Kerry pays for Washington Recount

[AnIndependentTexan]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Kerry%20Wash%20Gov

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- John Kerry has wired $250,000 in unspent campaign funds to help Democrats pay for a second recount in the election for Washington state governor, party officials say.

The donation Wednesday about doubled the available funds but the party still has no more than half the $1 million or more required to pay for a hand recount of all 2.9 million ballots, chairman Paul Berendt said.

"John Kerry really came to our rescue," Berendt said, "but our ability to pay for a statewide recount is still subject to money which is not in...