KING COUNTY, Wash. — It’s the day after Election Day, and King County Elections workers have a very busy day ahead.
King County Elections Chief of Staff Kendall Hodson said they received more than 150,000 ballots late Tuesday night from drop boxes across the county.
With so many close and controversial initiative races on the ballot, she said everyone is watching their ballots closely.
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“Typically we post 50-60 percent of votes on election night and then all those ballots that come in on Election Day take the rest of the week,” Hodson said. “We are usually caught up by Friday and have a good sense of where we will be.”
In King County, we are already seeing initial results for some of the most controversial ballot measures.
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Voters are rejecting the repeal of the new millionaire’s tax, wanting to keep it intact.
They are also in favor of a ban on trans girls competing in K-12 sports.
Voters so far want to keep a law that requires schools to provide student records and instructional materials within 10 days, as compared to the alternative, which is 45 days.
Hodson tells us the results will soon become clearer, but won’t be finalized for weeks.
“We will have some straggling ballots through the mail coming in. If they have an on-time postmark, we are legally allowed to count those, and we will all the way until we certify, which is three weeks from Election Day,” Hodson said.
She said each vote will be properly counted in their secure facility with more than 80 cameras.
There will be a new batch of results dropped at 4 p.m. each day this week as staffers work through the ballots.
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