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October 31, 2009 at 7:34 pm #592851
c@lbobMemberHalloween means it’s time to drag out the voter pamphlet and those ballot you got two weeks ago. Take the time now to consider carefully and mark that ballot.
There’s lots of information here:
November 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm #681339
charlabobParticipantBump — as of Saturday only 20 percent of the state’s ballots had been returned. Given the urgency of many of the races and issues, it’s not the time to sit by.
November 2, 2009 at 12:57 am #681340
JanSParticipantso, instead of longwinded local news shows with the results on Tuesday evening, they’re scheduled for a week from next Sunday? If the majority of ballots are mailed in on Monday and Tuesday, they arrive on Wed. and Thursday, and then have to be opened and counted…patience is a virtue, isn’t it? I feel soooo sorry for the postman who has that route…hehehe.
Catlbob..I just know you’re looking forward to the next two weeks ;-)
November 2, 2009 at 6:45 am #681341
acemotelParticipantWell, that throws a wrench into the plans to stay up late and watch the election returns! Or, go to the great election-night parties around town. sheeesh. I love the excitement and buzz on election night; waiting more than a week for results is a real wet blanket IMO. And how does that work? Are the final results announced by a news reader like any other news story on the 6 o’clock news? Fait accompli? Or will we get the incremental counts, at least?
November 2, 2009 at 7:16 am #681342
WSBKeymasterI got out of TV just in time. Specialized in overseeing the election night shows.
Ace, this is just exactly the same way August went – that was also an all-mail election.
–About 8:10 pm, King County Elections posts the count of all the ballots they’d received BEFORE Election Day. This is the big exciting moment at the Election Night parties. (I’m planning to be at the Dow C event at the Edgewater – he’s still the big West Seattle story.)
–There’s another count or two in the ensuing few hours.
–Then after that, there’s a daily count, usually in the afternoon.
By the second or third count election night, you will have a good idea what’s going on – it doesn’t change after that unless it’s a close vote, like the mayoral race back in August – you’ll recall Mayor Nickels didn’t concede until Friday after the election (if it had been me, I would have waited at lesat till the following week, in the “it’s not over till it’s over” mode).
As for news readers – irrelevant, mostly, why wait for 5 pm? But if there is a close major race (kc exec, mayor, 71) it will be the lead story the day it’s finally settled IF everyone involved goes running around giving victory/concession speeches …
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