Larry Spencer (Coeur d'Alene Press comments section): " I went to talk to Dan English about the military voter I had questions about, and the election office seems to have followed the directions from the Secretary of State, and correctly registered the former Post Falls resident using Dan'" [...]
.Vote-by-mail advocates have long argued that the system increases voter participation, particularly in traditionally low-turnout off-year elections, and this recent general election certainly doesn’t provide any evidence to the contrary. Indeed, when compared to other cities, Seattle’s off-year turnout is simply off the charts.
HA comment thread regular N in Seattle, [...]
On the eve of a big senate vote to open debate on health insurance reform, Washington Senator Patty Murray explains the stakes:
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[...]Despite its rocky start, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter received a nod of approval from the Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday. Continuing the conditional five-year compliance hearing that was tabled last week, the commissioners voted unanimously that the massive depot is in compliance with the conditions [...]
With only a smattering of ballots left to count statewide, it is interesting to note that Seattle voters have thus far turned out a 57.56% rate, four and a half points higher than the county as a whole, and nearly seven points higher than the state average.
To put that in [...]
It seems to me that in at least four “major” elections recently there have been some rather strange post-election goings on. OK, I know that it’s a lot more than just four– we can probably go back to the invention of the ballot to find accusations of voter fraud – [...]
An overwhelming number of American voters say they like President Obama as a person but disapprove of most of his policies, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. ... "Most Americans like President Barack Obama and might like to have a beer with him," Peter Brown, assistant director of [...]
This will get interesting:
A group of state lawmakers has endorsed building a wider Montlake interchange and a second north-south Montlake drawbridge as part of their plan to replace the old Highway 520 floating bridge.
But both House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Jamie Pedersen—who represent the 43rd District—voted against the [...]
At only 42.96%, eight points below the statewide average, Pierce County had the lowest voter turnout in the state in the 2009 general election. Pierce is also the only county in the state without all mail-in elections.
Hmm.
[...]There was something distantly resembling near-courage exhibited by Senate Democrats today when they “bullied” their way to a successful cloture vote on the nomination of US District Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals—Obama’s very first judicial nomination made way back in March of this [...]
But wait… I thought the King County Council was officially nonpartisan…?
When Constantine is sworn in next Tuesday, that will leave eight councilmembers to decide his replacement: four Democrats and four Republicans.
Five Democrats, including Constantine, voted for the selection process while all Republicans voted against it.
Voters last year made council elections [...]
Anyone who doubted that Democrats are eager to put illegal aliens on the voter rolls should have had those doubts cleared up by now. [...] While Rep. Dave Reichert worked hard to appear more moderate in response to a tough challenge from Darcy Burner, he’s been veering hard back to the right ever since, culminating in his vote against the House healthcare bill, and his bizarre attacks on the AARP for endorsing it.
Of course, all [...]
HA contributors were unusually busy over the weekend, a typically slow time of the week when both posting and traffic generally dips, so here’s a brief summary of the posts you might have missed.
Even business guys befuddled about Baird’s vote
Spiraling healthcare costs is the number one issue for [...]
Coeur d'Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers tells Huckleberries Online that challenger Jim Brannon still hasn't filed a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Councilman Mike Kennedy Nov. 3. Brannon has until Nov. 30 to file for a recount. Meanwhile, Gary Ingram submitted a request for a [...]
