Thursday, December 23, 2004

More on the Washington Governor's Race

Can it get any closer? The State Supreme Court ruled that previously uncounted, disqualified absentee ballots could be counted. Even without those ballots, Democrat Christine Gregorie has taken a 10 vote lead on the third recount in the state. Out of an estimated 2.8 million votes cast, the margin of victory, if it remains at these totals, will be 3 ten thousandths of a percent or 0.0003%. A terrifically small number. To get an idea of the size, multiply 0.000003 times your annual salary to see how much that is. For a person making $50,000 per year, that equates to 15 cents.

Pretty wild huh?

Democrat Takes Lead in Washington State (washingtonpost.com)

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