Gorton said yesterday. "And I've got to say I think it's not only a valid argument, but a compelling argument."

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002144016_gopsuit06m.html

Meanwhile, out in the real world, the GOP cries "ELECTION FRAUD!"

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[gennifer6]

1. and chastise us for screaming it on a federal level

hypocritical bastards.

[revree]

2. GOOD, Then we get re-vote in OHIO!!!!

What's good for the goose...

[buddysmellgood]

3. This is beautiful. The fraud in blackbox voting will destroy them.

[RedSock]

4. now lawyers are good

"i guess they thought we'd file a lawsuit."

idiotic hypocritical shitheads.

[LibDemAlways]

5. They are indeed hypocrites, but

they never give up and they aren't afraid of a fight. Meantime we had a brave lone Senator and only 34 members of Congress willing to put themselves on the line over the blatent fraud in Ohio -- and even then they all assured us that the chimp had won.

Had the situation been reversed and Kerry had "won" by 118,000 votes with the help of a campaign co-chair Sec. of State, long lines in suburban precincts, and suspect voting machines manufactured by big Dem contributors, the repukes would have fought tooth and nail to change the outcome. Had it come down to an electoral college challenge, every repuke in the House and Senate would have participated in the debate and voted to sustain the challenge - probably joined by some turncoat Dems.

The repukes are mean, nasty, evil SOBs who will do anything to "win."
I hope the Dems have the lawyers, resources, and will in Washington State to stay the course and prevail, because things are sure to get ugly.

[Moderator]

6. duplicate

discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1129603