"Rossi Contesting Washington Governor Vote" (UPDATED)

Republican Dino Rossi and the state GOP announced Friday they will contest the gubernatorial election that gave his Democratic foe, Christine Gregoire, a 129-vote victory. Gregoire, whose inauguration is scheduled for Wednesday, has called the idea of a revote "absolutely ludicrous."
GOP observers say hundreds, perhaps thousands, of King County provisional ballots were fed directly into vote-counting machines on Election Day, when staffers should have verified that they belonged to registered voters."-from the AP story tonight.
Update: "Voting by dead people isn't always a scam," is the story in, surprisingly, tonight's Seattle Times. KING5 TV reports that "The outcome will be challenged in court in Chelan County, although there's no specific indication of a dispute in that county. Gregoire is scheduled to be inaugurated next Wednesday. She has called the idea of a re-vote "absolutely ludicrous." On Friday she pledged to tour the state to begin a healing process after the election that deeply divided voters and the political parties. "It's my job to help the state of Washington heal," she told a Capitol news conference called primarily to introduce an initial round of key appointees.-from the story, "Rossi will challenge election in court." KOMO News quotes the P-I account, saying "our newspaper partner the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Friday that at least eight people who were credited with voting in King County had died before absentee ballots were mailed." The KOMO story, "Seattle P-I: 8 Dead People Voted In Governor Election" focuses on two Washington state citizens who have filed challenges to the governor's election with the state Supreme Court, separate from the challenge Rossi announced today. KIRO TV has this quote from Gregoire, from their story "Gregoire: 'Healing To Be done'": "Gregoire said she understands the angst and anger, but believes the election was properly conducted and valid.
She said a tiny amount of human error is inevitable in conducting an election with so many votes, but that the state's election system fared remarkably well. "Every day, it's a new issue that has been raised," she said. "I have yet to see any proof of any illegality on behalf of election officials. They have operated in a consummately professional way. I see no intent on their part to defraud the voters of the state of Washington." She said some "honest potential mistakes" have been made, but added: "They are not fraudulent. They are not illegal." Gregoire repeated her mantra that, "The election is over, so we need to move forward." She said the continuing angry reaction is "highly unfortunate," and that she intends to try to defuse it, both by traveling around the state and by finding effective solutions to people's most pressing concerns, such as schools, health coverage and the economy. She didn't have a definite schedule or format, but said she'll start her travels early in her term, including during the legislative session that begins Monday."