It's one of a series of changes recommended by a task force in an attempt to restore public faith in the election system.

That faith was strained by the two vote counts which showed Republican Dino Rossi winning the Governor's race and a hand recount and the discovery of uncounted votes in King County which combined to give Democrat Chris Gregoire a 129 vote victory.

Since then, Republicans say they have found more than a thousand illegal votes by felons and dead people. They are using that list in court in a continuing effort to overturn the election.

Governor Gregoire appointed the election task force as one of her first acts as governor. In announcing the group's recommendations, Gregoire said "It's clear that voter trust has eroded and that our system needs to be improved. This is troubling."

The task force looked at how the state voted. And how those votes were counted.

And why some of those votes were cast by felons and even dead people.

"It is also important that the people know that we view what happened in terms of mistakes, some errors and some illegal votes as being absolutely unacceptable," said Secretary of State Sam Reed.

Here are the key changes the legislature is expected to adopt:

• Moving the primary back to the third Tuesday in August (rather than the third Tuesday after the first Monday in September) that will give more time to mail out absentee and military ballots.

• Require photo identification to vote at the polls. The Governor promises the law will be written in such a manner to be non-discrimination against citizens whose first language is not English.

• If voters don't have identification, or are challenged for any other reason, they will get a different colored ballot. This would allow ballots accidentally put into counting machines to be retrieved and keep separate pending validation.

• And a statewide database will check for felons and dead people and others who legally can't vote.

The governor and the secretary of state say many of the election problems can be solved in Olympia, but the report says there are serious problems, both real and perceived, which must be addressed in King County.

King County officials admit they counted some unprocessed ballots. And, there were more votes than people credited with voting. But they insist, they're making enormous progress.

But, some critics argue there were thousands of illegal votes. The only answer, they suggest, everyone must re-register.

Bob Williams of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation put it this way. "They should look at Iraq. In 45 days they registered four times the population of Washington State; they required proof of citizenship. Mexico requires proof of citizenship. The Ukraine does and Afghanistan. Surely we can live up to those countries."

The state says Williams' idea is prohibited by the Federal Help American Vote Act which, they say, does not allow mass purging of voting rolls.

Governor Gregoire was asked if admitting election problems could be legal fodder for republicans challenging her election. She replied that the republicans can make of it what they want.

"With 129 votes in my favor, I was certified and I've been installed as Governor, and I'm going to move forward," she added. "That's the election process and as far as I'm concerned it's over."