Reply #65: GOP weighs next step after recount [View All]

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.


GOP weighs next step after recount

By Keith Ervin
Seattle Times staff reporter


Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire's victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.

But state Republican Chairman Chris Vance said a decision hadn't been made about whether to ask either a court or the Legislature to reject the results of the hand recount that wiped out Rossi's win in two earlier counts.

That decision will be made by Rossi, Vance said.

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