Election 2024

I hear there's an election today. This article will be updated as results come in. King County's results will be on the county site or state site (other counties are also on the state site); the first batch usually comes around 8:15pm. The STB Election Committee made some endorsements on local transit and land use issues. Earlier today, the Urbanist reviewed what's at stake in local and statewide elections. The Seattle Times has their live tracker running without paywall. KUOW is live-blogging as well.

What do you see happening or what do you think about the election?

8:15pm, 11/5:

First results havedropped in King County: 777,581 ballots counted of an forecasted turnout of about 1,168,000 voters (82% of the total 1,425,313 registered voters).

• 43rd Leg. District Pos. 2:Shaun Scott (67.77%); Andrea Suarez (31.41%)
• Seattle Council Pos. 8:Alexis Mercedes Rinck (57.32%); Tanya Woo (42.28%)
• Prop 1 (Transportation Levy):Yes (66.82%); No (33.18%)

8:41pm, 11/5:

The four Let's Go Washington"-funded initiatives have ~57% of votes counted state-wide:

• I-2066: Ban on Natural Gas Bans:Yes (1,269,813, 51.2%); No (1,212,471, 48.8%)
• I-2117: Carbon Tax Credit Ban: Yes (956,395, 38.2%); No (1,549,070, 61.8%)
• I-2109: Capital Gains Tax Repeal: Yes (921,835, 36.7%); No (1,592,015, 63.3%)
• I-2124: WA Long-Term Care Opt-Out: Yes (1,102,740, 44.4%); No (1,380,209, 55.6%)

9:16pm, 11/5:

The statewide turnout summary shows the next ballot count will drop at 1pm tomorrow. As of 8:59pm, the 39 counties are estimating there are 793,865 ballots left to count. With 2,642,738 ballots counted plus the remaining ballots, the estimated statewide turnout is about 68.47% of the 5,018,747 registered voters.