To stir the pot a little more, here’s the voter’s pamphlet statement for the Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area. No one bothered to submit a No statement, which is a pretty good indicator there wasn’t much of a campaign. This August’s Everett Herald article seemed to indicated clear sailing.
Thanks to the insane requirement that every ballot measure be named Proposition 1, I have no doubt that a substantial chunk of voters thought they were voting on light rail. It would be nice to see a breakdown of votes by people who actually read their ballot.
So, you’re saying we have this to thank for Prop. 1 passing? :)
Here are the vote totals: http://www.snoco.org/elections/results/ecurrent.htm
PTBA ANNEXATION43/43 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
APPROVED 6,445 44.40%
REJECTED 8,070 55.60%
Total 14,515 100.00%
Here is a link to a precinct level tally
http://www.snoco.org/elections/results/1108sov/41.htm
The measure was voted on in 41 precincts
it passed in 2,
tied in 1,
lost in 38
Something does need to be done so that Balot measures do not use the smae numbers as were used in the previous election cycle.
Just before the election, I saw all these “Lakewood Vote No on Proposition 1” signs. I wonder if any confusion occurred between a city Prop 1 and a regional Prop 1?