George Howland has written The Monkey Wrench Trial for the Seattle Weekly, with the subhead: “Dino Rossi’s challenge of the 2004 election is on shaky legal ground. But if he prevails, watch litigation become an option in close races everywhere.” See also this Seattle Times report, which begins: “When the governor’s-election lawsuit goes to trial next week in Wenatchee, Republicans will claim that someone stuffed ballot boxes or stole valid ballots.”