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Turnout higher than expected so far in recall of Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant
Seattle Times ^ | Updated Dec. 7, 2021 at 8:40 am | Sarah Grace Taylor

Posted on 12/07/2021 5:00:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv

According to King County Elections, about 38.5% of voters eligible to participate in the potential recall of the District 3 council member had already cast ballots as of a midday count Monday. Only those registered in District 3 are eligible to vote.

On Friday, Kendall Hodson, King County Elections chief of staff, said the office was projecting roughly a 50% turnout by the ballot return deadline of 8 p.m. Tuesday. Projections for this election — a December election in an off year and the first recall election of a Seattle City Council member — lack historical precedent.

Sawant, who was reelected to represent District 3 in 2019, is facing a recall in the middle of her term for three charges related to her conduct during [sic] racial justice protests [/sic] and efforts to tax Amazon in 2020. If she’s recalled, the remaining eight members of the council will appoint a replacement to serve until a special election in November 2022.

King County Director of Elections Julie Wise said in a statement on the county’s website that the off date was a compromise due to the unusual nature of a council member being recalled midterm.

“A number of factors influenced our decision to set the recall election on December 7. With both the November General and February Special elections being outside of the realm of possibility, we looked at dates that would reduce overlap between elections for our voters and sought to avoid the busy December holiday season as much as possible,” Wise wrote. “There’s no perfect date to schedule an election but our hope is that voters will show up, turn out, and use their voice in this election just like any other.”

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


TOPICS: US: Washington
KEYWORDS: district3; jennydurkan; juliewise; kendallhodson; kingcounty; kshamasawant; seattle; washington

1 posted on 12/07/2021 5:00:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
She should have been impeached long ago.

2 posted on 12/07/2021 5:01:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I assume they won’t announce the result for days. They have to allow time for ballots to be found in car trunks and file cabinets in abandoned buildings.


3 posted on 12/07/2021 5:05:27 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SunkenCiv

For some reason immigrant Indians are some of the most commie az people politically in this country.


4 posted on 12/07/2021 5:12:09 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

Maybe they are untouchables in India.


5 posted on 12/07/2021 5:16:02 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: SunkenCiv

There’s something disturbingly evil about this bitch. You see a lot of characters come and go on the public stage but this one is different. This is the one that would gladly flip the switch in the gas chambers. Not your run-of-the-mill liberal do-gooder - more the hard core, hate-filled revolutionary.


6 posted on 12/07/2021 5:16:16 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: SunkenCiv

She should have her citizenship revoked and be repatriated to India.


7 posted on 12/07/2021 5:16:59 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Let’s go Kshama.


8 posted on 12/07/2021 5:29:24 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: SunkenCiv
A number of factors influenced our decision to set the recall election on December 7.

The fact that it is also the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has nothing to do with it.

9 posted on 12/07/2021 5:33:17 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
This is the one that would gladly flip the switch in the gas chambers.

I know what you meant...but I'd be happy to flip the switch on thousands of death row people...

Would not bother me at all.....Murderous scum...yet we feed them and have a roof over their heads.

10 posted on 12/07/2021 5:35:53 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Osage Orange

Flip the switch - as in people like you and me - you know “counter-revolutionaries”. You can see it in her eyes.


11 posted on 12/07/2021 5:36:53 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: SunkenCiv

They wouldn’t dare recall a freeloading, coward “refugee”.


12 posted on 12/07/2021 5:37:00 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

You are absolutely correct: she is evil personified. Too bad she rules in my home town. It shows how ignorant and delusional voters in her district are.


13 posted on 12/07/2021 6:06:19 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: traderrob6

That is because the politically active like Sawant make the news. On the other hand most Indian-Americans are busy working and making a good living, and have the highest average family income (somewhere north of $125k/year) than any other ethnic group, and much higher than average white Americans.


14 posted on 12/07/2021 7:40:28 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: Steely Tom

I’m sure. The shilly-shally about how the election was scheduled was a dead giveaway.


15 posted on 12/07/2021 8:34:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: traderrob6

its because of their sh&&ty caste system.


16 posted on 12/07/2021 9:07:17 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

King County Elections: Kshama Sawant recall:
Recall yes: 53.10%
Recall no: 46.90%


17 posted on 12/07/2021 10:12:26 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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