Party faithful to tally ballots

[Freddie Stubbs]

By Jim Downing
Seattle Times staff reporter

Republican Party activist Tricia Roberts is about to burn two weeks of her vacation — to help recount King County's 900,000 ballots, by hand.
"It's for a good cause," said Roberts, who hopes Republican Dino Rossi will maintain his 42-vote lead over Democrat Christine Gregoire.

In one of the most unusual twists in Washington's surprising gubernatorial election, King County and other places are hiring party loyalists like Roberts to count the votes in the hand recount scheduled to begin tomorrow.

Republicans and Democrats in King County have each nominated 80 party faithful to work 10 hours a day, six days a week until the recount is complete. They'll be paid $12.70 an hour.

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