I just read in the Washington Post that the latest recount in the Washington state gubernatorial race showed a difference of only 42 votes. Imagine that, 42 votes, out of the estimated 6.17 million that live in the state (obviously not all voters). Reportedly, the state will now recount them all by hand, and it's impossible to say whether the state will be able to inaugurate its governor as scheduled in January.
Makes me glad I live in New Jersey, where we just let the governors come and go like waiters in college town restaurants. We don't worry about democracy as much here, I guess, since we've had two state senators become acting governor in the past five years. Actually, more than that considering the weird turn over after DiFrancesco stepped down. At least they were all elected officials, even if most of the state didn't have a right to choose its chief executive.
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