Breaking News: Washington State Supreme Court Declines to Order Uniform Manual Recount Standards in Gubernatorial Recount Case

You can find the unanimous opinion here. An early A.P. story is here. The court declined a request to set forth uniform standards for the manual recount of votes in the close gubernatorial race, with the court expressly rejecting an equal protection claim made under the state constitution. (“Petitioners suggest in their reply brief that a claimed disparity in signature-checking standards implicates equal protection concerns under the privileges and immunities clause of our state constitution, Const. art. I,

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