Possibilty number 4; they abstained.
What type of ballots are being used?
One thing that the abstention theory does not account for is why in King County there are 1782 more votes in the tally than there are people who voted.
For the case in favor of a recount:
http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/cat_2004_governors_race.htmlAlso:
http://www.revotewa.com/index.htmEven if you are willing to excuse the numbers simply not adding up, there is the case of the military ballots where the ballots did not reach the servicemen and women in time and they were only allowed to vote for President and no other race. I call on Democrats everywhere to join me in protesting this blatant disenfranchisement of a segment of the population.