If you’re such an election geek that county-by-county results of the 2010 General Election aren’t enough to satisfy your political jones, we have a possible cure: election results broken down by legislative district! By clicking here, you can see how voters in various lege districts last November voted on the statewide ballot measures, the U.S. Senate race and state Supreme Court contests. Happy calculating!
After three weeks of people checking our Elections webpage and wondering when the General Election will FINALLY be completed, we can now say that this election has been put to bed, with the exception of a handful of legislative and local races that need recounts. All of the counties have certified their election results, and Secretary Reed and Governor Gregoire will certify the state results on December 2 at the Capitol. The voter turnout in this election was 71.24 percent,…
Prior to this November’s General Election, Secretary Reed predicted that Washington’s voter turnout would be 66 percent of the state’s 3.6 million registered voters. Days after the election, we updated that forecast by saying that the statewide turnout could reach 70 percent. The revised prediction came true late Tuesday, as turnout reached 70.04 percent. As of late Wednesday afternoon, the voter turnout stands at 70.36 percent, with over 2.5 million ballots counted. Go here to see county-by-county voter turnout figures….
In every election, there are winners and losers. One big winner in Washington’s recent General Election was the new Election Results iPhone app. There have been 5,478 people who have installed the Elections Results app. From Election Day up to now, there have been nearly 206,000 hits for election results. This new app was so popular that last week it reached #8 on iTunes’ top reference free software, behind such heavyweights as the Google Mobile App, Dictionary.com, Bing, the Bible…
If the bazillion or so campaign ads playing on TV and radio the past few weeks didn’t clue you in, our state’s General Election is coming up soon, November 2, to be precise. If you’ve never registered to vote in Washington and want to take part in this HUGE election, you better move fast. Next Monday (October 25) is the deadline to register to vote. You’ll need to do it in person at your county elections office. By going to…