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January 20, 2005

WA Gov: Judge offers mixed rulings

Chelan County Superior Court Judge John E. Bridges handed down a mixed rulings today on the Gubernatorial Election contest sought by Washington State Republicans.

Bridges denied the motion to stay the proceedings but also denied Republican motions to expedite.

Bridges also stayed a motion by the Democrats and the various counties to dismiss the case outright. That motion will be heard on February 4.

I did attempt to audio stream the hearings today, but had a lot of trouble getting the audio to come across clearly. There was a lot of feedback and background noise. Much of it was unintelligible. I did manage to hear (partially) the part of the hearing in which various county officials came forward to complain of the extraordinary burden put upon them by the Republican requests for discovery, especially the expedited dates.

It looks like the next court date to watch is February 4, when the motion to dismiss is heard.

Apparently, Rossi spokesperson Mary Lane will be the guest speaker on Monday for the dinner meeting of the Seattle Downtown Republican Club. Perhaps those in attendance might ask her about the mystery list of 260 complaints that noone else seems to be able to verify.

Posted by Carla at January 20, 2005 12:02 PM