Looking at endorsements
Looking at endorsements
Some good info on Ken Mann and Dan Pike at Washington Outsiders website. CitizenSteve has Pike’s comments on the BIA mailer and notes Pike’s endorsement of Ken Mann. It also notes how much of Sam Craw
Some good info on Ken Mann and Dan Pike at Washington Outsiders website. CitizenSteve has Pike's comments on the BIA mailer and notes Pike's endorsement of Ken Mann. It also notes how much of Sam Crawford's support is from outside the county - which is relevant given the accusations they first made against Ken Mann.
If you are looking at endorsements, note the Whatcom County Democrats endorsed both Dan Pike and Dan McShane. Reading McShane's website leads one to think only he got the nod.
Seth Fleetwood's endorsement of Pike is also of great value. Seth has worked with McShane for years on the county council and Seth also has the best environmental record of any of the council members. Seth is very popular as a local elected official and his endorsement of Pike really tells the local progressives and environmentalists that Pike will be good for these causes.
More ballot return numbers came in this afternoon. Still no surge from ballots mailed Saturday. As of this afternoon, 28,678 ballots are returned for a 28% total so far. Normally on Monday we are 2/3rds there, so this suggest another 14,000 for a total turnout of 42%. I don't know if Whatcom County has ever had that low a turnout in a General Election. In 2001 we had 45% and that is the lowest I can find.
10:30 am
Only a 25% return of ballots as of this morning from Whatcom County voters. This is only 3% above the return on the Monday before the Primary vote count on August 21 - which ended up being a 31% return. We are averaging 2,000 ballots a day and we need over 10,000 tomorrow morning to have even a chance at 45% return - 10% below the Auditor's estimate last week. The raw numbers this morning are 25,647 returned ballots out of 102,702 issued. I think we are headed for the lowest General Election turnout in recent years.
If you are looking at endorsements, note the Whatcom County Democrats endorsed both Dan Pike and Dan McShane. Reading McShane's website leads one to think only he got the nod.
Seth Fleetwood's endorsement of Pike is also of great value. Seth has worked with McShane for years on the county council and Seth also has the best environmental record of any of the council members. Seth is very popular as a local elected official and his endorsement of Pike really tells the local progressives and environmentalists that Pike will be good for these causes.
More ballot return numbers came in this afternoon. Still no surge from ballots mailed Saturday. As of this afternoon, 28,678 ballots are returned for a 28% total so far. Normally on Monday we are 2/3rds there, so this suggest another 14,000 for a total turnout of 42%. I don't know if Whatcom County has ever had that low a turnout in a General Election. In 2001 we had 45% and that is the lowest I can find.
10:30 am
Only a 25% return of ballots as of this morning from Whatcom County voters. This is only 3% above the return on the Monday before the Primary vote count on August 21 - which ended up being a 31% return. We are averaging 2,000 ballots a day and we need over 10,000 tomorrow morning to have even a chance at 45% return - 10% below the Auditor's estimate last week. The raw numbers this morning are 25,647 returned ballots out of 102,702 issued. I think we are headed for the lowest General Election turnout in recent years.
