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Friday, May 27, 2005

Trial at halfway mark

It's already past noon in Wenatchee, and the judge has finally recessed the court for an hour. This morning, the Republicans finally rested their case, and the Democrats asked the court to dismiss the election challenge entirely. The judge refused, as expected.

With the GOP done making its presentation, it's now the Democrats' turn to make their case in the trial. They'll start this afternoon and finish a week from today.

It's not clear when the judge will rule. He may do so on the last day of the trial, or he may wait until afterwards.

If you want a thorough recap of what happened this past week, you can find one on our Election Challenge Highlights page. This page is a thorough index of news stories, blogs, columns, and other material related to the trial.

I'd like to take a moment here to congratulate NPI member Archerhouse for his tireless work covering the trial for all of us in his LIVE Trial Diaries on Daily Kos. It takes a lot of work to watch a trial, digest it, and report it continuously.

I know many people appreciate what he's doing and thank him for providing such a useful service. It certainly allows me to forego doing the same thing here on this blog, thus we are able to complement each other's efforts.

You can check out his latest LIVE Trial Diary here.

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