Wash. Court: New Ballots Can Be Counted
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David Edwards waves a US flag and holds a sign as he stands with other protesters on the steps of the Temple of Justice before a state Supreme Court hearing, Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, 2004, in Olympia, Wash.
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Demonstrators begin to line up on the steps of the Temple of Justice before a state Supreme Court hearing, Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, 2004, in Olympia, Wash.
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Ballots are still being counted to determine who will be Washington state's next governor, but if residents are getting antsy, they're not showing it.
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The King County Canvassing Board decided Wednesday to begin the process of verifying 573 newly discovered absentee ballots that could change the outcome of Washington's extremely close race for governor.
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With only 28 votes separating  candidates for Governor of Washington state after a  two-week-long count, election officials said on Wednesday that  the result would likely result in a recount.
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Washington Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared winner of the governor&#39;s race by 129 votes, continuing the party&#39;s two-decade hold on the office after a recount of votes that reversed a Republican victory.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by a 130-vote margin out of 2.9 million ballots cast, according to final recount results announced Thursday from Seattle's King County, the last of the state's 39 counties to report.
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On Tuesday, a second Washington Superior Court judge ruled that prohibitions on same-sex marriage cannot survive court scrutiny. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks based his decision
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Recount results from King County on Wednesday made Democrat Christine Gregoire the apparent but unofficial winner of the extraordinarily close Washington governor&#39;s race.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected the Democratic Party's request that previously rejected absentee and provisional ballots be included in the hand recount of Washington state's contested governor's race.
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By Caleb Heeringa, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 10--A state Supreme Court justice will discuss legislating from the bench next week.   The Northwest Business Club is hosting Richard B. Sanders at the Bellingham Elks Lodge at noon on Wednesday.
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People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct aren't entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.
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For Dino Rossi, a 42-vote lead was enough to declare victory in the Washington governor's race. Christine Gregoire, however, begged to differ. And so, with a slim margin and a candidate unwilling to concede Wednesday, the state probably has another recount &#151; a third &#151; to look forward to.
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Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor's race by 130 votes, according to final recount results announced Thursday from Seattle's King County, but Republican Dino Rossi and his supporters said the back-and-forth contest was far from finished, more than seven weeks after the election.
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Election officials said a new rule barring hand recounts in 15 counties with touchscreen voting systems will remain in place until after Tuesday's primary &#151; despite a judge's invalidation of the rule.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.