It's Time to Take A Counting Break

Geraghty has more on the fun and games in the Washington Governor's race. The attempted highway robbery continues...

The blogger Hamilton's Pamphlets is keeping a close eye on the Washington state recount process. His latest?

Using my questionable math talent, and my numbers from yesterday (mostly cause I didn't save that spreadsheet), that leaves six counties left to report and Rossi has averaged around a 2 net vote gain per county, so it looked like a 12 vote win for Rossi.

But wait, on my way to work today while listening to KVI (AM 570) and Kirby Wilbur, I hear that yesterday's number was 573 not 577 and that King County has "found" 22 MORE ballots bringing the grand total to 595. I think the math still holds up, but even if it doesn't, you can count on King County to come up with a few more ballots to pad Gregoire's margin.

Using Stefan's numbers from yesterday, that would result in 21 two party votes. Use the 60/40 split numbers and GUESS WHAT?! It gives Gregoire 13 votes, or a 1 vote margin of victory. Does it get any more transparent than this? Every time the math goes against Gregoire, King County "finds" just enough ballots to eke out a Gregoire win.

Meanwhile, Washington-state-based Sound Politics is calling Washington's King Couty "Ukraine County."

... UPDATE: Cam Edwards sends word that he just interviewed John Fund on his show... "He says they've found 50 more ballots in Washington State. New total is 645. Unreal."

Again, thank God for the GOTV effort in Ohio, or a whole bunch of people would be dealing with this crap in Columbus.