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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004 November 02, 2004 HAND RECOUNT - GovernorJInrt Ua eUUD I= 11 4f HI'I bUa VUIt.K KtU1b1H11UN rHA NU. JOU 004 Ct7I1 r, UC Official Returns of the REQUESTED RECOUNT FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR COUNTY 2004 General Election STATE OF WASHINGTON 1'1HK-Ut3-ZUUS I IJE 1 1; 411 Hfl bUb VU I tK KtU 1 a 1 H 1 1 Vn r r1A 14U, SOU U04 c n 1 1 F. vJ Oath of County Auditor or Supervisor of Elections STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) I solemnly swear that the returns of the Requested Recount for the office of Governor in Whatcorn County, State of Washington, have been in no way altered by additions or erasures and that they are the same as when they were deposited In my office. County Auditor r Supervisor of Elec ns Subscribed and sworn me this 14th day f cember, 2004 Chi an, County Leg IaGva Aut y` ti� : -�`.• tiL✓ Jr •. L � 4 ',3 Certification of the Canvassing Board w :. STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ss.?t zti COUNTY OF W HATCOM ) " r . . `• The undersigned officers designated by law as constituting the CaMV s' h. .0w',�� Board for the County of Whatcom. State of Washington, hereby certify that tlasis full, true and correct copy of the Requested Recount for the office of Governor in Whatcom County, State of Washington; that the total number of active registered voters in all precincts was 106,094 ; the total number of inactive registered voters in all precincts was 15.626; the total number of all registered voters in all precincts was 121,720; and that the total number of votes cast in such precincts was 91,515. Witness our hands and official seal this 14th day of December, 2004 County Kudiform Siervisor of Elections r * 7 Chair an, aunty Legisl ve Authorit County Prosecuti g ttorr; y -MAN-08-2UUb 'I'M 11 :48 AM SUS VUThH NEUISTAI 1UN hAX NU. JbU bb4 �Ull V. U4 General Election 2004 Hand Recount Log Absentso OFFICIAL COPY PRECINCT Graigirs Rossi Bennett Blank OverVate an Count Total as ns Recount Total Diff Bellingham 11 376 154 10 U I:_- T"UZ 0 Berlin ham31 570 188 19 31 0 —0 m 2 BeVinghern 61 303 166 14 8 77 31 0 Belli hem 71 516 253 21 40 0 01 Berlin ham 91 73 SO 7 a 0 Bellingham 111 372 232 14 18 0 0 Bellingham 01 550 430 13 53 0 71-.1 �RTNI' 0 Bellingham 12 439 196 24 32 0 Bellingham 22 326 96 15 20 1 0 Bellingham 32 322 1031 15: 19 0 Bellingham 42 264 1291 61 9 0. Bellingham 92 595 4351 16 45 0 Bellingham 132 245 1661 20 16 0 i.*...;,,7.. Bellingham 152 5731 16 38 1 ni 0 Bellingham 13 392 144 26 46 1 0 Bellingham 43 348 93 19 21 1 0 Bellingham 53 178 70 is 12 0 0. Bellingham 63 343 69 21 25 0 01 Botlingham 93 330 200 22 18 01 Bellingham 103 236 80 9 Is 0 01 Bellingham 123 515 3741 14 39 0 0 1 Beffirigham 143 251 2371 5 TT 2 01 Belli ham 14 311 250 11 15 0 0 Bellingham 24 377 372 17 31 0 Bellingham 44 220 292 9 20 1 DeVingham 54 494 387 12 31 2 0 Balk ngham 94 402 255 131 27 11 0 .Bellingham 9,4 170 99 17 16 '1 0 Belli ham 114 297 285 a 20 1. 6t 1 1 Belli ham 1:34 137 92 9 11 ()1- 249 4 r yr 0 SoUingham 15 355 270 13 20 0 0 Belli am 25 278 142 5 12 1 4 0 Bellingham 35 353 156 9) 72 a BellinAharn 45 410 17B 10 25 1 0. Bellingham 55 306 138 26 36 1 '107,1=1 01 Bellingham 65 111 49 6 24 0 Bellingham 05 326 67 14 26 1 4 UQKP�4,Qlo P� 0 Bellftiharn 115 so 16 4 13 0 -4 0 Bellingham 16 480 387 9 33 1 Bellingham 26 346 69 17 25 , .4 0 Bellingham 36 378 217 3 21 420 1 Bellingham 46 239 62 7 18 1 :' �:. 0 Bellingham 56 2" 137 13 18 0 Bellingham 78 233 56 U is D Eleffin hem 88 507 2161 28 24 3 fiellin ham li6 351 2271 12 25 0 .: 0 Acme 2 250 198: 13 14 01 Blaine 01!x 1 =39 ---T,—, 15 24 01 Blaine City 2 177 176 6 is 01 Blaine Ci!y 3 228 288 12 17 01 crewent I -29-3 253 11 24 1 K. 0 C resoent 2 220 156 5 15 0 0 Crmcont 3 494 351 10 31 1 .387 M.'T, 0 Custer 1 284 314 20 14 0 0 Custer 175 271 7 15 0 1 Custer 3 279 293 1 . 6 28 11) Custer 360 430 -221 31 Of 01 Delta 1 74 472 81 12 0 Ks 0 Delta 2 1021 4161 111 15 0. 0 12/1512004, 9:51 AM hand recounUIS Page 1 MAR-08-2005 TUE 11:48 AM SOS VOTER REGISTATION FAX NO, 360 664 2971 P. 05 General Elecpon 2004 Hand Recount Log Ab"ntes OFFICIAL COPY PRECINCT Gro olre Rossi Sennett Blank DverVote Hand Coucount TotaTotal Machine Diff Delta 3 130 309 8 12 p : '' `.:=. 0 Demur 184 229 10 9 1. 0 Everson Ci 182 356 15 g 0 Femdale City1 210 205 13 21 0 .9 : ; 44B ,�, 0 Ferndale CI .! 278 371 16 20 0 88 0 ramdale CI 3 400 465 18 36 0 ..: g+l ., 40 0 Ferrxlale CI 5 177 280 fi ip 0 0 Ferndale City6 181 227 7 10 0 ' v .':. 483 . 0 Ferndale T+ 1 205 434 8 19 0 ."{ '�a: fi 0- Ferndale Ti 2 243 346 18 22 0 :. " ;: T .. 1 FamdaleT+ 4 197 184 9 13 0::; "::�40 1 Ferndale Tr 5 228 268 14 24 0::';;•':. .•v. 0 Ferndale Twp 7 141 241 4 8 0 •' :`:"..: "„ 1 Ferndale Twp 0 166 254 10 17 0 Geneva 2 335 268 7 19 0 ' ?: ' ;'~ ' 0 Geneva 3 254 400 10 29 0 ::'•.=. =. 0 Glenhavan 299 324 30 25 0 '•7,'S' f ;•" _. 0 Lawrence 308 444 14 23 0 ;''; 0 Lumml Island 302 131 a NO : < ;; .: 4.62 :, »::: 0 Lummi Res. N 166 91 10 6 1 r' >'•.`> .4.,. Mk �: 0 Lummi Res 5 223 65 19 6 1 3: - 0 IL en Cis 1 197 676 7 25 2 '' ; : 8i# . 0 "on Cil+ 3 248 10341 12 28 4 .. =: 1326, =.", -4'!911M 0 Lyndon City 5 217 768 7 27 2 = • . -twrq0 Lyndon City 7 244 gill 3 39 1.-:...:1.l" 0 t. nden Twp 115 688 6 15 0 :.:.::. 0 Maple Falls 1 286 291 34 13 0 ` '• ». 024 : e.'•§' 0 Nfa Is Falls 2 192 87 16 6 0 :": 1...:';;. •..- 0 Marietta 1 222 153 7 17 0 :.,.':ti389 n:,, r " 0 Marietta 2 296 252 19 24 1 0 Nladette 4 313 244 8 23 0 ;' • : ;e' 588 ':::n 0 Mt, View 1 249 4161 15 14 : 884 ,r 0 IMt.View 3 315 37ral 17 14 1 .;' �:• 0 W. View 4 181 279 13 7 1 •:;' : '.' 481 =m� :•» M 41 0 NooksaCk City 77 164 7 B 1 ;:,' '-'2 .. •,' ; 0 N o0k Twp 1 186 384 14 9 0 0 Nook Twp 2 115 464 13 18 1 V :::'i't31v1- al; ' 0 Nook Twp 3 154 235 3 15 a ':.:,r . ,' 4 .: = 0 Park 284 387 6 28 1 '.' : ,i 0 Paint Roberts 226 107 9 29 0 ' w• '37 c.. ;,F-:. ,: 0 Rome 97 112 3 7 0 21 v 0 Semiahmoo 535 549 24 33 1 ::'.:..'..11 0 Sumas cily 82 138 5 8 0 _ 29 =^_• 0 Ten Mile 1 145 317 8 18 4 '- °'i'a= 0 Ten Mile 2 339 687 14 30 1 : •aT1 :`:::' l : 0 Ten Mile 3 334 4821 9 29 2 0 Ten Mile 4 223 2631 10 22 0 •' .' ;_ 51S :z` , 1 81fe E 341 3071 t0 26 0;:». �'": 684'Ra:.:e 0 Valley N 357 255 19 14 0 ,• :.: M. ,x :' 0 VallB $ 193 145 12 12 0 ,::' : ' 38':^r:. 0 Van Wyrk 1 373 407 27 32 0 0 'Van Wyck 2 407 519 14 47 0 = ;: •:' °.' ��,� 0 'Van Wyck 4 249 290 14 18 0 ^'•, f�71 : ;, 0 'Van Wyck 5 183 218 51 18 0 Totals= 31553 31228 1429 2418 57 •. •'-.• 4 12/15/2004, 9:51 AM hand recount.xis Page 2 _ iinrc uu-euu5 WE 11:49 AM SOS VOTER REGISTATION FAX N0, 360 664 2971 P. 06 General Election 2004 Hand Recount Log hand remunt.xls OFFICIAL COPY 12l15/2004, 9:51 AM Page 1 MAR-08-2005 TUE 11:49 AM SOS VOTER REGISTATION FAX NO, 360 664 2971 P. 07 General Election 2004 Hand Recount Log OFFICIAL COPY Poll PRECINCT Gr alre Rossi Bennett Blank Overvote Hand unt Machine Recount Diff Ferndale CIU 1 57 95 6 6 0 164 Ferndale City 2 111 151 9 8 2 261. T`177112w,0 Ferndale CRY 3 106 144 9 2 1 ra: 0 Ferndale Chy 5 62 104 Ferndale City 6 77 77 ;Ferndale Twp 1 42 104 4 70 4, • •'. r' 0 Ferndale Twp 2 49 52 3 3 0 ::: t07 0 Ferndale Twp 4 44 44 1 1 0 :_=..:• 0 Ferndale Tw 5 55 87 1 2 0 .., ; .:.: ` ' 0 rerndale 'rW2 7 47 51 2 1 0 `, ': '::A 0 Ferndale Twp 9 81 125 5 4 0 ::'`. 2 A. 0 Geneva 2 141 88 3 2 0. "; :.$ 0 Geneva 3 108 104 0 3 0 •";;: :-" 2f S<,r�•. 0 Glenhaven 78 85 11 4 0 •,` s '' T 0 L.ewrence 95 146 e 5 0; :.." 1 0 Lumml Island 172 52 2 5 0 211r:i} 0 LLmmi Res- N 217 38 10 9 0 27147j, 0 Lummi Res S 214 37 7 5 0•: 71 0 L. nden City 1 68 239 2 9 0 Lyndon 3 63 248 3 7 0.;.;': .'='3tp ,' .r•s 0 L, nden (:it5 58 181 1 4 0 ':` : •:.224 1 0 L ndan Oty 7 94 244 3 5 2 '. j 0 'L nden T= 30 190 3 3 1 ? is 0 Maple Falls 1 147 1551 11 7 1 Maple Falls 2 70 46 9 6 1 ' .. T 3 AAarietm 1 94 611 2 a 0 '..:1 0 Marietta 2 98 831 10 7 0 •:4; ;31i� e 0 Marititta 4 96 731 3 4 76 ' .: Ye 0 Mi. View 1 52 Oil 5 5 t] :: , : =:: r'i. "_� Z. 0 Mt Mew 3 88 74 1 4 1 • .: .: AN 0 Mt View 4 47 691 2 3 0 ; FI 1 :r • :: 0 Noaksaek City 35 (391 1 7 D.. 7'12 0 Nook Twp 1 56 1251 2 4 1X:.x}87 0 Nook TWp 2 31 137 3 21 0 " Ira ', 5=+:17 D Nook Tiq 3 16 52 1 4 0 0 Park 105 135 4 5 1 '.::: •,.2 ;.. 0 Point Roberts 149 100 11 17 1 0 Rome 42 58 2 3 0 5emiahm0v 167 190 it 5 0 = ..:. 38'�..: . ' x 0 m Suas Ci 59 120 3 7 0 '.:: ,;'::' :rt$ ;,r, 0 Ten Mile i 45 1001 1 3 0 0 Ten Mile 2 85 183 3 11 1 0 Ten Mlle 3 65 117 1 4 0 `;_: :•'h8T .• ,:. 0 'Ten We 4 51 75 5 4 0 •. 0 Valley E 112 126 9 7 Q 0 'Valley N 159 111 15 10 ii's 0 valley S 121 139 8 d 0 'Van W 011 119 1291 7 6 Van W C$(2 102 112 8 12 0 van c1c 4 tsa B2 3 5 0 ='.: . 1 :� 0 Van vv Ck 5 74 87 3 1 1 4 _ �• 0 Belli 110M 52 26 24 1 1 1 .. •.' .: ;.-s• ,. 0 Acme 1 61 74 2 5 0. 4 ,::: a Baker 56 sel 3 B 0 121 0 Ferndale T 3 24 30 11 1 0 n` a 0 L den CI 9 3 27 0 1 31 , -:: '!' ',J 0 Newhalsm 15 20 D 3 0 ;.•.' 3@ '.: •39 0 Totals= 12515 10771 740 773 17 . 4828 � hand recouni.xis 12/15/2004.9:51 AM Page 2 MAR-08-2005 TUE 11:50 AM SOS -VOTER REGISTATION FAX NO, 360 664 2971 P, 08 Reconciliation - General Election 2004 OFFICIAL COPY Hand Recount - Governor Race Submitted to Secretary of State Combined - Poll 6 Absentee regoire Uregolre ossi oss1 f3ennelenne Machine Hand Machine JHand Machine Hand iPreclnct Name Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Diffarence Recount Recount Differe Bellingham 11 575 575 0 236 236 0 18 18 0 Bellingham 31 798 800 2 253 253 0 30 30 0 Bellingham 61 424 4 4 0 240 >� 1 20 20 0 Bellingham 71 737 737 0 352 362 0 35 35 0 Bellingham 91 0 93 0 7a 79 0 10 10 0 Bellingham 111 484 484 0 307 308 1 19 19 0 Bellingharri 131 671 671 0 �5 545 0 20 20 0 Bellingham 12 569 5099, 0 251 251 0 32 32 0 Bellingham 22 495 495 0 938 138 0 23 23 0 Bellingham 32 474 474 0 164 js4 0 20 20 0 Bellingham 42 401 IL 0 18 180 -1 _9 9 0 Bellingham 92 7154 784 0 574 574 0 30 30 0 Bellingham 132 335 335 0 2 9 219 0 26 26 0 Bellingham 152 822 823 1 741 741 0 24 24 0 Bellingham 13 5�92 553 1 178 178 0 3$ 38 0 Bellingham 43 485 485 0 120 120 0 2-6 26 0 Bellingham 53 276 276 0 401 To 0 23 23 0 Bellingham 63 L22 5922 0 151 151 0 50 ¢Q 0 Bellingham 93 604 504 0 290 291 1 37 37 0 Bellingham 103 368 368 0 1 0 100 0 22 22 0 Bellingham 123 411 61j 0 437 437 0 23 23 0 Bellingham 143 301 301 0 270 26 9 -1 7 7 0 Bellingham 14 405 405 0 Me 348 0 13 13 0 Bellingham 24 484 484 0 468 469 1 20 20 0 Bellingham 44 .296 296 0 400 400 0 13 _Q 0 Bellingham 54 675 675 0 51 516 0 23 23 0 Bellingham 64 646 546 0 350 360 0 17 ,17 0 Bellingham 94 M 265 0 164 164 0 27 27 0 Bellingham 114 404 Z5- 1 383 384 1 12 12 0 Bellingham 134 213 213 0 1 146 0 17 17 0 Bellingham 15 496 497 1 404 404 0 L6 26 0 Bellingham 25 433 433 0 180 180 0 7 7 0 Bellingham 35 494 494 0 L 181 2 13 13 0 Bellingham 45 w 549 0 217 217 0 13 13 0 Bellingham 55 469 470 1 208 208 0 ,4.6 46 0 Bellingham 65 418 417 -1 187 2z 0 32 32 0 Bellingham 95 500 500 0 422 122 0 34 34 0 Bellingham 115 124 124 0 25 25 0 4 4 0 Bellingham 16 67 617 0 475 476 1 13 13 0 Bellingham 26 589 589 0 104 104 0 24 L4 0 Bellingham 36 483 484 1 260 262 2 10 10 0 Bellingham 46 390 390 0 113 113 0 19 19 0 Bellingham 56 365 368 0 11 j 72 1 21 21 0 Bellingham 76 347 �L7 0 86 86 0 21 21 0 86 721 721 0 5 5-5Bellingham 286 0 34 35 1 Bellingham 116 443 443 0 281 281 0 17 17 0 Acme 2 375 -1 317 318 1 25 25 0 12/1512004, 9;50 AM hand recount.xls Page 1 MAR-08-2005 TUE 11:50 AM SOS VOTER REGISTATION FAX NO, 360 664 2971 P. 09 Reconciliation • General Election 2004 Hand Recount • Governor Race Submitted to Secretary of State Combined • Poll S Absentee OFFICIAL COPY Machine Hand Machine macnine nano Precinct Name Recount Recount 113ifferencelReeount lHancl Recount Difference1iRecount Recount Differe Blaine City 1 357 357 0 333 0 30 30 0 Blaine City 2 254 254 0 283 283 0 10 10 0 Blaine City 3 298 298 0 370 370 0 16 16 0 Crescent l 4 88 419 1 357 357 0 21 21 0 Crescent 2 300 300 0 22_2 222 0 7 7 0 Crescent 3 647 647 0 467 467 0 15 15 0 Custer 1 384 35-4 0 451 Am 0 32 32 0 Custer 2 259 260 1 391 392 1 12 J2 0 Custer 3 6,'� 361 0 j-08 40_7 .1 25 25 0 Custer 4 _1 490 490 0 579 579 0 28 28 0 Delta 1 109 109 0 641 641 0 12 12 0 Delta 2 143 143 0 553 553 0 14 14 0 Delta 3 170 170 0 g05 405 0 11_ 11 0 Deming 240 240 0 3 312 0 20 20 0 Everson City 274 Ei 0 561 561 0 19 19 0 Ferndale City 1 7 267 0 300 300 0 19 99 0 Ferndale City 2 389 389 0 22 522 0 25 25 0 Ferndale City 3 606 S,Q� 0 609 609 0 27 27 0 Ferndale City 5 239 239 0 392 392 0 8 e 0 Ferndale City 6 268 258 0 304 3A 0 10 10 0 Ferndale Twp 1 �47 247 0 538 538 0 12 12 0 Ferndale Twp 2 � 292 2 40Q 400 0 21 a Q Ferndale Twp 4 242 241 -1 227 228 1 10 10 0 Ferndale Twp 5 283 283 0 355 355 0 15 15 0 Ferndale .Twp 7 187 188 1 292 292 0 6 6 0 Ferndale Twp 9 248 247 .1 379 a79 0 15 0 Geneva 2 475 476 1 356 356 0 10 10 0 Geneva 3 362 32 0 504 504 0 10 10 0 Glenhaven 377 377 0 409 409 0 41 41 0 Lawrence 403 403 0 590 590 0 22 22 0 Lummi Island 474 474 0 183 183 0 10 10 0 Lummi Res, N 383 383 0 129 129 0 20 20 0 Lummi Res S 437 437 0 122 Z22 0 &t 26 0 Lynden City 1 265 265 0 913 915 2 9 9 0 Lynden City 3 311 311 0 1280 128Q 0 15 15 0 Lynden City 5 275 27-5 0 928 929 1 8 8 0 Lyndon City 7 338 338 0 155 1155 0 ¢ 6 0 Lynden Twp 145 1 55 0 878 878 0 9 9 0 Maple Falls 1 433 433 0 446 446 0 45 45 0 Maple Falls 2 271 271 0 135 L 0 27 27 0 Marietta 1 306 306 0 214 2214_ 0 9 9 0 Marietta 2' 392 392 0 335 335 0 29 29 0 Marietta 4 409 409 0 317 317 0 11 11 0 Mt. View 1 . 301 301 0 507 507 0 20 20 0 Mt. View 3 401 401 0 450 450 0 18 18 0 Mt. View 4 228 228 0 348 348 0 15 16 0 Nooksack City 112 112 0 233 233 0 8 8 0 12/15/2004. 9:50 AM hand recount.xis Page 2 III111 VV LVVJ Jul- !l -VV Jill VVV 1VI1.11 IILVlV11111V11 Illll IIV, JVV VVZ LVIA IV Reconciliation - General Eleetlon 2004 OFFICIAL COPY Hand Recount - Governor Race Submitted to Secretary of State Combined - Poll & Absentee regolra Gregoire ss� oss� nne nne Machine Hand Machine Hand Machine Hand Precinct Name Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Nook Twp 1 244 244 0 489 489 0 16 16 0 Nook Twp 2 146 1146 0 601 601 0 16 16 0 Nook Twp 3 170 170 0g 290 0 4 4 0 Park 369 3�wf9 0 522 522 0 10 10 0 Point Roberts 375 M 0 207 207 0 a 20 0 Rome 139 139 0 170 a,�Q 0 5 5 0 Semiahmoo 702 702 0 747 748 1 35 35 0 Sumas City 441 141 0 258 258 0 8 8 0 Ten Mile 1 190 190 0 416 417 1 9 9 0 Ten Mile 2 425 425 0 3.68 870 2 17 17 0 Ten Mile 3 399 2 0 570 579 1 10 10 0 Ten Mile 4 � 274 1 338 338 0 J1 i5 0 Valley E 452 453 1 432 02 0 19 19 0 Valley N 526 526 0 366 366 0 34 34 0 Valley S 3. A 3 44 0 234 0 20 20 0 Van Wyck1 492 492 0 536 536 0 34 34 0 Van Wyck 2 509 509 0 631 §331 0 22 22 0 Van Wyck 4 337 337 0 372 372 0 17 17 0 Van Wyck 5 267 257 0 285 285 0 8 8 0 Vote qX Mail Polls; Bellingham 52 26 26 0 24 24 0 1 1 0 Acme 61 61 0 74 74 0 2 2 0 Baker 56 56 0 56 56 0 3 3 0 Ferndale Twp 3 24 24 0 30 30 0 1 1 0 Lynden City 9 3 3 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 Newhalem 15 15 0 20 20,. 0 0 0 0 TOTAL g4056 44068 12 41978 41997 19 2177 2178 1 Ballots from Canvassing Board 1216/04 2 2 3 3 1 1 TOTAL 44056 44070 14 41978 42000 22 2177 2179 2 Ballots from Canvassing Board 12/14/04 2 2 GRAND TOTAL_ 44056 44072 16 41978 42000 22 2177 2179 2 1211612004, 9:60 AM hand recount -xis Page 3 1 1111 1•VI vVv Vv� a.V � a ,_, , SECRETARY x of ` T4T $ Sam Reed EUCTIONS DIVISION Voter Registration Seivices 1007 S. 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I Park/ Ball( 2004PRI Primary Election 2004 9/14}2004 Primary 107 Absentee Issued but not Returned Non -Part'{ FE 24 Feb Special Elections 2/3j2004 Other Voted by Absentee Ballot 1 � J Reconciliation - General Election 2004 Hand Recount - Governor Race Combined - Poll & Absentee Gregoire Gregoire Rossi Rossi Bennett Bennett Blanks in Blanks in in v v V OverVote Machine Hand Machine Hand Machine Hand Machine Hand Machine in Hand (Precinct Name Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Bellingham 11 575 575 0 236 236 0 18 18 0 23 23 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 31 798 800 2 253 253 0 30 30 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 61 424 424 0 248 249 1 20 20 0 31 31 0 1 0 -1 Bellingham 71 737 737 0 352 352 0 35 35 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 91 93 93 0 79 79 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 111 484 484 0 307 308 1 19 19 0 31 30 -1 0 0 0 Bellingham 131 671 671 0 545 545 0 20 20 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 12 569 569 0 251 251 0 32 32 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 22 495 495 0 138 138 0 23 23 0 26 26 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 32 474 474 0 164 164 0 20 20 0 33 33 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 42 401 401 0 181 180 -1 9 9 0 24 24 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 92 784 784 0 574 574 0 30 30 0 68 68 0 6 6 0 Bellingham 132 335 335 0 219 219 0 26 26 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 152 822 823 1 741 741 0 24 24 0 47 46 -1 1 1 0 Bellingham 13 552 553 1 178 178 0 38 _38 0 63 63 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 43 485 485 0 120 120 0 26 26 0 26 26 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 53 276 276 0 101 101 0 23 23 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 63 592 592 0 151 151 0 50 50 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 93 504 504 0 290 291 1 37 37 0 48 47 -1 0 0 0 Bellingham 103 368 368 0 100 100 0 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 123 611 611 0 437 437 0 23 23 0 46 46 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 143 301 301 0 270 269 -1 7 7 0 26 26 0 2 2 0 Bellingham 14 405 405 0 348 348 0 13 13 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 24 484 484 0 468 469 1 20 20 0 35 35 0 1 0 -1 Bellingham 44 296 296 0 400 400 0 13 13 0 22 22 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 54 675 675 0 516 516 0 23 23 0 44 44 0 2 2 0 Bellingham 64 546 546 0 350 350 0 17 17 0 33 33 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 94 265 265 0 164 164 0 27 27 0 27 27 0 1 1 0 Bellingham 114 404 405 1 383 384 1 12 12 0 27 27 0 2 1 -1 Bellingham 134 213 213 0 146 146 0 17 17 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 Bellingham 15 496 497 1 404 404 0 26 26 0 41 40 -1 0 0 0 Bellingham 25 433 433 0 180 180 0 7 7 0 14 14 0 1 1 0 hand WORKING COPY recount.xls 12/14/2004 4:51 PM Reconciliation - General Election 2004 Hand Recount - Governor Race Combined - Poll & Absentee WORKING COPY Gregoire lGregoire Rossi Rossi Bennett Bennett Blanks in Blanks in Machine lHand Machine Hand Machine Hand Machine Hand Precinct Name Recount lRecount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Differe Bellingham 35 494 494 0 179 181 2 13 13 0 23 23 0 Bellingham 45 549 549 0 217 217 0 13 13 0 27 27 0 Bellingham 55 469 470 1 208 208 0 46 46 0 51 51 0 Bellingham 65 418 417 -1 187 187 0 32 32 0 62 63 1 Bellingham 95 500 500 0 122 122 0 34 34 0 39 39 0 Bellingham 115 124 124 0 25 25 0 4 4 0 17 17 0 Bellingham 16 617 617 0 475 476 1 13 13 0 38 37 -1 Bellingham 26 589 589 0 104 104 0 24 24 0 32 32 0 Bellingham 36 483 484 1 260 262 2 10 10 0 28 26 -2 Bellingham 46 390 390 0 113 113 0 19 19 0 25 25 0 Bellingham 56 365 365 0 171 172 1 21 21 0 24 23 -1 Bellingham 76 347 347 0 86 86 0 21 21 0 22 22 0 Bellingham 86 721 721 0 285 285 0 34 35 1 31 31 0 Bellingham 116 443 443 0 281 281 0 17 17 0 25 25 0 Acme 2 376 375 -1 317 318 1 25 25 0 15 15 0 Blaine City 1 357 357 0 333 333 0 30 30 0 35 35 0 Blaine City 2 254 254 0 283 283 0 10 10 0 15 15 0 Blaine City 3 298 298 0 370 370 0 16 16 0 23 23 0 Crescent 1 418 419 1 357 357 0 21 21 0 33 32 -1 Crescent 2 300 300 0 222 222 0 7 7 0 18 18 0 Crescent 3 647 647 0 467 467 0 15 15 0 40 40 0 Custer 1 384 384 0 451 451 0 32 32 0 19 19 0 Custer 2 259 260 1 391 392 1 12 12 0 20 20 0 Custer 3 361 361 0 408 407 -1 25 25 0 35 35 0 Custer 4 490 490 0 579 579 0 28 28 0 35 35 0 Delta 1 109 109 0 641 641 0 12 12 0 14 14 0 Delta 2 143 143 0 553 553 0 14 14 0 16 16 0 Delta 3 170 170 0 405 405 0 11 11 0 15 15 0 Deming 240 240 0 312 312 0 20 20 0 13 13 0 Everson City 274 274 0 561 561 0 19 19 0 27 27 0 Ferndale City 1 267 267 0 300 300 0 19 19 0 27 27 0 Ferndale City 2 389 389 0 522 522 0 25 25 0 28 28 0 hand recount.xls WORKING COPY OverVote in OverVote Machine in Hand :nce Recount Recount Difference 1 0 -2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12/14/2004, 4:51 PM Reconciliation - General Election 2004 Hand Recount - Governor Race Combined - Poll Absentee Gregoire lGregoire Rossi Rossi Bennett Bennett Machine lHand Machine Hand Machine Hand Precinct Name Recount f Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Ferndale City 3 506 506 0 609 609 0 27 27 0 Ferndale City 5 239 239 0 392 392 0 8 'g 0 Ferndale City 6 258 258 0 304 304 0 10 10 0 Ferndale Twp 1 247 247 0 538 538 0 12 12 0 Ferndale Twp 2 290 292 2 400 400 0 21 21 0 Ferndale Twp 4 242 241 -1 227 228 1 10 10 0 Ferndale Twp 5 283 283 0 355 355 0 15 15 0 Ferndale Twp 7 187 188 1 292 292 0 6 6 0 Ferndale Twp 9 248 247 -1 379 379 0 15 15 0 Geneva 2 475 476 1 356 356 0 10 10 0 Geneva 3 362 362 0 504 504 0 10 10 0 Glenhaven 377 377 0 409 409 0 41 41 0 Lawrence 403 403 0 590 590 0 22 22 0 Lummi Island 474 474 0 183 183 0 10 10 0 Lummi Res. N 383 383 0 129 129 0 20 20 0 Lummi Res S 437 437 0 122 122 0 26 26 0 Lynden City 1 265 265 0 913 915 2 9 g 0 Lynden City 3 311 311 0 1280 1280 0 15 15 0 Lynden City 5 275 275 0 928 929 1 8 8 0 Lynden City 7 338 338 0 1155 1155 0 6 6 0 Lynden Twp 145 145 0 878 878 0 9 g 0 Maple Falls 1 433 433 0 446 446 0 45 45 0 Maple Falls 2 271 271 0 135 135 0 27 27 0 Marietta 1 306 306 0 214 214 0 g g 0 Marietta 2 392 392 0 335 335 0 29 29 0 Marietta 4 409 409 0 317 317 0 11 11 0 Mt. View 1 301 301 0 507 507 0 20 20 0 Mt. View 3 401 401 0 450 450 0 18 18 0 Mt. View 4 228 228 0 348 348 0 15 15 0 Nooksack City 112 112 0 233 233 0 g g 0 Nook Twp 1 244 244 0 489 489 0 16 16 0 Nook Twp 2 146 146 0 601 601 0 16 16 0 hand recount.xls WORKING COPY WORKING COPY ver ote lanks in Blanks in in OverVote lachine Hand Machine in Hand ecount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference JU JO U 1 1 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 1 0 -1 14 14 0 1 0 -1 26 26 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 21 21 0 1 0 -1 32 32 0 0 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 _ 1 1 0 15 15 0 1 1 0 11 11 0 1 1 0 35 34 -1 3 2 -1 35 35 0 4 4 0 31 31 0 3 2 -1 44, 44 0 3 3 0 18 18 0 1 1 0 20 20 0 1 1 0 12 12 0 1 1 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 1 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 18 18 0 2 2 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 15 15 0 1 1 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 1 1 0 12/14/2004, 4:51 PM Reconciliation - General Election 2004 Hand Recount - Governor Race Combined - Poll & Absentee Gregoire lGregoire Rossi Rossi Bennett Bennett Machine lHand Machine Hand Machine Hand Precinct Name Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference Recount Recount Differer Nook Twp 3 170 170 0 290 290 0 4 4 Park 369 369 0 522 522 0 10 10 0 0 Point Roberts 375 375 0 207 207 0 20 20 0 Rome 139 139 0 170 170 0 5 5 0 Semiahmoo 702 702 0 747 748 1 35 35 0 Sumas City 141 141 0 258 258 0 8 8 Ten Mile 1 190 190 0 416 417 1 9 9 0 Ten Mile 2 425 425 0 868 870 2 17 17 0 0 Ten Mile 3 399 399 0 578 579 1 10 10 0 Ten Mile 4 273 274 1 338 338 0 15 15 0 Valley E 452 453 1 432 432 0 19 19 0 Valley N 526 526 0 366 366 0 34 34 0 Valley S 314 314 0 234 234 0 20 20 0 Van Wyck1 492 492 0 536 536 0 34 34 0 Van Wyck 2 509 509 0 631 631 0 22 22 0 Van Wyck 4 337 337 0 372 372 0 17 17 0 Van Wyck 5 257 257 0 285 285 0 8 8 0 Vote by Mail Polls: Bellingham 52 Acme 1 Baker Ferndale Twp 3 Lynden City 9 Newhalem TOTAL Net Difference in Ballots Counted hand recount.xls WORKING COPY OverVote Blanks in Blanks in in OverVote ]ceRecount Machine Hand Machine in Hand Recount Difference Recount Recount Difference � iy v u U 0 33 33 0 2 2 0 46 46 0 1 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 39 39 0 2 1 -1 15 15 0 0 0 0 21 21 0 1 0 -1 42 41 -1 3 2 -1 34 33 -1 2 2 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 33 33 0 1 0 -1 24 24 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 1 1 0 26 61 56 24 3 15 26 61 56 24 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 74 56 30 27 20 24 74 56 30 27 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 1 3 1 5 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44056 44068 12 41978 41997 19 2177 2178 1 3200 3189 -11 90 74 WORKING COPY 0 0 0 0 0 -16 5 12/14/2004, 4:51 PM Reconciliation - General Election 2004 Hand Recount - Governor Race Combined - Poll & Absentee WORKING COPY Precinct Name Ballots from Gregoire Machine Recount Gregoire Hand Recount Difference Rossi Machine Recount Rossi Hand Recount Difference Bennett Machine Recount Bennett Hand Recount Difference Blanks in Machine Recount Blanks in Hand Recount Difference UverVote in Machine Recount OverVote in Hand Recount Difference Canvassing Board 12/6/04 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 44056 44070 14 41978 42000 22 2177 2179 2 3200 3190 -10 90 74 -16 Ballots from Canvassing Board 12/14/04 GRAND TOTAL 44056 2 2 44072 16 41978 42000 V 2177 2179 02 J lV� 3200 3190 90 74 Total Ballots Cast 91515 hand recount.xls WORKING COPY 12/14/2004, 4:51 PM CANVASSING BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2004 FOR THE MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR MINUTES Date: December 14, 2004 Meeting began: 3:00 p.m. In attendance: Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor (Canvassing Board Member) Karen Frakes, Civil Prosecuting Attorney (Canvassing Board Member) Sam Crawford, County Council Member (Canvassing Board Member) Debbie Adelstein, Chief Deputy Auditor Tina Padilla, Recording Secretary Amy Ransom, Democratic Observer Barry Buchanan, Democratic Observer Bill Geyer, Republican Observer R. Perry Eskridge, Republican Observer Cory Walker, Republican Observer Charlie Crabtree, Republican Observer The meeting was held in the Council Committee Room of the Whatcom County Courthouse. Shirley called the meeting to order. Shirley presented to the Board minutes from the meeting on December 13. Sam moved to approve the minutes from the December 13 meeting and Shirley seconded the motion. All voted in favor and signed the minutes. Debbie distributed copies of the updated working papers showing count totals from the manual recount. Shirley explained that the ballots approved the by Canvassing Board on December 13 had been added to the report. Debbie explained the new count totals and discussion ensued. Shirley explained that one provisional ballot from King County and one provisional ballot from Skagit County had been received by the Auditor's Office for review by the Board. Shirley stated that she had confirmed each county had kept the respective ballots in secure storage. Shirley gave the following historical background for each provisional ballot. Provisional Ballot #1 Shirley informed the Board that this ballot had been voted in Whatcom County and mistakenly forwarded by the Whatcom County Elections Office to King County. The voter's registration in King County had been cancelled pursuant to a notice from Whatcom County that he was now registered here. Therefore, King County rejected his provisional ballot. The voter discovered the status of his provisional ballot and filed a signed affidavit in the case currently before the State Supreme Court. Shirley described Whatcom County's standard procedures for handling provisional ballots and stated that, in this instance, the Whatcom County Elections Office had made an error. Provisional Ballot #2 Shirley informed the Board that this ballot had been voted in Skagit County in the city of Rockport where a section of the city runs into Whatcom County. The voter was registered in Whatcom County in the Newhalem precinct, which is a Vote -By -Mail precinct. The voter's address was listed on the provisional envelope but there was no specific indication that the voter lived in Whatcom County. Skagit County rejected the provisional ballot because the voter was not registered there. The voter discovered the status of his provisional ballot and filed a signed affidavit in the case currently before the State Supreme Court. It is unclear why Skagit County failed to Page 1 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes forward the ballot to Whatcom County. Shirley again described Whatcom County's standard procedures for handling provisional ballots and stated that, in this instance, Skagit County had made an error. Bill asked if both voters were registered as absentee voters. Shirley confirmed that the voter of Ballot 41 was an absentee voter in the Semiahmoo precinct and the voter of Ballot #2 lives in the Newhalem precinct which is Vote -By -Mail only. Bill asked if the Auditor had confirmed that no mail ballot had been received from either voter. Attached to both provisional ballots was a "Certification of Registration" report, which was generated by the Election registration system. Under the column entitled "Election Information; Total Elections Voted" both voters appeared to be given credit for having voted in the 2004 General Election. The Board requested that an Election staff member join the meeting to clarify the report. Ethel Heyrend joined the meeting and confirmed that the report did seem to give them credit for voting. The report, however, was generated by a new computer system and Ethel commented that the information on the report did not appear to be complete. The Board suggested that Ethel research the election system to make a definite determination of whether or not the voters had returned their mail ballots. Bill asked for an explanation of what action in the computer system would have generated the apparent voting credit. Bill also asked if a notation would have been made as to who would have taken that action and when it took place. Barry asked if an actual return envelope could be produced for hard confirmation. Sam requested that no additional marks be made on either the provisional envelopes or the reports. The Board meeting recessed to allow Ethel to research the matter. Bill and Barry accompanied Ethel to the Elections Office where they observed her research. The meeting reconvened at 3:50 p.m. Shirley informed the Board that the new election computer system generates a list of all elections in which any activity took place for the voter regardless of whether or not their mail ballot was returned. In the case of both voters researched, the detail of their voting history for the 2004 General Election read, "Absentee Issued but not Returned." The report generated by the system gives the appearance that the voter voted, however the status detail shows that no ballot was returned. Shirley stated that she would request this report to be modified to more accurately reflect the voter's voting history. Bill requested that a visual search be conducted of the absentee return envelopes for Semiahmoo and Newhalem precincts to provide hard confirmation that no ballot had already been counted for these voters. Bill based this request on the anomalies apparent in the election computer system, on the voters' history of voting by mail ballot and on the basis of the envelopes being readily available and in the Auditor's possession. Discussion ensued regarding the magnitude of such an undertaking. Shirley informed the Board that it could take a significant amount of time to accurately examine the 1100+ envelopes in those precincts. Karen asked if there was any reason to believe an absentee ballot may have been returned. Shirley explained the computer system showed no ballot had been returned and that is the same information relied upon by the Election staff to make any necessary determinations on whether or not a voter had returned a ballot. Bill suggested that the new system could have had an anomaly in how the entry was made. Sam suggested conducting a random test of two absentee voters known to have not voted and see if the report and voting history reflect the same notations as those of the voters in question. Bill commented that this random test would not satisfy the concern over these two specific voters. Karen asked how the verification procedures being discussed compared to how the Board and the Elections Office regularly determine the status of the return of a mail ballot. Sam stated the random test would satisfy him that the "Certification of Registration" report was unreliable and should not be considered by the Board. Page 2 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes The Board meeting recessed again. Sam accompanied Ethel to the Elections Office to conduct the test described above. The meeting reconvened at 4:04 p.m. Sam reported that the test confirmed that the same notation appeared on two randomly tested voters who were know to have not returned their absentee ballot. Each voter's "Certificate of Registration" showed a credit for voting in the 2004 General Election but the detail in their voting history read "Absentee Issued but not Returned." Sam offered his opinion that the "Certificate of Registration" form showed an incomplete report of voting history. Bill asked Sam if he was satisfied that the test proved no absentee ballot was returned by the voters in question. Sam stated that he was satisfied by the test that the "Certificate of Registration" report is unreliable. Bill then renewed his request to have a visual inspection conducted on the absentee ballots for Semiahmoo and Newhalem precincts. Sam then continued to clarify that the status detail given on the election computer system does satisfy him that no ballots were returned by the voters in question. Sam further commented that this is a reliable record of the voting history. Sam replied that he is not amenable to Bill's request because, as pointed out by Karen, such an exhaustive process is not consistent with the regular practice of the Board and Election staff in determining the status of the return of a mail ballot. Bill commented the State Supreme Court had ruled that election administrators were not to reconsider ballots previously rejected. Shirley cited RCW 29A.60.210, which authorizes election officials to re -canvass when a discrepancy or error is discovered. Shirley stated that the votes were validly cast and the voters should not be denied their rights because of an office error. Perry commented that, in the affidavit filed with the Supreme Court by the voter whose ballot was sent to King County, the voter states that he did not attempt to check the status of his provisional ballot until December 6. Perry argued that the voter "slept on his rights" by waiting so long to determine the status of his ballot. Sam asked how the voter's involvement mattered. Perry expressed the opinion that it is the voter's burden to make sure his/her ballot is counted. Barry pointed out that, in this instance, Whatcom County had not placed the status of this provisional ballot on the website so the voter would not have been able to check the status earlier if he had tried. Shirley commented that it was the Elections Office that made the error, not the voter. Debbie reiterated Barry's comment that the voter could not have accessed the status of his ballot if he had tried. Shirley again commented that the Elections Office had made the error, not the voter. Karen commented that this was a heavy burden to place on a voter. Bill suggested that a provisional voter's responsibility is greater than the regular voter. Amy brought up the seven provisional ballots accepted by the Board on December 6 and asked if any of those voters had attempted to access the status of their ballot. Shirley responded that David McEachran (Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney) had based his acceptance of those ballots on the Board's duty to accept every valid ballot. Bill commented that none of those seven voters filed affidavits with the State Supreme Court. Barry responded that the filing of an affidavit was irrelevant. Sam moved that, based on RCW 29A.60.210, the Canvassing Board accept the ballots for counting. Karen seconded the motion. Sam stated that he had heard and understood the arguments presented by the Republican Party but that his opinion was not swayed. Sam read from RCW 29A.60.210 and commented that these ballots represent a discrepancy, which must be corrected as required by law. All voted in favor to accept and count the two provisional ballots. The Board signed a copy of each voter's Voting History, which showed their mail ballot had not been returned. Shirley opened the two sealed provisional envelopes and removed the ballots from the sealed security envelopes. The optical scan ballot from Skagit was voted for Gregoire. On the Whatcom County punch card, position number "91" was removed (Gregoire). Bill expressed appreciation for the Board's patience in hearing the arguments of the Republican Party. The ballots were placed in a sealed manila envelope and put in the transfer case labeled "Canvass Board." Shirley, Sam and Karen verified the seal number to be used to seal the case and signed the seal log. Page 3 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes The Board meeting recessed while Debbie and Tina returned to the Elections Office to finalize the certification reports. Tina returned to the meeting at 4:50 p.m. and the meeting reconvened. Tina informed the Board that the reports would take awhile longer to finalize. Barry addressed the Board and explained an issue which concerned the Democratic Party. Barry explained that nine (9) poll ballots voted at the Bellingham Senior Center should have been referred to the Board for review after counters discovered them on Saturday, December 11. These nine ballots each had "bulging" chads, which, in the opinion of the Democratic Party, formed a discernable pattern. Six of the ballots were from Bellingham precinct 93 and three ballots were from Bellingham precinct 13. Barry offered drawings made by the observers showing the pattern of bulging chads on each ballot. Barry commented that he had voted at the same poll location and, although he had used considerable force in punching his ballot, there remained many similar "bulging" chads on his ballot, which he had removed by hand. This problem was likely caused by the votomatic being too full of chads. Shirley explained the standards set in law by the state of Washington to determine what constitutes a vote. For punch card ballots, a chad must be detached on two corners. When there is no detachment, there is no legal authority to remove the chad and count the vote. These ballots did not have corners detached as the ballots reviewed on December 13 had. Discussion ensued regarding the method used by the Election staff to determine if review by the Canvassing Board is necessary. It was confirmed that Election staff decides whether or not the Board should review a ballot, not observers. The Board noted that only the Democratic Party wished for these ballots to be reviewed, not the Republican Party. Barry reiterated his request that the Board review these nine ballots. Sam asked for clarification of the events surrounding this situation on Saturday. Bill said that the observer at the table had objected to the ballots then the counters had asked for direction from staff. It was staff who determined how to proceed and the decision was made no review was necessary. Cory commented that, at the time, observers from both parties agreed to the determination. The team leaders present on Saturday were Bill (R) and Andrew (D). Sam asked if the observers had been granted veto power to require review of questioned ballots. Shirley stated observers did not have veto power and that only the Election staff made determinations on questioned ballots. Shirley and Debbie clarified the methods they used in making a determination on the ballots they examined. Shirley clarified that the observers are there to ensure that the workers are abiding by the law, but they do not have authority to forward ballots to the Board for review. Sam concluded that an observer would take note of an objection while counting and would then bring it to the Canvassing Board meeting, which would be the venue in which their objection could be heard. Amy stated that Andrew told Shirley of his objection and opinion that the ballots should be reviewed but Shirley had declined to send the ballots to the Board for review. Barry commented that the guidelines for processing damaged or unreadable ballots should be applied here. Amy, reading from RCW 29A.60.210, stated that an ascertainable pattern could be found on these ballots if the Board were given the opportunity to review them but the option was denied. Amy also pointed out that the ballot from Bellingham precinct 152, reviewed by the Board on December 13, had no apparent detachment. Bill commented that the Board was only asked to review ballots where the Auditor is not certain as to the voter's intent. It was clear that a procedure was in place to make this determination and the Election staff followed that procedure. The ballot from precinct 152 is an example of the Auditor being unable to ascertain the voter's intent. Debbie commented that the Election staff operates under the premise that they have been appointed by the Board as delegates to make determinations as they are able and only when they are unable to make a determination do they send a ballot to the Board for review. Debbie pointed out that questioning the determination made on these Page 4 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes ballots would open up the opportunity to question all determinations made throughout the entire process and the manual recount would have to be redone to satisfy that concern. Barry responded that these concerns were related to specific instances, not general determination practices. Amy read the guidelines regarding a discernable pattern on a ballot and, in the opinion of the Democratic Party, such a pattern was evident on these ballots. Sam stated that, rather than examining this specific instance, he wanted to have reassurance that the Election staff made determinations on questioned ballots on a level and fair playing field. Cory commented that the Republican Party had no problem with the determinations made by the Election staff. He had not observed any disagreements at the time these ballots were discovered. Cory also commented that, although observers did not have any veto power, the Election staff took observers' objections seriously during the process. Shirley described the standards used in making determinations on all 91,000+ ballots in the manual recount. The state has set clear standards on when to remove chads. Karen expressed concern over the issue of there being a discernable pattern. Bill commented that the Board is not allowed to base a pattern on multiple ballots. Barry and Amy stated that the ballots in question each had, in their opinion, an individually discernable pattern. Bill said the Board is only allowed to examine votes for the office of governor. Sam clarified that he does not feel the law restricts him from examining the whole ballot in order to determine if there is a discernable pattern. The counters were, however, instructed to look only at the punch positions in the gubernatorial race. Debbie affirmed that the counters only looked at punch positions 91, 92 and 93 but Election staff examined the whole ballot when making a determination regarding the existence of a discernable pattern. In order to get the Board to take action on this issue, Sam moved that the Board reconsider the nine questioned ballots from the poll at the Bellingham Senior Center. Karen seconded the motion. Sam then spoke against the motion and commented that granting the Democratic Party's request would require the Board to consider any objections brought forward by the Republican Party as well. Karen expressed concern that the Board should consider whatever the law requires them to consider. Shirley reiterated that it was up to the Election staff to make determinations on questioned ballots. Shirley further commented that a pattern would not be ascertainable on a ballot where some punch positions were removed and some were dimpled. Karen asked if the issue of pattern was addressed when the Election staff examined the ballots. Shirley stated that the issue of pattern was addressed at that time. Barry stated that he only wants the Board to review the nine ballots in question, not the entire election. Bill commented that each Election staff member, when making a determination on a questioned ballot, used the same standard. Barry argued that state law requires review when there is a deviation. Sam clarified that the "deviation" requirement was in Whatcom County guidelines, not state law. Barry replied that the guidelines cite the RCW as a reference and he asked that the Board do the right thing and follow the guidelines, which require a review of such ballots. Shirley stated that she felt the appropriate procedure was followed, that the Election staff did consider patterns and blank votes and made determinations based on consistent standards. Shirley felt that Election staff had reviewed these nine ballots appropriately. Karen asked why the ballots reviewed by the Board on December 13 had been referred but these nine were not. Debbie answered that those ballots did appear to have either a pattern or detachment. Karen voted in favor of the motion to review the nine ballots in question from the poll at Bellingham Senior Center. Shirley and Sam voted against the motion and the motion failed. Barry asked that the record reflect the Whatcom County Democratic Party officially protests the Board's decision. Debbie presented the certification forms to the Board. Shirley read the statistics from the certification form. Debbie presented the final report showing the official totals from the manual recount. Debbie explained the totals and discussion ensued. Page 5 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes Bill reaffirmed that the accounting process done by the Auditor's Office during the manual recount was efficient and provided for many checks on accuracy. Bill concurred that the report reflects the accurate totals of the manual recount. Debbie explained that five additional votes were counted in the manual count compared to the machine count, seven additional votes were included from the provisional ballots accepted on December 6 and two additional votes were included from the provisional ballots accepted on December 14. Barry asked that the record reflect the Whatcom County Democratic Party officially objects to the final totals based on the motion which was presented and failed. Shirley signed the Oath of County Auditor and all the Canvassing Board members signed the Certification of the Canvassing Board, certifying the manual recount. The Board members also signed the final Reconciliation report for the 2004 General Election Manual Recount. Debbie copied the seal log for the transfer case labeled "Canvass Board." The original log was placed in the case and the case was sealed with the seal number recorded on the log. Meeting adjourned: 5:45p.m. Minutes Approved By: Shirley Forslof, W tcom County A ditor area Frakes, Civil Prosecuting Attorney I' Crawford, C Date `l Date /;� / 7-7 f0 Y Council Member Date Page 6 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 14, 2004 — Minutes CANVASSING BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 13, 2004 FOR THE MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR MINUTES Date: December 13, 2004 Meeting began: 3:00 p.m. In attendance: Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor (Canvassing Board Member) Karen Frakes, Civil Prosecuting Attorney (Canvassing Board Member) Sam Crawford, County Council Member (Canvassing Board Member) Debbie Adelstein, Chief Deputy Auditor Tina Padilla, Recording Secretary Amy Ransom, Democratic Observer Meg Jacobson, Democratic Observer Bill Geyer, Republican Observer (Other political party observers were present as noted on the sign -in sheet.) The meeting was held in the Council Committee Room of the Whatcom County Courthouse. Shirley called the meeting to order. Shirley presented to the Board the minutes from meetings on December 7 and 10. Karen did not attend those meetings. Sam moved to approve both the December 7 and December 10 minutes. Shirley seconded and all voted in favor. Sam and Shirley signed the minutes. Shirley explained the purpose of this meeting was to review ballots which were brought to the Canvassing Board's attention by the Election staff. Debbie left the room to retrieve the ballots from the Auditor's vault. Sam asked about the two provisional ballots requested from King County and Skagit County. Shirley confirmed that the ballots had been received in the Auditor's Office today. Sam asked if the Board could address those ballots today. Shirley stated that the parties wanted more notice of the Board's review of those ballots. Karen asked the status of the case pending in the State Supreme Court. Shirley stated that the court may order Election officials to re-examine ballots previously rejected by the Canvassing Board. The Board discussed this possibility. Meg commented that the goal of the court case is to ensure that no ballots were rejected inappropriately. Bill suggested that the Canvassing Board cease to discuss the matter at this time since this issue is not before the Board today. Debbie brought in a sealed transfer case containing the ballots for review. The case was labeled "12/11/04 To Canvass Board." Bill asked for confirmation that this case was the same as one re -sealed this morning. Debbie confirmed it was. Shirley, Sam and Karen compared the seal number on the case to the seal number on the seal log and signed the log. Debbie opened the transfer case and removed the ballots which were each sealed in a white envelope. Ballot #1— Bellingham 86 (Absentee) The voter appears to have punched out position number "91" then crossed it out and punched position number "93." A red "W' was written next to the "X" over punch position "91"which the Board assumed was placed by the Opening Board, same as the ballots examined on December 10. A blue scratch mark was also place over the red "W' and the Board was informed that the Election staff was not aware of how or why that blue mark was Page 1 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 13, 2004 — Minutes made. The Board discussed possible reasons for the blue scratch mark. Amy stated that, in her opinion, it was a cause for concern. Shirley suggested the Opening Board may have crossed out the "ok" after being told that they should not have written "ok" on the ballot. Karen suggested that the Board only look at the ballot in the way it was received from the voter, i.e. without the red "ok" and the blue "scratch." Sam moved to accept the vote for punch position "93." Karen seconded the motion and all voted in favor to accept the vote for position "93.". Ballot #2 — Bellingham 45 (Absentee) The ballot was received with several, but not all, voted punch position numbers circled. Punch position number "91" was also circled but the chad in that position was not punched out. Shirley stated that she believed the voter forgot to punch out the vote for position number "91." Sam stated that, since not all voted position numbers were circled, there was no consistent pattern and therefore he was not convinced that the voter intended to vote position "91" just because it was circled. Sam moved to leave the blank vote on this ballot. Karen seconded the motion. Amy asked the Board to more carefully examine the ballot up against the light to see the condition of the chad's perimeter. Each Board member examined the ballot, holding it up against the light. Karen noted a discernable difference in the perimeter of the chad in position "91." Bill asked Shirley to explain the standard set in law for determining what constitutes a vote. Shirley explained that the law requires a vote to be counted when, on a punchcard ballot, two or more corners of a chad are detached. Sam observed that, although there was a discernable difference in the perimeter of the chad, no corners were detached. Sam reiterated his motion to accept the blank vote and Karen seconded the motion. All voted in favor to accept the blank vote. Ballot #3 — Ferndale City 5 (Poll) None of the punches on this ballot line up with the chads. Shirley suggested that the voter probably did not push the ballot all the way into the votomatic machine. A punch was noted in equal proximity to both positions "91" and "92." Meg asked if any of the votes on that ballot would have been counted. Shirley commented that they would not if they didn't line up with the chad, but the Board is only considering the votes for the gubernatorial race at this time. Sam moved to leave this as a blank vote for the gubernatorial race. Karen seconded the motion and all voted in favor to accept the blank vote. Ballot #4 — Bellingham 152 (Poll) The chad in punch position "91" on this ballot appears to have 2 possibly detached corners. Sam commented that approximately five other chads on this ballot are identical in appearance to the chad in position "91." Karen noted an identifiable pattern on the ballot, given the other chads which were only partially detached. Karen made a motion to accept the vote for punch position "91." Shirley seconded the motion. Bill asked for more clarification of the "pattern" observed by the Board and commented that the Board is only reviewing votes in the gubernatorial race. Karen and Shirley confirmed that the Board is only reviewing votes in the gubernatorial race, however the Board is comparing all aspects of the ballot, including other chads, to identify a pattern that would reflect the will of the voter. Bill commented that he was not able to see the "detachment" on this ballot and asked the Board for further clarification of what constituted this "detachment." Meg suggested that votomatics in the polls were often full of chads which could account for the chads on this ballot not being fully punched out. Sam asked if the Board could confirm whether the other chads with a similar condition could be identified to determine if they would have been votes in other races. This would help the Board determine if there was indeed an identifiable pattern on how this ballot was voted. Tina brought in a Ballot Guide. The punch position numbers of the other similar chads were compared to the Ballot Guide and it was determined that all, except "233," were active punch positions in this election. Bill asked for further clarification of what corners were detached on the chad for punch position "91." Sam commented that he was not so much convinced by the "detachment" of the chad, but by the identifiable pattern established by the other similar chads on the ballot. Bill commented that, on the Ballot Guide in his possession, punch position "233" was a valid punch position in another race. Sam stated that Bill's comment made him further confident in believing there was an identifiable pattern on the ballot. Shirley and Karen noted that the bottom left and top left corners of the chad appeared to be detached. All members of the Board voted in favor of the motion to accept the vote in punch position "91." Shirley confirmed that the four ballots reviewed by the Board today would be added to the count totals for the manual recount. Debbie circulated working copies of a report showing the comparison between the machine Page 2 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 13, 2004 — Minutes count and the manual count of ballots in the gubernatorial race. Debbie explained the totals on the report and discussion ensued. Shirley commented that the counting boards did an excellent job and the total number of ballots counted in the manual recount had only increased by one compared to the machine count. Bill offered a commendation from the Republican Party to the Whatcom County Auditor's Office. He complimented Shirley, the Election staff and the counting boards on an excellent job in this recount. He described Shirley as having a firm but polite hand in overseeing the process and thanked Shirley and the Election staff for being available and accessible and willing to give explanations to observers when requested. Bill expressed to the Canvassing Board a reassurance that the Whatcom County Auditor's Office conducted a professional operation and it was the best recount he had ever observed. In his opinion, Whatcom County had set the standard for how to conduct a recount. Amy concurred with Bill. Shirley also complimented the Election staff and the counting board workers. The four reviewed ballots were returned to the transfer case which was labeled "Canvass Board." Shirley, Karen and Sam verified the seal number to be used to seal the case and signed the seal log. The seal log was copied and the original was placed in the transfer case before it was sealed. The sealed transfer case was returned to the Auditor's vault. Meeting adjourned: 3:52 p.m. Minutes Approved By: Shirley Forsl5KWhatcom County Auditor Date 1 ' 1 Karen Frakes, CNAI Prosecuting Attorney Date AJ,4�M a4j_ / t Sam Crawford, County Vouncil Member Date Page 3 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 13, 2004 — Minutes CANVASSING BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 10, 2004 FOR THE MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR MINUTES Date: December 10, 2004 Meeting began: 11:05 a.m. In attendance: Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor (Canvassing Board Member) Angela Cuevas, Civil Prosecuting Attorney (Canvassing Board Member) Sam Crawford, County Council Member (Canvassing Board Member) Debbie Adelstein, Chief Deputy Auditor Tina Padilla, Recording Secretary Wyoming McKenzie, Democratic Observer Bill Geyer, Republican Observer The meeting was held in the hall outside room 513 of the Whatcom County Courthouse. Shirley called the meeting to order. Shirley explained the purpose of this meeting was to review two (2) absentee ballots which were brought to the Canvassing Board's attention by the Election staff. One ballot was from the Semiahmoo precinct. One ballot was from Lynden City 5. Only the punch positions for the office of Washington State Governor were addressed by the Board. Debbie explained that, on both of the two ballots, the voter appeared to have placed an "X" over punch position "91" and then punched position "92." A red "ok" was also placed next to the "X" over punch position "9L" Initially, the Election staff did not know the meaning of the red "ok" on the ballots. One of the counters working on the manual recount was also a member of the Opening Board who processed the absentee ballots. That person, Phyllis Graham, informed the Election staff that the Opening Board had been instructed to place a red "ok" next to a mark on any absentee ballot which needed to be duplicated to reflect the will of the voter. The Board initially assumed that after placing the red "ok" mark on the ballots, the ballots were placed with other ballots ready to be counted rather than placing them with ballots to be duplicated. Shirley made a motion to accept the ballot punch position as "92." Sam seconded the motion and discussion ensued. Sam suggested another possibility which is that the voter may have placed the red "ok" on the ballot to further clarify his/her intent not to vote "91." Debbie reiterated that a member of the Opening Board had stated that it was their practice to write "ok" in red on a ballot where the voter had placed an "X" over a punch position. Wyoming observed that the "ok" was written next to punch position "91" and may indicate the voter's attempt to communicate that punch position "91" was "ok" rather than punch position "92." Tina suggested that a voter who knew enough to cross out the "91" when it was punched in error would have known to cross out the "92" if they had changed their mind and wanted to select "9 L" The Board asked that Phyllis join the meeting to give her explanation in person. Page 1 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 10, 2004 — Minutes Phyllis Graham (Democrat) joined the meeting and confirmed that it was the Opening Board who placed the red "ok" on each ballot. Phyllis explained the "ok" was to signify that the ballot should be duplicated. At that point,.the Board assumed that the Duplication Board (made up of Election staff members) had made an oversight by missing the "ok" on the two questioned ballots. Sam stated that he was satisfied with the assumption that the "ok" was placed on the ballots by the Opening Board. Angela asked Phyllis to clarify if she had personally witnessed a member of the Opening Board placing a red "ok" on a ballot. Phyllis stated that she had done so herself as a member of the Opening Board pursuant to the instructions she had been given. Shirley made a motion that, given the assumption that the Opening Board had placed the red "ok" on both ballots, the Canvassing Board should accept punch position "92" on both ballots. Sam seconded this motion and all voted in favor. Shirley informed the Board of two Whatcom County registered voters who were named in the lawsuit brought forth by the Democratic Party and currently being heard in the State Supreme Court. One voter voted by provisional ballot in Whatcom County and that ballot was forwarded to King County where it was rejected because his registration there had already been cancelled. Shirley has requested that King County return that ballot to Whatcom County to be reviewed by the Canvassing Board. The second voter voted by provisional ballot in Skagit County. That voter claims to have informed the poll worker that he/she was registered in Whatcom County, however no indication of that was made on the provisional ballot envelope so it was rejected by Skagit County since they did not have the voter registered there. Shirley has requested that ballot from Skagit County so that it could also be reviewed by the Whatcom County Canvassing Board. Both ballots will be addressed at the final meeting of the Canvassing Board. Meeting adjourned: 11:32 a.m. Minutes Approved By: -31 Shirley Forsl , Whatcom CountyAuditor Date 45�1'40 Ito ela Cuevas, Civil Prosecuting Attorney DatY Cf ZL &4�iz 211310 am Crawford, Col y Council Member Date o?D05 Page 2 — Canvassing Board Meeting, December 10, 2004 — Minutes CANVASSING BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 7, 2004 FOR THE MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR MINUTES Date: December 7, 2004 Meeting began: 4:00 p.m. In attendance: Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor (Canvassing Board Member) Dave Grant, Civil Prosecuting Attorney (Canvassing Board Member) Sam Crawford, County Council Member (Canvassing Board Member) Debbie Adelstein, Chief Deputy Auditor Tina Padilla, Recording Secretary Matthew Burke, Media Observer The meeting was held in the office of the Whatcom County Auditor. Shirley called the meeting to order. Shirley notified the Board that an order had been received from the Office of the Secretary of State to manually recount the votes cast for the office of Washington State Governor in the November 2, 2004 General Election pursuant to a request made by the Democratic Party. Shirley explained to the Board that the absentee ballots would be sorted into precincts beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8. The counting of ballots by hand would commence on Thursday, December 9. The Board discussed the process of the manual recount. Dave questioned Shirley about the amendment to the Canvassing Guidelines which was approved by the Canvassing Board on December 6. Shirley presented the approved amendment to the Board for review. Dave moved to begin sorting absentee ballots on Wednesday, December 8 at 8:00 a.m. and to being counting ballots by hand on Thursday, December 9 in Room 513 of the Whatcom County Courthouse in accordance with the amended Guidelines. Discussion followed regarding the arrangements which have been made for the counting boards. Shirley confirmed that only the Auditor will have a key to Room 513 so that ballots will not need to be moved from the room once counting has begun. Sam seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Shirley presented to the Board the Guidelines for Recount Observers which is based on state law as well as the Auditor's experience. Shirley summarized the Guidelines and discussion ensued. Shirley clarified that only one Democratic observer and one Republican observer will be allowed to sit at each table with the counters. If Libertarian observers wish to participate, they will also be allowed one observer per table. All other observers must remain in the back of the room and not interfere with the recount process. Dave moved to accept the Guidelines for Recount Observers. Shirley seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Shirley presented, for the Board's information, a copy of the oaths to be signed by members of the recount boards and by the observers. Dave left the meeting at 4:20 p.m. Shirley and Sam continued to discuss the recount procedures. Shirley presented a copy of the Election Observer Training handout which would be provided to each observer. Page 1 — Canvassing Board — December 7, 2004 (Minutes) The minutes from November 22-23 were signed by the Board. Debbie presented, for the Board's information, working copies of the count/recount totals which would be used during the hand recount. Further discussion continued regarding the recount. Meeting adjourned: 4:35 p.m. Minutes Approved By: L� Shirley Forslof hatcom Count Auditor t)� Dave Grant, Vvil Prosecuting Attorney I A OF J� r� Date /Z- 311f Date tz/r31 -g I Z, am Crawford, County ouncil Member Date Page 2 — Canvassing Board — December 7, 2004 (Minutes) CANVASSING BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 6, 2004 FOR THE MANUAL RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR MINUTES Date: December 6, 2004 Meeting began: 8:35 a.m. In attendance: Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor (Canvassing Board Member) Dave McEachran, Prosecuting Attorney (Canvassing Board Member) Dan McShane, County Council Member (Canvassing Board Member) Tina Padilla, Recording Secretary The meeting was held in the office of the Whatcom County Auditor. Shirley called the meeting to order. Shirley explained to the Board that seven sealed security envelopes containing provisional ballots had been discovered in partially opened provisional signature envelopes after the certifications of the General Election and of the mandatory machine recount for the office of governor. These seven provisional ballots had been inspected and approved but were incorrectly placed by the opening board among empty envelopes instead of the envelopes that contained the ballots. These ballots were not counted in the General Election nor in the first recount. The ballots have been locked in secure storage for the duration of time since they were inspected, except when they were in the possession of workers who discovered them while alphabetizing the provisional ballot envelopes after certification of the election. Shirley said there will be a change in policy so that, in future elections, the empty provisional ballot envelopes will be inspected for any ballots left in the envelopes prior to the certification of an election. The Board discussed the matter at length. Dave expressed the opinion that the whole goal of the Canvassing Board is to ensure that every legitimate vote is counted and that should legally be the position of the Board. Shirley and Dan agreed with Dave's opinion. Dan moved to accept the seven provisional ballots in the manual recount of the race for Washington State Governor. Dave seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The Board agreed that the seven provisional ballots should be brought to the meeting for review by the Board. Shirley brought the seven ballots to the Board in a sealed envelope. Shirley opened the envelope and counted seven provisional envelopes, each containing one ballot. The Board examined the provisional envelopes. The Board discussed the importance of setting aside these ballots in case there were any legal challenges to their being included in the recount. The Board also discussed the importance of keeping the seven voter's ballots secret. Shirley suggested the Board open the ballots and count them in this meeting. Dave and Dan agreed. Shirley opened each sealed security envelope and removed the enclosed ballot. Dave and Dan examined each ballot and determined the precinct and punch positions in the governor's race were as follows: Precinct Governor Punch Position Voted on Ballot Nooksack Twp 3 91 Nooksack Twp 3 (blank vote) Geneva 2 91 Park 92 Nooksack Twp 2 92 Lynden City 1 92 Ferndale Twp 9 93 Page 1 — Canvassing Board — December 6, 2004 (Minutes) The Board compared the punch position numbers to the Absentee Voter Guide and determined there were 2 votes for Gregoire, 3 votes for Rossi, 1 vote for Bennett and 1 blank vote. The Board authorized the Auditor's staff to include the accepted ballots from today in the totals for the upcoming manual recount. The ballots would be set aside in case there was any legal challenge to their inclusion. After counting, the write-in stubs were removed from each ballot and all seven ballots were place in a transfer case. The precincts were listed on the transfer case label and a red "counted" sticker was placed on the case. The transfer case was named "12/6/04 Prov. Ballots." Shirley, Dave and Dan verified the seal number to be used to seal the case and signed the seal log. The original log was copied and then placed in the transfer case before the case was sealed. Shirley presented to the Board an amendment to the Whatcom County Canvassing Guidelines. The amendment is a new chapter outlining the procedures for a manual recount. The Board reviewed the amendment. Dave moved to accept the amendment, Dan seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The Board members signed the amendment. Shirley presented to the Board Guidelines for the observers of the manual recount. The Board reviewed and approved the Guidelines. The Board discussed who would be present at the next Canvassing Board meeting. Shirley explained the process for the manual recount which would begin on Wednesday, December 8 at 8:00 a.m. Meeting adjourned: 9:28 a.m. Minutes Approved By: Shirley Forslof, atcom County Xuditor Date Dave McEachran, Prosecutiittorney Dite % Dan McShane, County Council Member Date Page 2 — Canvassing Board — December 6, 2004 (Minutes) SECRE� fS7 . Sam Reed ORDER FOR MANUAL RECOUNT DECEMBER 6, 2004 Legislative Building PO Box 40220 Olympia, WA 98504-0220 Tel: 360.902.4151 Fax 360.586.5629 www.secstate.wa.gov I, Sam Reed, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that a request for a manual recount for the race of Governor for all ballots in all counties was filed in my office on Friday, December 3, 2004. THEREFORE, pursuant to RCW 29A.64.011, 1 hereby order that a manual recount be made of all votes cast for the Office of Governor of the State of Washington and the county canvassing boards of the counties involved certify the results of said recount to the Secretary of State in the manner provided by RCW 29A.64.041. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the State of Washington this 6th day of December 2004. Y Secretary of State DEC-06-2004 MON 12:25 PM SOS ELECTIONS DIVISION FAX NO. 360 664 4619 P, 01/01 SECRECY of SSE Sam Reed Gf. ORDER FOR MANUAL RECOUNT DECEMBER 6, 2004 Legislative Building PO Box 40220 Olympia, wn 9e504-0220 Tel 360.902,4151 Fax 390.586.5629 www.secslate.wa.gov I, Sam Reed, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that a request for a manual recount for the race of Governor for all ballots in all counties was filed in my office on Friday, December 3, 2004. THEREFORE, pursuant to RCW 29A.64.011, 1 hereby order that a manual recount be made of all votes cast for the Office of Governor of the State of Washington and the county canvassing boards of the counties involved certify the results of said recount to the Secretary of State in the manner provided by RCW 29A.64.041. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the State of Washington this eh day of December 2004. C- �) 0,: � �, /,; 0, 3 mq,,.r C % - -Uz;-,- EEC Secretary of State its WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 E-mail: auditor@co.whatcom.wa.us Internet: www.co.whatcom.wa.uWauditor December 6, 2004 SENT VIA FACSIMILE AND CERTIFIED MAIL Honorable Christine Gregoire PO Box 2771 Seattle, Washington 98111 SHIRLEY FORSLOF Auditor DEBBIE ADELSTEIN Chief Deputy RE: Notice of Manual Recount in Governor's Race — Wednesday, December 8, 2004 Dear Honorable Gregoire: The Whatcom County Canvassing Board, or its designated representatives, will conduct a requested manual recount of the votes cast for the office of Washington State Governor in the General Election on November 2, 2004. Processing will commence at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in the Multipurpose Room in the basement of the Whatcom County Courthouse at 311 Grand Avenue in Bellingham, Washington. 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Edmonds Street #48 Seattle, Washington 98118 SHIRLEY FORSLOF Auditor DEBBIE ADELSTEIN Chief Deputy RE: Notice of Manual Recount in Governor's Race — Wednesday, December 8, 2004 Dear Ms. Bennett: The Whatcom County Canvassing Board, or its designated representatives, will conduct a requested manual recount of the votes cast for the office of Washington State Governor in the General Election on November 2, 2004. Processing will commence at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in the Multipurpose Room in the basement of the Whatcom County Courthouse at 311 Grand Avenue in Bellingham, Washington. The recounting of ballots will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 9, 2004 and will continue until finished. You and/or your representatives and legal counsel may observe the recount. If you have any questions, please contact Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor, at (360)676-6744 or Debbie Adelstein, Chief Deputy Auditor, at (360)676-6740 ext. 50065. 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HP OfficeJet K Series K80xi Personal Printer/Fax/Copier/Scanner Last Transaction Date Time Tvne Dec 6 1:59pm Fax Sent Identification 12220676092101869747 Log for Whatcom County Auditor (360) 738-4556 Dec 06 2004 1:59pm Duration Pages Result 0:35 1 OK 4 �C�,�,►-�2� �c.n��.� orb'► ,�D&,- 7-(-0-- q �2 10 From: Auditor To: ruth@bennettforgovernor.com Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: Notice of Manual Recount in Whatcom County - December 8, 2004 Please see the attached letter from Whatcom County Auditor, Shirley Forslof. The original is being sent today by certified mail. Whatcom County Auditor's Office 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, Washington 98225 (360) 676-6740 http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/auditor/index.jsp auditor@co.whatcom.wa.us NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Please destroy any hard copies you may have printed and remove all copies of the email from your mailbox and hard drive. CC: chair-state@lpws.org Washington State Democrats Paul B+erendt, Chair December 3, 2004 Sam Reed Secretary of State Office of the Secretary of State 520 Union Avenue P.O. Box 40220 Olympia, WA 98504-0220 Re: Statewide Manual Recount of Ballots in Governors Race Dear Secretary Reed: By separate letter, the Washington State Democratic Party has requested a manual recount of all ballots submitted to State or County election officials by any elector of this State at any time in connection with the 2004 election of the next Governor of the State of Washington. I write to add that we do not believe that the results that you accepted on November 30 are accurate, and we contest the obligation to pay if it is determined that your determination was inaccurate and should have been corrected in advance. Ya y, . McDonal Recount Director Washington State Democratic Party cc: - :Paul Bererdt Washington State Democratic Central Committee ■ PO Box 4027 ■ Seattle, VVA 98 f 04-0027 www.wa-democrats.org cown Washington State Democrats Paul Berendt, Chair December 3, 2004 Sate S. Reed Secretary of State Office of the Secretary of State 520 Union Avenue P.O. Box 40220 Olympia, WA 98504-0220 Re: Statewide Manual Recount of Ballots in Governor's Race Dear Secretary Reed: I am the Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party. David T. McDonald, who I have named our Recount Director, is an officer of the Democratic Party. On behalf of the Washington State Democratic Party, I endorse and concur in his request for a Statewide Manual Recount of Ballots in the Governor's race. Sincerel�� Paul Bere It Chair WSDCC Washington State Democratic Central Committee is PO Box 4027 ■ Seattle, WA 98104-0027 www.wa-democrats.org -OW33 Washington State Democrats Paul Berendt, Chair December 3, 2004 Sam Reed Secretary of State Office of the Secretary of State 520 Union Avenue P.O. Box 40220 Olympia, WA 98504-0220 '6ZOZ f`S�cr 00, D etas of tote Re: Statewide Manual Recount of Ballots in Governors Race Dear Secretary Reed: I am an elected Member of the Democratic National Committee representing the Washington State Democratic Party and the Parliamentarian of the Washington State Democratic Party. As such under the rules of the Party, I am an officer of the Party. I am a duly registered voter of the State of Washington residing in King County. To avoid any confusion, I have enclosed a letter from Paul Berendt, confirming my authority and endorsing this request. Mr. Berendt is the duly elected Chair of the State Committee of the Democratic Party, the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and the Washington State Democratic Party. On behalf of the Washington State Democratic Party and related entities and all voters everywhere who cherish democracy, fairness, and open government, I hereby request that the State of Washington carry out a manual recount of all ballots submitted to State or County election officials by any elector of this State at any time in connection with the 2004 election of the next Governor of the State of Washington. Pursuant to RCW 29A.64.030, and in reliance upon the number of ballots which you and the respective auditors have most recently certified as the number of ballots cast in this race, I enclose a certified check made out to the State of Washington in the amount of $730,000. This should be more than sufficient to cover recounting of all ballots previously counted as well as all ballots previously excluded for some reason. Please acknowledge timely receipt of this request and advise me immediately of any questions you have with regard to this request or any information you need to direct a statewide manual recount of ballots in the Governor's race. i s truly, T, Mc on, Recount Director Washington State Democratic Party cc: Paul Berendt County Auditors (without enclosures) Washington State Democratic Central Committee ■ PCB Box 4027 ■ Seattle, WA 98104-0027 www.wa-dc,mocrats.org OQW33 Page 1 of 3 Shirley Forslof - Washington State Republican Party - recount procedures and inform ation From: John White <white@lclaw.com> To: 'Iona Lenhart' <zlenhart@co.franklin.wa.us>, 'Al Brotche' <auditor@auditor.co.mason.wa.us>, `bvarney@co.grant.wa.us"' <bvarney@co.grant.wa.us>, 'Bob Terwilliger' <county.auditor@co.snohomish.wa. us>, 'Bobbie Gagner' <bobbie_gagner@co.benton.wa.us>, 'Carla Heckford' <checkford@pendoreille.org>, 'Cathleen McKeown' <cmckeown@co.clallam.wa.us>, 'Clydene Bolinger' <auditor@co.ferry.wa.us>, "'Coralee "Corky" Mattingly"' <corky.matting ly@co.yakima.wa.us>, 'David Bowen' <davidb@co.kittitas.wa.us>, 'Diana Housden' <dianah@co.klickitat.wa.us>, 'Diane Tischer' <tischerd@co.wahkiakum.wa.us>, 'Donna Deal' <ddeal@co.garfield.wa.us>, 'Donna Eldridge' <deldridge@coJefferson.wa.us>, 'Elaine Johnston' <ejohnston@co.asotin.wa.us>, 'Eunice Coker' <eunicec@co.whitman.wa.us>, 'Evelyn Arnold' <evelyn.arnold@co.chelan.wa.us>, 'Gary Zandell' <gzandell@co.lewis.wa.us>, 'Greg Kimsey' <greg.kimsey@co.clark.wa.us>, '"J. Michael Garvison"' <garvison@co.skamania.wa.us>, 'Karen Flynn' <kflynn@co.kitsap.wa.us>, 'Karen Martin' <kmmartin@co.walla-walla.wa.us>, 'Kim Wyman' <wymank@co.thurston.wa.us>, 'Kristina Swanson' < swa nsonk@co. cowl itz.wa. us>, 'Nancy McBroom' <nancym@co.adams.wa.us>, 'Norma Brummett' <normab@co.skagit.wa.us>, 'Pat Gardner' <pgardner@co.pacific.wa.us>, 'Pat McCarthy' <pmccart@co.pierce.wa.us>, 'Peggy Robbins' <robb7673@co.okanogan.wa.us>, 'Sharon Richter' <sharon_Richter@co.columbia.wa.us>, 'Shelly Johnston' <sjohnston@co.lincoln.wa.us>, 'Shirley Forslof <sforslof@co.whatcom.wa.us>, 'Si Stephens' <sis@co.san-juan.wa.us>, 'Suzanne Sinclair' <suzannes@co.island.wa.us>, 'Thad Duvall' <tduvall@co.douglas.wa.us>, 'Tim Gray' <tgray@co.stevens.wa.us>, 'Vern Spatz' <vspatz@co.grays-harbor.wa.us>, 'Vicky Dalton' <vdalton@spokanecounty.org>, "' dean. logan@metrokc.gov"' <dean.logan@metrokc.gov>, "'MMcLaughlin@spokanecounty.org"' <MMcLaughlin@spokanecounty.org>, 'Barbara Sandahl' <sandahb@co.thurston.wa.us>, "'dadelste@co.whatcom.wa.us"' <dadelste@co.whatcom.wa.us>, "'dvaughan@co.lincoln.wa.us"' <dvaughan@co.lincoln.wa.us>, "'tolson@pendoreille.org"' <tolson@pendoreille.org>, 'Beverly Lamm' <blamm@co.stevens.wa.us>, 'Bill Huennekens' <bill.huennekens@metrokc.gov>, PBrandt@spokanecounty.org"' <PBrandt@spokanecounty.org>, 'Carolyn Diepenbrock' <carolyn.diepenbrock@co.snohomish.wa.us>, 'Dan Gillespie' <dang@co.san juan.wa.us>, 'David O'Brien' <davido@co.skamania.wa.us>, 'Dawn Weaver' <dawnw@co.klickitat.wa.us>, "'debrah@co.whitman.wa.us"' <debrah@co.whitman.wa.us>, 'Delores Gilmore' <dgilmore@co.kitsap.wa.us>, 'Diana Killian' <dkillian@co.franklin.wa.us>, 'Diana Soules' <Diana.soules@co.yakima.wa.us>, 'Dianna Galvan' <elections@co.ferry.wa.us>, 'Erika Kubischta' <erikak@co.skagit.wa.us>, "'fanderson@co.grant.wa.us"' <fanderson@co.grant.wa.us>, 'Heidi Hunt' <heidih@co.adams.wa.us>, 'Julie Moore' <Julie.moore@metrokc.gov>, 'Karen Cartmel' <karenc@co.jefferson.wa.us>, 'Katrina Manning' <kmanning@co.walla-walla.wa.us>, 'Libby Nieland' <nielandl@co.cowl itz.wa.us>, 'LoAnn Gulick' <loanng@co.island.wa.us>, 'Lori Augino' <laugino@co.pierce.wa.us>, 'Mariann Zumbuhl' <mlzumbuh@co.lewis.wa.us>, 'Mila Jury' <jury6576@co.okanogan.wa.us>, 'Nissa Shaw' <nissa.shaw@co.chelan.wa.us>, 'Pat Pennington' <ppennington@co.douglas.wa.us>, 'Pat Sykora' <pas@co.mason.wa.us>, 'Patty Rosand' <prosand@co.clallam.wa.us>, 'Peggy Laughery' <plaughery@co.garfield.wa.us>, 'Pete Griffin' <pgriffin@co.whatcom.wa.us>, 'Ron Pursley' <rpursley@co.grays-harbor.wa.us>, 'Steve Homan' <homans@co.thurston.wa.us>, 'Sue Higginbotham' <sue@co.kittitas.wa.us>, 'Susie Christopher' <susie_christopher@co.benton.wa.us>, Tim Likness' <tlikness@co.clark.wa.us> Date: 12/5/2004 3:06 PM Subject: Washington State Republican Party - recount procedures and inform ation CC: 'Peter Schalestock' <peterschalestock@wsrp.org>, "'Korrell, Harry"' <HarryKorrell@DWT.COM>, 'Diane Tebelius' <dianetebelius@msn.com>, 'Chris Vance' <chrisvance@wsrp.org> Dear County Auditors and Election Directors: file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW } 000... 12/6/2004 Page 2 of 3 I am counsel to the Washington State Republican Party. With the beginning of a statewide hand recount days away, I am writing because the WSRP wants to help make sure that best practices are implemented on a uniform, statewide basis for the handling of ballots so that no voter is disenfranchised by the physical handling of their ballots, and that there is a complete and accurate count of all legal ballots. We appreciate the magnitude of the effort about to be undertaken, and that many of you may already have policies in place that address some or all of these concerns. The key contact persons for the WSRP and the Rossi campaign on these matters are Peter Schalestock (206-669-8811) and Travis Sines (425-241-4380). If you have any questions about this letter, please contact them. Our concerns about ballot degradation are greater with punch card ballots because of deterioration from repeated handling. However, the WSRP believes that a few simple steps can help avoid inadvertent disqualification of votes during the handling process for all types of ballots. Ballot handling All persons handling ballots as part of the manual recount should wear plastic gloves. This will reduce the risk of smudges from skin oils, dirt or other materials that may become lodged under a worker's fingernails. Plastic gloves will also reduce the risk of damage to punch card ballots from long, sharp or broken fingernails. Foreign and sharp objects should be kept away from the counting tables to prevent damage to punch card ballots. Each time ballots are run through machines or handled the risk of chads coming loose increases, as was seen during the 2000 Presidential recount. We believe the elections office should take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of further damage or deterioration of ballots. Similarly, pens, markers, or other writing utensils should be kept away from the counting tables. They have the ability to pierce punch cards or cause stray, and possibly disqualifying marks on optical scan ballots. Observers The ballot recount process should both be and appear fair. The recount process should be transparent, with error on the side of making the physical inspection of ballots observable, and verifiable to observers from both parties, and the press. Representatives of the Republican Party have contacted or will be contacting you to arrange for observers to be present throughout the recount. The ability to observe the manual inspection of ballots should be meaningful. There should be adequate facilities to accommodate both election workers and observers. Distant, designated observer areas that may prevent observers from seeing what is actually happening at each counting station defeat the statutory right to observe the process. We believe that both the election workers and party observers are integral in the statutory scheme for counting ballots, and giving Washingtonians confidence in the result. Ability to address concerns and problems If there are difficulties at the location at which you are file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW } 000... 12/6/2004 Page 3 of 3 conducting the manual recount, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Schalestock or Mr. Sines. Our observers and entire recount team share your commitment to a full and accurate count. We look forward to a cooperative relationship in your efforts to make sure that all lawful ballots are counted. John J. White, Jr. white@lclaw.com (425) 822-9281 ext. 321 The contents of this message and any attachments may contain confidential information and be protected by the attorney -client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protection. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender and promptly delete the message. Thank you for your assistance. file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW} 000... 12/6/2004 2004 GENERAL ELECTION GOVERNOR RACE HAND RECOUNT COSTS Certified Ballots Initial County Actual Cost Additional Owed Counted During Regular Reimbursement of Recount by Party Recount Adams 5,207 $ 1,301.75 Asotin 8,961 $ 2,240.25 Benton 67,690 $ 16,922.50 Chelan 29,617 $ 7,404.25 Clallam 37,363 $ 9,340.75 Clark 172,274 $ 43,068.50 Columbia 2,144 $ 536.00 Cowlitz 42,724 $ 10,681.00 Douglas 13,266 $ 3,316.50 Ferry 3,385 $ 846.25 Franklin 16,425 $ 4,106.25 Garfield 1,331 $ 332.75 Grant 26,272 $ 6,568.00 Grays Harbor 28,256 $ 7,064.00 Island 39,074 $ 9,768.50 Jefferson 18,772 $ 4,693.00 King 898,574 $ 224,643.50 Kitsap 119,459 $ 29,864.75 Kittitas 16,254 $ 4,063.50 Klickitat 9,309 $ 2,327.25 Lewis 32,948 $ 8,237.00 Lincoln 5,900 $ 1,475.00 Mason 25,839 $ 6,459.75 Okanogan 16,613 $ 4,153.25 Pacific 10,621 $ 2,655.25 Pend Oreille 6,115 $ 1,528.75 Pierce 317,011 $ 79,252.75 San Juan 10,145 $ 2,536.25 Skagit 52,724 $ 13,181.00 Skamania 5,193 $ 1,298.25 Snohomish 297,191 $ 74,297.75 Spokane 203,878 $ 50,969.50 Stevens 20,606 $ 5,151.50 Thurston 113,994 $ 28,498.50 Wahkiakum 2,255 $ 563.75 Walla Walla 23,269 $ 5,817.25 Whatcom 91,501 $ 22,875.25 Whitman 17,535 $ 4,383.75 Yakima 73,647 $ 18,411.75 Statewide Totals 2,883,341 $ 720,835.50 THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON DAVID T. McDONALD and RONALD TARO SUYEMATSU; SANFORD SIDELL; BRENT CAMPBELL; and HILLARY DENDY, Petitioner -Electors, and WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Petitioners, IN SECRETARY OF STATE SAM REED; KING COUNTY RECORDS, ELECTIONS AND LICENSING SERVICES DIVISION and DEAN LOGAN, ITS DIRECTOR; FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR; PEND OREILLE COUNTY AUDITOR; and PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR as representatives of WASHINGTON STATE COUNTY AUDITORS AND CANVASSING BOARDS, Respondents, and DINO ROSSI, a Washington Citizen and Elector, WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY, an unincorporated association, Intervenor - Respondents. NO. 76321-6 OPINION ORDER By a petition invoking this court's mandamus jurisdiction and a statute entitled "Prevention and correction of election frauds and errors," RCW 29A.68.011, No. 76321-6 PAGE 2 various electors and the Washington State Democratic Central Committee seek an order directing Secretary of State Sam Reed to promulgate "uniform standards" for the manual recount now taking place in the Washington State election for Governor. Their Motion and Brief in Support of Emergency Partial Relief specifies that three such sets of standards are being sought: (1) standards that ensure that all ballots rejected in previous counts are fully canvassed so that the hand recount produces as complete and accurate a tabulation as possible; (2) standards for evaluating previously -rejected signatures according to the more liberal standards applied in most counties; and (3) standards that allow party representatives to meaningfully witness the hand recount, by observing all actual ballots being counted. Petitioners thus argue that, contrary to current practice, in a manual recount election workers and canvassing boards must consider anew all ballots previously left uncounted, in keeping with their statutory duty to count all votes cast or each ballot cast, though their argument mainly focuses on rejections made on the basis that absentee and provisional ballot signatures do not match with signatures on file. They seem to suggest that this is necessary in part because King County improperly refused to permit voters to protest the decision not to count their ballots on November 17, 2004, the date the election results were certified. Petitioners further suggest that, contrary to the election statutes, including a statute that requires the Secretary to promulgate uniform election rules, the various counties now employ disparate tests and procedures for comparing signatures, with King County having a greater rejection rate than other counties that is statistically significant. And they suggest that the procedures in place for witnessing the recount are contrary to law, and that such witnesses must be given "a meaningful opportunity to be heard before erroneous government action finally disenfranchises a voter." This court- is mindful that it is the policy of the State of Washington "to encourage every eligible person to register to vote and to participate fully in all No. 76321-6 PAGE 3 elections." RCW 29A.04.205. "No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined." Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 17, 84 S.Ct. 526, 11 L. Ed. 2d 481 (1964). Nonetheless, we must reject petitioners' arguments. In this context, a "ballot" is a physical or electronic record of the choices of an individual voter, or the physical document on which the voter's choices are to be recorded. RCW 29A.04.008(1)(c),(d). "`Recount' means the process of retabulating ballots and producing amended election returns...." RCW 29A.04.139 (emphasis added). The procedure for recounts is set forth in RCW 29A.64.041, and starts with the county canvassing board opening "the sealed containers containing the ballots to be recounted." See RCW 29A.60.110. Thus, under Washington's statutory scheme, ballots are to be "retabulated" only if they have been previously counted or tallied, subject to the provisions of RCW 29A.60.210. It follows that this court cannot order the Secretary to establish standards for the recanvassing of ballots previously rejected in this election. And petitioners' call for uniform signature -checking standards (seemingly beyond the statutory require- ment that the signature on an absentee ballot be the same as the signature in voter registration files) is beyond the relief that can be afforded in this action.' Petitioners suggest in their reply brief that a claimed disparity in signature -checking standards implicates equal protection concerns under the privileges and immunities clause of our state constitution, CONST. art. I, § 19, but they claim no discriminatory intent. We are mindful that King County rejected a higher percentage of signatures than did other counties, but the record before us does not establish the reason for this disparity, and it ' RCW 29A.40.110(3) requires that the signature on an absentee ballot return envelope be "the same" as the signature in the voter registration files, as determined by the canvassing board or its designated representative, whereas WAC 434-253-047 requires a signature for a provisional ballot that "matches a voter registration record." No. 76321-6 PAGE 4 could be for factors other than the standard employed .2 We do not take petitioners' argument to suggest that a claimed disparity in rejection rates of voter signatures triggers some independent right, constitutional or otherwise, to a recanvassing of rejected ballots under a newly developed standard, nor does such an argument come to mind. Petitioners also seem to suggest that recanvassing of rejected ballots is necessary because the methods employed by King County to allow voters to rehabilitate rejected absentee and provisional ballots run afoul of Washington's statutory and regulatory scheme. But we find no support for this notion. We note that the county gave absentee voters who failed to sign their ballot affidavits until 4:30 p.m. on November 16, 2004, the day before certification, to sign and return the affidavits, in accordance with WAC 434-240-235. And although this regulation does not require as much, the county likewise permitted absentee voters with problem signatures until 4:30 p.m. on November 16 to provide an updated signature. The county's procedure for handling signature problems with respect to provisional ballots, which also specified a deadline of 4:30 p.m. on November 16, appears to comport with pertinent regulations and federal law, and petitioners do not persuasively suggest otherwise. Although, as petitioners point out, RCW 29A.60.190(1) provides that the election results should include absentee ballots Z We note in passing that the declaration of Dean C. Logan, Director of King County Records, Elections and Licensing Division, says that King County, like many other counties, looks for three points of similarity between the signatures on absentee and provisional ballot envelopes and the signatures on file. If staff finds less than three points of similarity, a supervisor looks at the signatures using the same three-point system. "If the supervisor also believes there is a question as to the validity of the signature, it is referred to the canvassing board for a determination." Petitioners have submitted the declaration of Joshua C. Jungman, who says that he and other Democratic staff members contacted county auditors to investigate the methods and procedures used to compare and verify signatures. Several auditor offices reported using the same three point method, with canvassing boards having the final say. Mr. Jungman suggests that in King County the decision "doesn't go to the canvassing board," but does not say who provided this information. Significantly, petitioners do not suggest that any particular method of signature verification is faulty, or what uniform method should be mandated by the Secretary. No. 76321-6 PAGE 5 postmarked on or before the date of the election and received on or before the date of certification, this statute does not address how ballots rejected for missing or invalid signatures are to be handled. As for petitioners' request that we order the Secretary to promulgate "standards that allow party representatives to meaningfully witness the hand recount," we are not convinced that such standards are presently lacking. RCW 29A.64.041 provides that the recount may be observed by persons representing the candidates, that these witnesses may make no record of the names, addresses, or information on the ballots, poll books, or applications for absentee ballots unless authorized by the superior court, and that the Secretary or county auditor may limit the number of observers to not less than two on each side if, in his or her opinion, a greater number would cause undue delay or disruption of the recount process. Petitioners provide no support for their suggestion that witnesses or observers are participants who have a right to be heard and influence this manual recount process. For the foregoing reasons, we reject petitioners' arguments and deny their petition for mandamus and request for relief under RCW 29A.68.011. CHIEF JUSTICE 4 Go m Co WHATCOM COUNTY SHIRLEY FORSLOF AUDITOR'S OFFICE 3 COUNTYAUDITOR Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 DEBBIE ADELSTEIN Bellingham, WA98225-4038 �9441tN4 'I CHIEF DEPUTY Email: Auditor@co.whatcom.wa.us Phone: 360-676-6740 Internet: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/auditor FAX: 360-738-4556 January 4, 2005 Peter Shalestock Washington State Republican Party 16400 Southcenter Parkway #200 Seattle, WA 98188-3302 Re: Request to Recanvass Ballots Dear Mr. Shalestock: In response to your letter of December 23, 2004, regarding recanvassing of ballots that you say were mistakenly excluded from tabulation, since our county has certified its election results we cannot go back to open that recount. I do note that based on the affidavits which you submitted, two of those affidavits are from individuals whose votes were in fact counted. The remaining five individuals did not sign their ballot envelopes and were contacted by letter to correct that error by a certain date. That deadline was not met. If I can provide further assistance, please let me know. Sincerely Shirley Forslof Auditor Licensing Recording Elections Administration/Internal Audit Licensing@comhatcornma.us Recording@comhatcornma.us Elections@comhatcomma.us 360-676-6744 360-676-6740 360-676-6740 360-676-6742 360-676-6740 ext50065 TTY 360-738-4555 Washington State Republican Party 16400 Southcenter Parkway, Suite 200 Seattle 98188-3302 Phone: 206-575-2900, Fax: 206-575-1730 December 23, 2004 67 /. 5-' 1111--04- Ms. Shirley Forsolf Whatcom County Auditor 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225 Re: Request to Recanvass Ballots Mistakenly Excluded Dear Ms_ Forsolf: In light of the Washington Supreme Court's decision yesterday, we request that you recanvass the ballots that were mistakenly excluded from the tabulation and returns during the initial canvass and recount, pursuant to your authority under RCW 29A.60.210. Specifically, we request that you recanvass and tabulate the ballots from the voters who confirm, by the attached declarations or in person, that they are properly registered voters who signed and timely cast ballots in this election. Attached for you convenience is the Supreme Court's decision in Washington State Republican Party, et al., v. King County Division of Records, Elections, and Licensing Services, et al., No. 76399-2 (December 22, 2004). As you will see, the Supreme Court has determined that, under RCW 29A.60.210, "a canvassing board may decide that ballots should be recanvassed before certification of a recount." Id. at 3. Such a recanvass is appropriate where there is "an apparent discrepancy or an inconsistency in the returns" which the Court specifically held to include "something to indicate that an error or a mistake has been made; that the total as shown is not the true one." Id at 4, quoting with approval State ex rel. Doyle v. Superior Court of King County, 138 Wash. 488, 244 Pac. 702 (1926). According to the Court, the final day for such recanvassing is the date on which the Secretary of State certifies the final results from all counties in the manual recount. Id at 3 n.2. The attached declarations demonstrate that valid ballots were mistakenly rejected; they demonstrate conclusively that "an error or a mistake has been made" and that the existing tallies of ballots are not the "true" tallies of valid ballots cast. Your existing returns are "at odds with other evidence," id. at 5, now before you. It was our understanding and our reading of the relevant statutes, prior to the Supreme Court's recent decision, that these ballots could not be recanvassed. Now that the Court has held that recanvassing is appropriate in these circumstances, we request that you recanvass the ballots cast by the persons submitting declarations to you under cover of this letter, as well as any others you have or may receive. This is only way to ensure that properly registered voters, who cast timely and lawful ballots, will not be disenfranchised by the errors of election workers. Very truly yours, WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY Pz A,- t " /j, L � By: Peter Schalestock, Esq. THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON.��,,�� WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY, an unincorporated association; CHRISTOPHER VANCE, a citizen of Washington State; and JANE MILHANS, a citizen of Pierce County, Respondents, u KING COUNTY DIVISION OF RECORDS, ELECTIONS AND LICENSING SERVICES; and KING COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD, Petitioners, and WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Intervenor -Petitioner, SECRETARY OF STATE SAM REED, Intervenor -Petitioner. NO. 76399-2 OPINION ALEXANDER, C.J.—During the hand recount in the 2004 Washington State election for Governor, the King County Canvassing Board discovered that some 573 ballots had been coded by election workers as having "no signature on file" after the workers found no signatures of the voters casting those ballots in the County's electronic elections database. But the workers had failed to check for signatures elsewhere, such as the voters' original registration forms, the archive of images from No. 76399-2 PAGE 2 the County's old electronic registration system, and the registration records maintained by the Secretary of State. At its December 15, 2004, meeting, the canvassing board decided to recanvass these ballots pursuant to RCW 29A.60.210 to determine whether the failure to count the ballots in the Governor's race was erroneous. The next day, the Washington State Republican Party, Christopher Vance, and Jane Milhans filed in Pierce County Superior Court this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the canvassing board and the King County Division of Records, Elections and Licensing Services, and sought a temporary restraining order prohibiting recanvassing of the 573 ballots. On December 17, 2004, after a hearing on the request for a restraining order, the Pierce County Superior Court issued the requested order. The court concluded that "RCW 29A.60.210 does not apply in this context." Now, the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, an intervenor below, seeks direct review of the superior court's order, arguing that the King County Canvassing Board properly concluded that RCW 29A.60.210 permits recanvassing of the 573 ballots.' The canvassing board joins in that request, as does the Secretary of State, who is the chief elections officer of the State and who also intervened below. We grant review and reverse the superior court. This hand recount of ballots came before the court very recently in a case involving whether a recount necessarily involves a recanvassmg of previously - rejected ballots. In our decision in that case, issued December 14, 2004, we held that under Washington's recount statute, "ballots are to be `retabulated' only if they have been previously counted or tallied, subject to the provisions of RCW 29A.60.210." ' The Washington State Democratic Central Committee initiated this review by filing a notice of appeal directed to this court, a statement of grounds for direct review, and a motion for accelerated review. Because the superior court's decision is not a final judgment or other decision subject to appeal under RAP 2.2(a), we redesignate the Democratic Central Committee's notice as a notice for discretionary review. RAP 5.1(c). Thus, the superior court's decision is subject to review under the criteria of RAP 2.3(b). No. 76399-2 PAGE 3 (Emphasis added.) The quoted language, referencing the "recanvassing" statute, RCW 29A.60.210, acknowledges that under proper circumstances a canvassing board may decide that ballots should be recanvassed before certification of a recount. Indeed, the Secretary of State's Director of Elections, Nick Handy, has provided this court with a detailed declaration explaining how other counties have already employed RCW 29A.60.210 to count votes from ballots not counted in the original returns for this election. Our prior opinion did not hold that the recanvassing statute may not be employed by canvassing boards during a recount.2 The question here is thus whether RCW 29A.60.210 authorized the King County Canvassing Board to recanvass the 573 ballots in question. RCW 29A.60.210 provides in part: Whenever the canvassing board finds that there is an apparent discrepancy or an inconsistency in the returns of a primary or election, the board may recanvass the ballots or voting devices in any precincts of the county. Since this statute permits recanvassing, the statutory definition of "canvassing" is also pertinent. RCW 29A.04.013 provides: "Canvassing" means the process of examining ballots or groups of ballots, subtotals, and cumulative totals in order to determine the official returns of a primary or general election and includes the tabulation of any votes that were not tabulated at the precinct or in a counting center on the day of the primary or election. And although our election statutes do not define "returns," RCW 29A.60.120(3) provides that the "official returns" are "[t]he returns produced by the vote tallying system, to which have been added the counts of questioned ballots, write-in votes, and absentee votes." 2 While RCW 29A.60.210 requires recanvassing prior to certification of an election, and RCW 29A.60.190 speaks of certification occurring on the fifteenth day following a general election, it is clear to us that whenever a recount occurs, amended abstracts are certified that supersede any prior abstract of the results. RCW 29A.64.061. The statute does not define "certification," but the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State make clear that certification involves the preparation and transmission of abstracts of votes to the Secretary of State. See WAC 434-262-010, -020, and -080. No. 76399-2 PAGE 4 As noted, the King County Canvassing Board says that these 573 ballots were previously coded by election employees as having "no signature on file." The board has now concluded that this designation may have been in error, since election workers failed to check the signatures against voter records on file, as required by RCW 29A.40.110(3) and King County rules for this election. The board has therefore decided to recanvass the ballots and correct any such errors that it finds. Respondents suggest that there may have been some impropriety involved in this decision, or that the ballots involved might have been tampered with, but point to no facts supporting such a conclusion.3 The question becomes whether the type of error thus identified amounts to "an apparent discrepancy or an inconsistency in the returns" of the election, as contemplated in RCW 29A.60.210. This court has issued but one opinion construing the recanvassing statute. See State ex rel. Doyle v. Superior Court of King County, 138 Wash. 488, 244 Pac. 702 (1926). The version of the statute then in effect permitted the opening of voting machines to recanvass the vote "whenever it shall appear that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any election district ...." In Doyle all votes tallied, but some returns were not made in both words and figures and in ink, as required by statute. Given these facts, this court found it "quite evident that there is no disagreement or discordance upon the returns made by the precinct officers." Informed by a dictionary definition of the word "discrepancy," it concluded that "[a] discrepancy referred to by the statute would be something to indicate that an error or a mistake has been made; that the total as shown is not a true one." Doyle, 138 Wash. at 492. By way of example of such discrepancies, the court said that 3 The King County Canvassing Board has stated that these ballots should be kept separate and secure, and we agree that this shall occur. No. 76399-2 PAGE 5 [t]here is no claim that there is any difference between the number of persons who voted and the number of votes cast. Neither is it claimed that any total shown on any return is incorrect.... Nor is there any claim that if the counter compartment were opened it would show details different from those contained upon the returns. Nor is there any claim that the returns as made are actually incorrect. Id. Here, by contrast, the canvassing board has concluded that the returns as made may indeed be "actually incorrect." The board also says that finther examination of the ballots under question may well show details "different from those contained upon the returns." When election workers found no matching signatures for these ballots in the county's electronic voter files, the ballots were apparently set aside to check for signatures elsewhere, including original paper registration forms. But this was never done. Instead, the ballots were described to the canvassing board and not counted in the returns as votes. Respondents would have us narrowly construe "an apparent discrepancy or an inconsistency in the returns" to mean only an arithmetic error disclosed on the face of the returns. But this is contrary to Doyle, which speaks in terms of "incorrect" returns and returns at odds with other evidence. Moreover, since the statute permits recanvassing, it is instructive to remember that canvassing involves "examining ballots or groups of ballots, subtotals, and cumulative totals in order to determine the official returns," RCW 29A.04.013. Here, certain ballots were coded as having "no signature on file" without having been fully examined to properly place them in that category. In that sense they were never fully canvassed, and the seeming error in placing them in any category has become evident to the King County Canvassing No. 76399-2 PAGE 6 Board. Under Doyle this is just the sort of apparent discrepancy or inconsistency that the board can correct through recanvassing.4 It thus follows that the superior court erred in granting a temporary restraining order, and that the King County Canvassing Board properly concluded that it had authority to recanvass the subject ballots pursuant to RCW 29A.60.210. Based on the law as declared in this opinion, respondents are not entitled to injunctive relief. Therefore, the superior court's "Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause" is reversed and vacated, and the cause is remanded to the superior court for entry of an order of dismissal forthwith. CHIEF JUSTICE 4 Our decision accords with the only analogous out-of-state authority cited to us, Comley ex rel. Harrison v Wilson, 116 Conn. 36, 163 A. 465 (1932). The court there held that in using the phrase "discrepancy in the returns" the legislature "could hardly have intended only a discrepancy apparent by comparison of the respective votes cast for the different offices or officers as they appear in the moderator's return." Comley, at 42. Rather, the legislature must have intended reference to the figures giving the total number who have voted, "for only in this way could there be any definite information indicating the failure of the machine to register votes for the candidates as a whole or for those of any one party." Id. Page 1 of 2 Shirley Forslof - RE: Should my vote be counted? From: "Floyd, Pam" <pfloyd@secstate.wa.gov> To: "'miles@mileserickson.com"' <miles@mileserickson.com> Date: 12/10/2004 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Should my vote be counted? CC: "Berger, Carolyn" <cberger@secstate.wa.gov>, "Handy, Nick" <nhandy@secstate.wa.gov>, "Pearson, John" <jpearson@secstate.wa.gov> Mr. Erickson: I have spoken to the Whatcom County Auditor, who has phoned King County and arranged to have your ballot sent back to Whatcom, for consideration by the canvassing board during the manual recount. You may contact the Whatcom County Auditor's office for further information on the disposition of this ballot. Thank you for participating in this year's elections and for being persistent. The County and our office want to be sure that every valid vote is counted. Pamela Floyd Assistant Elections Director for Voter Services 360-725-5781 -----Original Message ----- From: Miles Erickson [rr@:t!tQ:miles@mile5erick5on.com Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:14 PM To: elections@secstate.wa.gov Subject: Should my vote be counted? Dear friends: I voted in the November 2nd election. My ballot was rejected due solely due to an administrative error: Whatcom County, my county of registration, mailed my provisional ballot to King County. King County received my ballot from Whatcom County and rejected it, because my King County registration was cancelled when I moved to Whatcom County. No one from either county has disputed my assertion that my ballot is valid and should have been counted in Whatcom County. A Whatcom County elections official has stated that my ballot cannot be retrieved from King County and included in the recount except by court order, because the Secretary of State has prohibited the reconsideration of previously rejected ballots. Today, while reading news stories, I saw the Secretary of State quoted as saying that known "problem ballots" can in fact be reconsidered by county canvassing boards. Naturally, I would like my ballot to be included in the recount. 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WRAmQpe1kin3e0ieX4m Via Facsimile December 30, 2004 Ms. Shirley Forslof Whatcom County Auditor's Office 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 Re: Elections Record Request Dear Ms. Forslof: Perkins Coie iaoi Thlyd Avenue, Suite 4300 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 PHONE: a.o6.359,8000 FAx 206,359.9000 www.perkinscoie eom Perkins Coie LLP represents the Washington State Democratic Central Conuuittee. Pursuant to Washington Public Disclosure Act, RCW 42.17, we hereby request copies of or access to the following documents or categories of documents: (1) Copies of any public record request or document request submitted to you or your department by the Republican Party (state, county or other), any agent or representative of the Republican Party, or the Rossi for Governor campaign from November 1, 2004 to present. (2) Copies of any documents produced or provided in response to such requests. If such documents were produced or provided, or are available, in electronic form, we would respectfully request that they be provided to us in electronic form. We appreciate your immediate attention to these requests. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Very u) Yous_r Wit . Rava cc: David T. McDonald [I igil-r)no6-000000/,ql.043650.043) ANCIIORAGE B[I11NC RELLEVUL ROISE CHICAGO - DENVER - HONC KONG LOS ANGELES MENLO PARK - OLYMPIA PHOfNI% VORTLAND - SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE • WASFIINGI.ON, D.C. Perkins Coie u.P and Afflliate5 Page 1 of 2 Debbie Adelstein - Contacts from the Political Parties From: "Handy, Nick" <nhandy@secstate.wa.gov> To: Zona Lenhart <zlenhart@co.franklin.wa.us>, "Al Brotche (auditor@auditor.co.mason.wa.us)" <auditor@auditor.co.mason.wa.us>, Bill Varney <bvarney@co.grant.wa.us>, Bob Terwilliger <county.auditor@co.snohomish.wa.us>, "Bobbie Gagner(bobbie_gagner@co.benton.wa.us)" <bobbie_gagner@co.benton.wa.us>, "Cathleen McKeown (cmckeown@co.clallam.wa.us)" <cmckeown@co.clallam.wa.us>, "Clydene Bolinger (auditor@co.ferry.wa.us)" <auditor@co.ferry.wa.us>, "David B. Bowen (davidb@co.kittitas.wa.us)" <davidb@co.kittitas.wa.us>, "Diana Housden (dianah@co.klickitat.wa.us)" <dianah@co.klickitat.wa.us>, "Diane Tischer (tischerd@co.wahkiakum.wa.us)" <tischerd@co.wahkiakum.wa.us>, "Donna Eldridge (deldridge@co.jefferson.wa.us)" <deldridge@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Eunice Coker <eunicec@co.whitman.wa.us>, "Evelyn Arnold (evelyn.amold@co.chelan.wa.us)" <evelyn.arnold@co.chelan.wa.us>, "Gary Zandell (Gzandell@co.lewis.wa.us)" <Gzandell@co.lewis.wa.us>, "Greg Kimsey (greg.kimsey@co.clark.wa.us)" <greg.kimsey@co.clark.wa.us>, "J. Michael Garvison" <garvison@co.skamania.wa.us>, "Karen Flynn (kflynn@co.kitsap.wa.us)" <kflynn@co.kitsap.wa.us>, "Kim Wyman (wymank@co.thurston.wa.us)" <wymank@co.thurston.wa.us>, "Kristina Swanson (swansonk@co.cowlitz.wa.us)" <swansonk@co.cowlitz.wa.us>, "Nancy McBroom (nancym@co.adams.wa.us)" <nancym@co.adams.wa.us>, "Norma Brummet (normab@co.skagit.wa.us)" <normab@co.skagit.wa.us>, "Pat Gardner (pgardner@co.pacific.wa.us)" <pgardner@co.pacific.wa.us>, Pat McCarthy <pmccart@co.pierce.wa.us>, Peggy Robbins <robb7673@co.okanogan.wa.us>, Sharon Richter <sharon richter@co.columbia.wa.us>, "Shelly Johnston (sjohnston@co.lincoln.wa.us)" <sjohnston@co.lincoln.wa.us>, "Shirley Forslof (sforslof@co.whatcom.wa.us)" <sforslof@co.whatcom.wa.us>, "Si Stephens (sis@co.san- juan.wa.us)" <sis@co.san-juan.wa.us>, "Suzanne Sinclair (Suzannes@co.island.wa.us)" <Suzannes@co.island.wa.us>, "Thad Duvall (tduvall@co.douglas.wa.us)" <tduvall@co.douglas.wa.us>, "Tim Gray (tgray@co.stevens.wa.us)" <tgray@co.stevens.wa.us>, "Vern Spatz (vspatz@co.grays-harbor.wa.us)" <vspatz@co.grays-harbor.wa.us>, "Vicky Dalton (vdalton@spokanecounty.org)" <vdalton@spokanecounty.org>, "Karen Martin (kmmartin@co.walla-walla.wa.us)" <kmmartin@co.walla-walla.wa.us>, Carla Heckford <ceckford@pendoreille.org>, "Corky Mattingly (E-mail)" <corky.mattingly@co.yakima.wa.us>, Dean Logan <dean.logan@metrokc.gov>, Donna Deal <ddeal@co.garfield.wa.us>, Elaine Johnston <ejohnston@co.asotin.wa.us>, "Tim Likness (tlikness@co.clark.wa.us)" <tlikness@co.clark.wa.us>, Amy Lee <alee@co.pacific.wa.us>, Brittany Connolly <bconnolly@pendoreille.org>, "Carolyn Diepenbrock (carolyn.diepenbrock@co.snohomish.wa.us)" <carolyn.diepenbrock@co.snohomish.wa.us>, "Dan Gillespie (dang@co.san-juan.wa.us)" <dang@co.san juan.wa.us>, "David O'Brien (davido@co.skamania.wa.us)" <davido@co.skamania.wa.us>, "Dawn Weaver (dawnw@co.klickitat.wa.us)" <dawnw@co.klickitat.wa.us>, "Debbie Adelstein (DAdelste@co.whatcom.wa.us)" <DAdelste@co.whatcom.wa.us>, <debrah@co.whitman.wa.us>, "Delores Gilmore (dgilmore@co.kitsap.wa.us)" <dgilmore@co.kitsap.wa.us>, "Diana Killian (dkillian@usa.com)" <dkillian@usa.com>, "Diana Soules (Diana.soules@co.yakima.wa.us)" <Diana.soules@co.yakima.wa.us>, "Dianna Galvan_(elections@co.ferry.wa.us)" <elections@co.ferry.wa.us>, "Freeman Moore (skip.moore@co.chelan.wa.us)" <skip.moore@co.chelan.wa.us>, "Heidi Hunt (heidih@co.adams.wa.us)" <heidih@co.adams.wa.us>, "Karen Cartmel file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW} 00... 12/27/2004 Page 2 of 2 (karenc@co.jefferson.wa.us)" <karenc@co.jefferson.wa.us>, "Katrina Manning (kmanning@co.walla-walla.wa.us)" <kmanning@co.walla-walla.wa.us>, "Libby Nieland 9v 3 (nielandl@co.cowlitz.wa.us)" <nielandl@co.cowlitz.wa.us>, "LoAnn Gulick (loanng@co.island.wa.us)" <loanng@co.island.wa.us>, "Lori Augino (laugino@co.pierce.wa.us)" <laugino@co.pierce.wa.us>, "Mariann Zumbuhl (mlzumbuh@co.lewis.wa.us)" <mlzumbuh@co.lewis.wa.us>, "Mila Jury 6ury6576@co.okanogan.wa.us)" <jury6576@co.okanogan.wa.us>, "Pat Pennington (ppennington@co.douglas.wa.us)" <ppennington@co.douglas.wa.us>, "Pat Sykora (pas@co.mason.wa.us)" <pas@co.mason.wa.us>, "Patty Rosand (prosand@co.clallam.wa.us)" <prosand@co.clallam.wa.us> Date: 12/22/2004 6:50 PM Subject: Contacts from the Political Parties CC: Elections - All <Elections-All@secstate.wa.gov>, "Excell, Steve" <sexcell@secstate.wa.gov>, "Hutchins, Trova" <tutchins@secstate.wa.gov>, "Nacke, Joanie" <jnacke@secstate.wa.gov>, "Tom Ahearne (ahearne@foster.com)" <ahearne@foster.com>, " (richj @foster. com) " <richj @foster. com>, "Hugh Spitzer (SpitH@foster.com)" <SpitH@foster.com>, "Marco Magnano (magnm@foster.com)" <magnm@foster.com> Election Partners, One political party is prominent in the media this afternoon indicating the party will be out in the counties "mining for more votes" (in the words of the media) given the Supreme Court's decision. That is, we understand that at least one political party may be making contacts with each of you to see if your county is willing to reopen your certified election results and have the canvassing board make a finding of "inconsistencies" or "discrepancies" in the returns in hopes of bringing more votes into the process. We want to advise you that the position of this office is that the ability of a canvassing board to "recanvass" exists up to the point that the county "certifies" its results. (See RCW 29A.60.210). 38 counties have certified results to this office. Thus, in our view, the door is legally closed on your ability to recanvass at this point. King County, of course, may still recanvass as it has not yet certified. King County is expected to certify Thursday at 3 pm. If you have any questions on the foregoing, please feel free to contact us, or you may wish to confer with your Prosecuting Attorney. Our attorneys at Foster Pepper are certainly available to confer with your Prosecuting Attorney. Tom Ahearne at Foster Pepper may be reached at (206) 447-8934. You may also wish to notify the other members of your canvassing board on this situation as they may be getting independent contacts from political party representatives. Thank you again for all you have done this election season, and Happy Holidays. Your faithful servant, Nick Handy Director of Elections file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW} 00... 12/27/2004 December Z?! 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, (signe J6.rto 6 u + rrcc.+ (print name) q2,16 �i'�i cc CA (street address) Re, II (city, state, ZIP) Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. Date of Birth: Registered Address: Mailing Address: Sign e Printed Name //o/ s3 qz 14 # laze rA &, <I iA f 2 !6 'of(4C (e3 December , 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, [rti �l /,jyl6i� (print name) (street address) s&q Le��q- ■,,ln r/��/ (city, state, IP) Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. Signature L fayar_ Printed Name Date of Birth: J - '*2 2 Sz Registered Address: e- Q s 6?i0y c- Mailing Address: December , 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, (signed) 7.' Q o /Qo (print name) (street address) Off tv /vZ .u-sc�J, l.�Jac • �.� .2 S (city, state, ZIP) Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. Signature o P2 a `fir► `� YIc v� Printed Name Date of Birth: Registered Address: 9' Z- - G e t'-c af- -eW/ o Z- e- e- i c G• '* 'I, . 60 a.. 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Last Name First Name Middle Initial LJ�. Male a" !�/ f ✓ICJ d rt •7"AElm� ❑ ° Female Address Where You Live I City or Town ZIP Code y e z - / ( 1— c� �. 15 C L.G' tv it (dlq 9' S( A z s-- Address Where You Get Your Mail (If Different Than #4) City or Town State ZIP Code E-Mail Address (Optional) Date of Hirth (Month/Day/Ycar) is Number (w/ area code) o /e / X^ / /e,.- (/-ar e} 2 3 3 _-g 4 to Federal Law requires you to provide I WA Driver's License 4 N •' T It Voter Declaration - Read and Sign Box 9. your Driver's License, or ID card X. 9 declare that the facts on this voter registration form are true: I am a citizen of the United States I am not pmsenily denied my civil rights ns a insult of tieing convicted of felony 1 have lived in Washington for If ►•ou do not have a 1VA Last 4 Digits / SSN y ` 2• or ID Card, you must provide the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. `� will at this address thirty days immediately before the next election at which I vote • I will be at least eighteen years old when i vote." If submitting this form by maill and you are registering to vote for the first time in this county, and did not enter the above information, you must provide: _Y1_ Date Signed _/- �' -ra `F 414 • A valid photo copy of your current photo 1D tiny + • Copy of a current utility bill • Bank statement SIGN X • Government check HERE • Paycheck • Or other government document that shows your name and address This will eliminate ID requirements when voting for the first time. Last Name ,r Al ,V /V ONGOING ABSENTEE REQUEST I would Wee to receive absentee ballots for all future elections: YES NO I1 j CHECK ONE First Name initial _r D 0 rc 0 f- KL j ONGOING ABSENTEE VOTER STATUS This status can be cancelled for any of the following reasons: • Cancellation of your voter registration • Your written request for cancellation • Death or disqualification of the voter • Return of an ongoing absentee ballot as undeliverable Note: Because of the new federal Help America Vote Act, if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, you may be required to show identification at the time of voting. dsu91Y registered under this name and/or addcem: —'LIP— gn as previously registered: December 12004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, (signed) 4111 e 'Ie. (print name) (stre t address} (city, state, ZIP) State Of Mai! -in Voter Registration Form 4 r n ' Washington MAIL THIS FORM TO: TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOU MUST BE Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration by Mall ✓ A citizen of the United States of America PO Box 40230 ✓ A legal resident of the State of Washington Olympia, WA 98504-0230 J At least 18 years old by election day WARNING: If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars, or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210) Arc ou a citizen of the ' 'I" you be 1R years of age on For Official Use only l United State ofAmerica?ies No* or before election day? a Yes No* I *NOTE: If you checked "NO" in response to box I or 2 above, do not complete this form. Fiat Middle Initial i• ❑ Male °. , Female Address 11'heR You Live City or Town ZIP (:txie Addrm,+ Where You Get Ynar Mail (If iNfferenl Than 44) City or Town State ZIP Code Date of Birth (Month/ Day%Year) Daytime Phone Number (wr area rude) E-Mail Address (Optional) _. -- 1-- -_. 1 WA Driver's License ti �i S ater Derlararinn — Read and Sien Box 9. Federal Law requir( you to provide / your Driver'% Hrvmw. 'I, I U card #. 10 C C L e I' ff rou do ntr! Itxs e a iYA !)river's ].icrlrse I..:itt 4 Dims :' S51 or ID Card, you must provide the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. If submitting this form by mail and you are registering; to vote for the first time in this county, and did not enter the above inlitrmation. you must provide: • A valid photo copy of yuur current photo 11) • Cop), of a current utility bill • Bank statement • Government check • Paychmk • Or other government document that shows your name and address This will eliminate ID requirements when votingfor the first time. r Last Name ONGOING ABSENTEE REQUEST I would like to receive absentee ballots for all future elections: NO CHECK ONE First Name "I declare that +hc facts on this voicr registration font) are true: • 1 am a citizen of the United Stairs • I am not presently denied my civil nghts as a +exult of being convicted of a felony • I will have lived in Washington at Ibis address fbr ihitiy days immediately before the nest election at which 1 vote • I will be at least eighteen years old when I vote." Date Signed mumb i Day I yam SIGN X � 4Jy' �HERE 41al& ONGOING ABSEN'I'EE VOTER STATUS This status can be cancelled for any of the followinh reasons: • Cancellation of your voter registration • Your written request for cancellation • Death or disqualification of the voter • Return of an ongoing absentee ballot as undeliverable Note: Because of the new federal Help America Vote Act, if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, you may be required to show identification at the time of voting. t was arrrAgAlx registered under this name undlar nddross: N m. -- State ZIP Please sign as nrevi2utily registered: E Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and 1 understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. Signature �r Printed Name Date of Birth: Registered Address: a/1-19 Mailing Address:�l f December L3 , 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, (signed) 0,LI.Vk W�. 4)avkE?.v (print name) S 732 F-_ "&jre- V!M v-1 (street address) UJ (city tate, ZIP) Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. a Signature ec&vk POIV(E�tl Printed Name Date of Birth: 2/2 / Registered Address: Jr-- 7� • Va .vvLf Vv, J Mailing Address: - �� Mail -In Voter Registration Form MAIL THIS FORM TO: Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration by Mail PO Box 40230 Olympia, WA 98504-0230 �_Itjil State Of tWashington VOTE,TO REGISTER TO • ✓ A citizen of the United States of America ✓ A legal resident of the State of Washington ✓ At least 18 years old by election day WARNING: If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars, or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210) Are you a citizen of the Will you be 18 years of a e on i For Official Use Only United States of America:' Ilk es 0 No* or before election day? KYes No* *NOTE: If you checked "NO" in response to box 1 or 2 above, do not complete this form. �J Ms. J Mn Last N C First Name ff Middle Initial tr Ir _j Male Mr•�� �p �Li Female I� Address Where You Live Oly or Town ZIPGode I S - 3 tE: Ma barvL_/ L Address N•'hcre. You Gel Your Mail (IFDifrerent Than ) City or T w Staate� ZIP Code L) Dale of Hir1h (Mon I h; Day,Year) Daytime Phone Number t.w% arcaetXk,) E-Mad Atldre s., (Ophonal) Federal Law requires you to provide WA Driver's License a Voter Declararion —.Read and Sign Box 9. your Driwr'c Llcenu•, ur ll)curd Y. te [ r'jZ_A] "I declare that Ore facts on this wicr registration fonn are true: T f 'll I o nr 32yto ]!_1 `A t)xhgPs Last 4 Dieiu i SS\ I cm a citizen ofthe United States or 1D Card, you must provide the last I am not presently denied my civil rights as a result of h^. ing convicted of a felony 4 digits of your Social Security Number Zq I will have lived in Washington at this address for thitiy days immediately I _5� before the next election at which I vote ! If suhmitting this form by mail and you are registering to I will he at least eighteen years old when I volt:." vote For the first lime in this county, and did not enter the above information. you must provide: • A valid photo copy of your current photo [1) / ! 3 �&O Date Signed tdomw D y t • Copy a current utility bill • Bank statement statement SIGN X • Government check , HERE • Paycheck • Or other government document that shows your name and address This will eliminate 1D requirements when voting for the first time. i i Last Name ONGOING ABSENTEE REQUEST I would like to receive absentee ballots for all future elections: YES NO CHECK ONE [1 First Name Initial I _ Iwas ptcvitm ly, registered under ibis name undfaradtimss: ONGOING ABSENTEE VOTER STATUS This status can be cancelled for any of the following reasons: • Cancellation of your voter registration • Your written request for cancellation • Death or disqualification of the voter • Return of an ongoing absentee ballot as undeliverable Note: Because of the new federal Help America Vote Act, if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, you may be required to show identification at the time of voting. Name_ Sine- City County. State -Zlp Please sigh as previously registered X -r✓/ December , 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, S_Ilia &C -E�- (signed) I (print name) j3(I !4011 �2�� (street address) CL (� �.� r Ct V Y? (city, state, ZIP) Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. fit Si nature Z' t FA, -1a dPnti4�- Printed Name Date of Birth: 3 Registered Address: 3311 P-,C� _ Mailing Address: 5,5-CL tT-4— State Of Mail -in Voter Registration Form Washington MAIL THIS FORM TO: TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOU MUST BE Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration by Mall ✓ A citizen of the United States of America PO Box 40230 ✓ A legal resident of the State of Washington Olympia, WA 98504-0230 ✓ At least 18 years old by election day WARNING: If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars, or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210) Are you a citizen of the ill you be 18 years of age on ` For Official Use Only United States otAnierica? 0 Yes 0 No* orbeforeelection day? Yes No* 1 ' *TOTE: If you checked "NO" in response to box 1 or 2 above, do not complete this form. IMt. j Last ?wine First Name T�id�dlc Initial r. ❑ Male Ilk L Address Whcre You Live Cgt ' or lown CLlLt ZIP Codc Address 11•'hcrc You Gel Your Mail (If Different Than li4) City or Town State ZIP Code Date of Birth (MonthiDay%fear) Daytime Phone Number t.wi arcs co&) E-Marl Address (Optional) Federal Lim requires you to prnvidc WA Driver's License a Voter Declararinn — Rrad and Sign Box 9, your Driver c Llcemw. or In card 8. , 1 a %/� w Um 3� . f6� Ifyuu if nua Itave a WA 1)river's i,icrnse Last A Dipts e, SS1 or ID Card, you must provide the last �y 4 digits of your Social Security Number. If submitting; this form by mail and you are registering; to vote for the first time in this county, and did not enter the above inli►rmation, you must provide: • A valid photo copy of vuur current photo ID • Copy of a current utility bill • Bank statement • Government check • Paycheck • Or other government document that shows your name and address This will eliminate ID requirements when voting for the first time. Q11 ONGOING ABSENTEE REQUEST I would like to receive absentee ballots for all future elections: YES NO NECK ONF "I declare that the facts on this voter registration form are true: I am a citizen of the United States • I am not presently denied my civil rights as a result of being convicred of a felon • 1 will have livid in Washington at this address for thirty flays immediately before the i election at which I vote • I will be at least eighteen years old when f vote." Date Sighed Z �' e Idonth Irry / Year SIGN x HERE �.J JFirst Name Initial jy- _-_ ABSEN (TNGOING TEE_VOTER STATUS This status can be cancelled for any of the followin- reasons: • Cancellation of your voter registration • Your written request for cancellation • Death or disqualification of the voter • Return of an ongoing absentee ballot as undeliverable Iwas pa yiy registered under this name and/or address: Name State __ __ —. ZIP _ w__-._�—.._..._-.._--•-----_ _------._.... . _.. ---_..... __.. _ ._�.._-; _ Please sign as previously registered: Note: Because of the new federal Help America Vote Act, if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, you may be required to show identification at the time of voting. x December , 2004 Dear Auditor: I am a registered voter who cast a ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election. It has come to my attention that my ballot was not counted. In order to provide you sufficient information to verify and count my ballot, I am submitting with this letter a signed oath of voter and a voter registration form with my current information included. Please use this information to ensure that my ballot is counted. Sincerely, `-Z� O (signed} C J4 X IAOA-f 27 (print name} i ra '? 1j1%1"I (street address) 71 y �")4� ' , (cit state, ZIP) / Oath of Voter I do solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of law that I am a registered voter in the. jurisdiction in which I desire to vote and that I am eligible to vote in this election. I have not voted another ballot, and I understand that any person attempting to vote when he or she is not entitled or who falsely signs this affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. Signatur. ` Printed Name Date of Birth: 6:,/': 7 Registered Address: Mailing Address: /�� f".��/■ State Of Mail -in Voter Registration Form - Washington MAIL THIS FORM TO: TO REGISTERTO VOTE, YOU MUST BE Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration by Mail ✓ A citizen of the United States of America PO Box 40230 ✓ A legal resident of the State of Washington Olympia, WA 98504-0230 ✓ At least 18 years old by election day WARNING: If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, or by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars, or both imprisonment and fine. (RCW 29A.08.210) Arc you a citizen of the Rill you be 18 years of age on Yes 0 No For Onicial Use Only w United States of America? IR Y, No* or before election day? *NOTE: If you checked "NO" in response to box I or 2 above, do not complete this form. :a'rr.. we Lust Name First blame Middle Initial t�. ' q, '-i (^Male El Female u. it Address Where You Live City or Town ZIP Code A drLxa 'Where You Get Your Mail (Ifl)ifFercat Than 04) City D own State ZIP Cade Date of Huth (MonthiDay[Year) Daytime Phunc Number (w/ area cad.) E-Kiail Address (Opunmt) Driver's License a Voter Declaration —.Read and Sign Box 9. Federal Law requires you to provideWA Driver'., Ureme. IU I. 6jjjw/,7 your or card "I declare that the facts on this voter registration form arc true: If zuu do not Irave a WA Dr;vvr's Lireuse cast 4 Digits?SSN • 1 ant a citizen of the United States I am not presently denied my civil rights as a result of being, convicted of a felony or ID Card, you trust provide the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. 1 will have lived in'Washington at this address for thirty days immediately `` _— __ __ _ _ _ i before the nest election at which I vote If submitting this form by mail and you are registering to I will beat I=i eighteen years old when I vote." vote for the first time in this county, and did not enter the above information, you must provide: Date Sign • A.valid photo copy of your current photo ID a� r a Y•a • Copy of a current utility bill • Bank statement SIGN / • Government check HERE • Paycheck • Or other government document that shows your name and address This will eliminate ID requirements when voting for the first time. Last IN ONGOING ABSENTEE REQUEST I would like to receive absentee ballots for all future elections: YES NO (\/CHECK ONE 1 .1�� Note: Because of the new federal Help America Vote Act, if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail, you may be required to show identification at the time of voting. F'vst N c lnit' I Z�6 ZA f ONGOING ABSENTEE: VOTER STATUS This status can be cancelled for any of the following reasons: • Cancellation of your voter registration • Your written request for cancellation • Death or disqualification of the voter • Return of an ongoing absentee ballot as undeliverable [was p1gvigtvly rcgistcrcd underrthiiss nammeeaandior addrass: Nartr,..:.fiCrC/,� �L4 I T • City A T^. State //T ZIP Please sigh as pLqyisalsly registered: !/' 1 Whatcom ins 3rd count 2-party teams to work, watch governor tally BY JON GAMBRELL THE BELLINGHAM HERALD They've been punched, pack- aged; counted -and recounted — and now Whatcom County bal- lots will'get the personal touch. The 'county Auditor's Office will begin a manual hand re- count today of the more than 91,000 ballots cast in the Nov 2 election. With Republican Dino Rossi leading Democrat Christine Gre- goire by only 42 votes after the machine recount, each ballot cast in the state will be under scrutiny from election workers, party officials and others. What- com County will be no. different. "Our observers so far have lrnown the rules and adhered to the guidelines, but when the staff is working with ob- servers, there is some pres- sure," said Auditor Shirley Forslof. "If anyone sits and looks over your shoulder while you're working, you'd probably feel a little different than when you're working alone." There will be a Democrat and Republican observer at each of the county's 10 count- ing tables during the recount process, which will begin just after 9 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Court- house. Each table will have two counters, one Republican and the other a Democrat, Forslof said. During the recount: ■ Counting will go precinct by precinct, with each table organ- izing ballots by votes for Rossi, Gregoire or Libertarian candi- date Ruth Bennett. Two other piles will contain ballots with no votes and those with more than one vote. E Each counter will tally their numbers on a note card, later comparing numbers. If they match, the precinct is officially .,. �A. •+4 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO VOTES STACK UP: King County,election worker Kenneth Calkins prepares boxes of ballots for -sorting for recount Wednesday at a recount facility in Seattle. Republican Dino Rossi is the governor - elect, having won the closest election in Washington history by 261, votes in the first count and by 42 votes in the first recount. recounted. If they don't; the counters will begin -again. If counters can't reach anagree- ment, another table will be as- signed the precinct. a Observers can't touch tables or ballots during the process but can raise their hands to voice concerns over the recount. 0 Officials will have a running tally by computer and on paper during the recount but won't post results on the Internet until the recount is completed. Forslof hopes to have all coun- ty ballots counted by Dec. 22, though the recount could last longer. While the recount is going on, ballots will be locked in canisters and given numerical 6 more votes found among county ballots As Whatcom County begins a hand recount in the narrow governor's race, an additional seven ballots that workers found mixed In a pile of empty envelopes will be Included. The seven ballots, found Nov. 29, were accepted as genuine votes by Whatcom County's canvassing board Monday. Whatcorn County Auditor - Shirley Forslof Said the pro- visional ballot votes were still In sealed interior envelopbs When found. The ballots will be counted, though they will Femaln isolated from other votes. In futulre elections, Forslof said her office would check through all envelopes before, certifying results. Among the severs ballots, three votes went to Republican Dino Rossi, Iwo votes went to Democrat Christine Gregoire, one vote went to Libertarian Ruth Bennett and the other had no vote in the governor's race. — JON GAMBRELL seals. Officials also willchange out the locks in the fifth floor conference room where the re- count will take place. If anything, the hand recount may have renewed civic in- volvement in the election process: Forslof's office has re- ceived many calls from people offering to work as $7.50-an- hotir vote recounters. "It will just take some time," Forslof said. "It's possible a hand recount will not exactly match the machine recount, but it will be close." Reach Jon Gambrell at jon.gambrelI@belling ham herald. com or call 715-2263. OVERVIEW OF STATE RECOUNT: A6