"Correction" makes it likely Democrat Gregoire will win second recount.
King County Elections Director Dean Logan said he will ask the county Canvass Board on Wednesday to amend the results of the Nov. 2 election in his county. Agreement is likely; Logan has a seat on the three-person board, and one of the other members is a Democrat.
Logan said election workers mistakenly rejected 561 absentee ballots because they thought signatures on the ballots did not match original voter registration records.
However, he said that the signatures simply were not on file in the county's computerized voter registration system and that original registration records should have been checked.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_re_us/washington_governor_s_raceWith 10% of the vote recounted, Rossi leads by 71. However, the Recounted counteis favor Rossi 53% to 45%, the absentee ballots from King county are expected to favor Gregoire by at least 59% to 41% (predicred net gain for Gregoire of ~100 votes)
