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WASH. REP. PARTY v. KING CTY. DIVISION OF RECORDS

No. 76399-2.

103 P.3d 725 (2004)

153 Wash.2d 220

WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY, an unincorporated association; Christopher Vance, a citizen of Washington State; and Jane Milhans, a citizen of Pierce County, Respondents, v. KING COUNTY DIVISION OF RECORDS, Elections and Licensing Services; and King County Canvassing Board, Petitioners, and Washington State Democratic Central Committee, Intervenor-Petitioner, Secretary of State Sam Reed, Intervenor-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided December 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne, Seattle, for Appellant Intervenor Sam Reed III.

David John Burman, Seattle, Kevin J. Hamilton, William C. Rava, Beth Ann Colgan, Charles Christian Sipos, Rebecca S. Engrav, Breena Michelle Roos, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, for Appellant Intervenor Washington State Democratic Central Committee.

Janine Elizabeth Joly, Thomas William Kuffel, Seattle, for Appellants King County Canvassing Board, King County Division of Records.

Robert J. Maguire, Harry J.F. Korrell, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, for Respondents Jane Milhans, Christopher Vance.

David John Burman, Seattle, Diane E. Tebelius, Bellevue, for Respondent Washington State Republican Party.

Timothy M. Harris, Andrew C. Cook, Building Industry Assoc. of Wash. State, Timothy Dunning Ford, Olympia, for Amicus Curiae Building Association of Washington, Ken Eikenberry.

OPINION

ALEXANDER, C.J.

During the hand recount in the 2004 Washington State election for Governor, the King County Canvassing Board discovered that some 573 ballots had been coded by election workers as having "no signature on file" after the workers found no signatures of the voters casting those ballots in the County's electronic elections database. But the workers had failed to check for signatures elsewhere...

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