24 hour deadline for the Washington recount effort -MONEY NEEDED NOW!

[Emillereid]

Do you know what's been happening in Washington State? In their closest election ever, an initial recount done by machines turned up thousands of misplaced ballots that had not been counted -- the difference in ballots counted so far is just 42 votes out of 2.8 million cast in the race for governor.


We need to keep counting.


We have a little over 24 hours to request a hand count that will ensure that every vote is protected. But the mandatory state fee for the counting could exceed $1 million.The state party and Democratic candidate Christine Gregoire don't have the money after months of unprecedented get-out-the-vote efforts.


Will you help them pay the fee to protect every voter?


https://www.wa-democrats.org/contribute


A recount isn't about counting all the votes again. A "recount" really means that we take a closer look at votes that were not counted the first time. In many cases, vote-counting machines can't read a perfectly good ballot -- a hand count means that those ballots will be looked at and, if possible, counted.


Our priority has been clear from the beginning: we need an electoral system that respects the sanctity of every vote. Before the election we blew the whistle on electronic voting machines and raised hell when Republicans tried to intimidate and silence people in poor or heavily minority neighborhoods.


Since November 2nd, we have worked to get every vote the respect and protection worthy of our democracy -- even if those votes will not change the outcome. We owe it to everyone who stood in line for hours, putting aside their jobs and families to be a part of our political process.


In Washington State we have the opportunity to make sure every single vote counts and potentially discover that the people chose a Democratic governor. The state party needs the money for the hand count in the next 24 hours -- please contribute now:


https://www.wa-democrats.org/contribute