The counts for viaduct replacement had less than 2000 votes separating the two positions with roughly 70,000 ballots counted. All-mail elections are unprecedented in this state - who's to say the early voters aren't the statistical anomaly?
It's not like it matters how the vote turns out anyway. The Governor's going to say what happens, the Mayor's going to whine about it, and then whatever plan gets chosen will be re-voted upon eleventy-seven times through the public initiative process thanks to Seattle's historical and enduring devotion to self-sabotage in its own infrastructure planning.
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It's not like it matters how the vote turns out anyway. The Governor's going to say what happens, the Mayor's going to whine about it, and then whatever plan gets chosen will be re-voted upon eleventy-seven times through the public initiative process thanks to Seattle's historical and enduring devotion to self-sabotage in its own infrastructure planning.