Just when you thought things were as bad as they could possibly be, something like this happens to push the (ballot) envelope:

Long after it seemed there couldn't be any more surprises in the November governor's election, King County officials acknowledged yesterday they have found more uncounted ballots.

Over the past week, election workers have found 87 valid absentee ballots that had been left in their envelopes and not counted through three tallies of the closest statewide race in Washington history. The ballots were in archival boxes and were found when election workers were looking for something else.

Not only did they find these so late, but they also sat on the information since March 24. However, the most amazing thing about this find is that King County already has an estimated 1800 more ballots counted than voters who voted; this will only further inflate that number.

It will be interesting to see what bearing this has on the lawsuit over the irregularities in that election.