Hand Recount, WA governor election, Gregoire. Training help for recount

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Hope I am posting to correct category. Got this in my morning email...help needed and training to hand count votes, governor's election, Washington. Gregoire.


Dear MoveOn member,

As you have probably heard, a hand recount of the Washington governor's race, where conservative Republican Dino Rossi leads Democrat Christine Gregoire by only 42 votes, is very likely. With such a tiny difference separating the candidates, the recount is an important step to make sure every vote is counted.

The recount will proceed separately in each of Washington's 39 counties, and in order to ensure the counting is fair, the state Democratic Party plans to have volunteers supervise the counting. That will require several volunteers in each county all day for a number of days, and Gregoire's campaign has asked MoveOn PAC for help.

Can you offer a couple hours, a full day, or even several days to help protect democracy in Washington and make sure the final count is fair and accurate? If so, click here to sign up for a training near you this weekend:

http://www.moveonpac.org/lnvb/recount/wa.html

Even if you can't attend a weekend training you can still sign up and the campaign will get in touch with you.

If you made a contribution to the recount effort, you deserve extra thanks. Your contribution yesterday not only helped us hit our goal of at least $250,000 to contribute to the Washington State recount but helped give the state Party resources that we hope will enable them to proceed with the recount. Christine Gregoire's campaign asked us to express their gratitude to you and other MoveOn members for doing our part to make it more likely that all the ballots will be counted fairly.

The recount process will be determined by the Secretary of State as well as county officials. If it proceeds it is likely to start this coming Wednesday, with counting beginning at 8 AM each day and lasting until 8 PM, though it may vary by county. Smaller counties will finish within a few days, while large counties will likely continue until the 20th.

The trainings this weekend will provide further details as well as instruction on how to monitor the counting, but it's not that difficult: you'll just watch as officials count the ballots to make sure the agreed-upon procedures are followed correctly.

If you can help organize other volunteers, for example, by making sure a whole day's worth of shifts are filled in one county, you can also indicate that when you sign up.

We'll pass your name and contact information to the Gregoire campaign and the Washington Democratic Party if you sign up, so they can give you more information on what to do next. Technically, you will act as their official representative when you observe the counting.

You may not know your schedule exactly, but if you think you may be able to help, sign up now:

http://www.moveonpac.org/lnvb/recount/wa.html

Thank you very much. Sincerely,

--Adam Ruben
MoveOn PAC
December 3, 2004

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