Friday, November 6, 2009
Election It's Over, Right?*
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM
McGinn is now up by more than 2300 votes. That's outside the recount threshold and "Mallahan would now have to get about 54 percent of the remaining votes — a level he has never achieved in any of the vote counts," says the Seattle Times. The Times also called Mallahan's spokesperson and asked when the city can expect Mallahan to drive his concession forward. Her response is pretty desperate/hilarious:
"It'll be tough to overcome," she acknowledged. But she said a win is "still in the realm of possibility" and that the campaign wants to evaluate "oustanding factors."For example, she said, there may have been some Seattle ballots in a vandalized ballot box in Tukwila.
* I added that "Right?" because I didn't want to jinx things.
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WOoOoooOo! Thank you McGinn volunteers and The Stranger and Will in Seattle and everyone who saved Seattle from being bought by that corporate stooge!
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Wow. The Stranger as kingmaker is something I'm not sure I can quite wrap my head around.
Good luck to Mayor McGinn!
Good luck to Mayor McGinn!
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But what if there were 2,500 Mallahan votes in that box before MIke McGinn ripped it apart with his bare meathooks and ATE the ballots? What if McGinn's Socialist "GOTV" goons scared the last remaining 2,500 Mallahan voters out of the city desperate to find the one place where their ballots would be safe. And to think it almost worked.
Or what if Mallahan's campaign team of Bellevue and Redmond residents don't realize that Tukwila isn't part of Seattle?
Or what if Mallahan's campaign team of Bellevue and Redmond residents don't realize that Tukwila isn't part of Seattle?
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Way to go McGinn! Thanks to everyone who engaged in the campaign, even through having simple conversations about what Seattle could be. We will see what is next, but looks like we won't have a Mallahan administration. I am very very pleased.
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"But what if there were 2,500 Mallahan votes in that box before MIke McGinn ripped it apart with his bare meathooks and ATE the ballots?"
hahahahah! i snorted soup out my nose when i read that. brilliant.
hahahahah! i snorted soup out my nose when i read that. brilliant.
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Betcha Joe is all pissed and disappointed at all those voters who only vote some of the time.
City Hall's political Meltdown can now go on as scheduled.
My money is on March 23rd at around 3:15 PM 2010.
City Hall's political Meltdown can now go on as scheduled.
My money is on March 23rd at around 3:15 PM 2010.
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I love how this shows that money and insider status can't stop the will of the people to control their own city.
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looks like i'm not the only person to write this, but thanks to the stranger for early comprehensive coverage on mcginn, or else i might have missed a good candidate. good journalism, making ur own campaign tees, riding ur bike to work rocks.
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The "ballot tracker" finally shows my ballot as "received," but it's not yet "verified and counted." If you used a drop-box on Tuesday within Seattle and voted for McGinn, you probably aren't even included in this newest tally! (I think we'll be seeing an even wider margin come Monday.)
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