I succinctly remember the whole Rossi-Gregoire scam. What puzzled me is why Rossi never fought it tooth and nail.
I dont remember how close it was. But say Rossi was up 350 votes. The Gregoire camp comes back and says, No, Pal it is us up with 150. I would think it fair that I get to then check their numbers. Thats just me but seems like common sense.
The 'Rats had to go through several iterations to get the result they wanted. Yes, Rossi was up by a few hundred votes on election night. Right away Fraudoire started bitching about how "It's not over!". The first "recount" reduced Rossi from a few hundred to 42. So the 'Rats went back and "found" a bunch of uncounted ballots, and those put Fraudoire up by seven (!) votes. That was too close even for the 'Rats, so they "found" some more ballots that put Fraudoire up by 127. The 'Rats thought that would do it. Given the corrupt courts in WA, it was.