WA election tally 1.9 million … and rising
Heading into Friday afternoon-evening updates, the 39 county election offices had processed 1.9 million ballots, or better than 52 percent of the state’s 3.6 million registered voters. Counties estimated that they had over 600,000 ballots on hand to tally, and an undetermined number still in transit. Final turnout could top 70 percent. Washington requires only that a ballot be postmarked on Election Day, and it can take days to get from the destination to the home county, particularly for those…