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There are still one million ballots to count in Washington State so I-1240 is still in flux at about 51-49%. According to KUOW, the Yes group was very confident last night until the first numbers came in.  (I do find it funny that they kept their "guests" from the media at their event.  I don't get that.)  Apparently a LEV spokesperson said their campaign kept things  "factual".   Factual?  That's a stretch. It's wrong to not tell the truth.  But after not telling truth, telling half-truths is next in line and that's precisely what the Yes side did. In G eorgia , voters passed a constitutional amendment embed a charter commission into their Constitution.   It mirrored the race in Washington State in terms of the big money put into it.  The vote turned out to be 58% to 42%.   The issue was that event though 9 out of 10 charters that applied to school boards did get passed, it wasn't enough.  So they have create...

Need to get that ballot in?  Here's a link to the ballot drop-off points.   From King County Elections: Return your ballot through the U.S. Postal Service using a first class stamp or at a ballot drop box or ballot drop-off van (temporary collection point). The deadline to return ballots is Election Day; ballots must be postmarked by Election Day or in a ballot drop box by 8:00 p.m.  Interesting info from our friends at The Stranger Slog about election results :   Enter numbers whiz Matt Barreto of the nonpartisan Washington Poll , who is promising to take tomorrow's 8:15 p.m. vote count announcement from King County (which will be King County's only vote count announcement of the night, and only a partial count at that); and then combine King County's results with the results from all the other counties (which should be closer to final counts, hopefully); and then run all those numbers through some fancy mathematical procedures; and then is...

Two great events for those who need more election info: Tuesday at the One Stop Ballot Shop at Seattle Center Armory/Center House from 6-9 p.m.  It's kind of a "speed dating" for voters and should be fun.  Yes, they will have a big screen broadcast of Presidential debate.  AND Maple Leaf Community Council Candidate and Issue Night Wednesday, Oct. 17th from 7-9 p.m. at Olympic View Elementary, 5th Ave NE and NE 85th.