Reply #8: Why are the Dems being asked to pay for the hand recount?

[RedEagle]

First, the orginal tally threw the election, by Washington State law, into a mandatory machine recount.

That mandatory recount then, as far as I can tell, threw the election into a mandatory hand recount. (less than 150 votes and less than .25%)

I think the Dem lawyers in the state better take a closer look at what the law says.

Yes, you can request a hand recount and pay for that.

But RCW 29A.64.021 Mandatory Recounts, it if was followed, would seem to mandate a state hand recount at the state's expense.

And since the original vote was off, how do we know the second machine count was accurate?

I really think this whole thing is following that RCW step by step and it was the mandatory (state mandated) recount that threw it into the mandatory hand recount arena.

I'm not a lawyer but I think I'd want several different opinions than the one put forth by the Secretary of State and his legal counsel.