WA: Dems allowed to call voters with rejected provisional ballots

[Carolab]

Washington State -- outcome of gubernatorial race depends on provisional ballots

The Seattle Times reports; As Dino Rossi clung to a 1,920-vote lead over Christine Gregoire in the governor's race last night, Gregoire's allies won a court victory that could help them eke out a few hundred more votes in a race that still appears too close to call.

With about 40,000 ballots left to count nearly two weeks after Election Day, the situation remains unpredictable because Gregoire's percentage of the vote has been improving in the latest counts in some counties, including King. ...

King County Superior Court Judge Dean Lum ordered the county's elections division to give the state Democratic Party a list of 929 provisional-ballot voters whose ballots were rejected because of missing or mismatched signatures.

The party aims to use the list to contact voters over the weekend and try to resolve the signature problems so their ballots can be counted. Provisional ballots are used when voters cast ballots outside their regular polling place or when there are uncertainties about someone's eligibility to vote. They also include voters who requested absentee ballots but didn't receive them, so had to vote at the polls. --

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002089896_gov13m.htmlThe Seattle Times: Local News: Rossi leading; Gregoire allies win in court

[ogradda]

1. is it too much to ask

not to be cursed with bush for president and rossi for governor both?