GP: It is my understanding that Snohomish county machines do not produce a pare trail. There are machines that actually produce a ballot after the voter has voted. That ballot is then kept as a record. I do not believe Snohomish County has that type of system.

I do know that on Election Day Snohomish County admitted that some machines were screwing up. The voter would push the button for one candidate and it registered for another. With a 42 vote margin such mistakes can sway an election. Rossi may have won by way more than we think, since Snohomish County went for him.

I believe every vote should count. Regarding the recounts that you seem skeptical of there were republican and democrat observers at the recount stations. In fact the Republicans brought t in a bunch of Washington D.C. attorneys. To date the only ones suing anyone are the republicans, and I don’t blame them I would too.

I remember the republicans saying they would ask for a recount if the machine count went the wrong way, so why is it now wrong for Chris to ask for one. I simply can’t imagine any candidate not asking for a recount under the circumstances.

I ask you again, would you want a recount if Chris were now in the lead with 42 votes?