Washington state has adopted new, uniform rules that apply to all 39 counties, defining what is a vote and what is not. Also, the rules now require that all counties check all ballots by hand before they are run through the machines the first time. That's one reason the vote count changed so little between the first and second counts: In effect, we've combined a hand count with a machine count. So why do another recount just by hand when it's already been done and double checked by a machine?
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Washington state has adopted new, uniform rules that apply to all 39 counties, defining what is a vote and what is not. Also, the rules now require that all counties check all ballots by hand before they are run through the machines the first time. That's one reason the vote count changed so little between the first and second counts: In effect, we've combined a hand count with a machine count. So why do another recount just by hand when it's already been done and double checked by a machine?