Blue City does not expect to count all votes until 3 weeks after Election Day

The results of the Seattle City Council general election have not been announced nearly a week after Election Day as the board of elections continues to count votes.

Election results won’t become official until Nov. 28, although King County Elections (KCE) will continue to update unofficial results daily until all votes have been counted. seconds on the KCE website. Most voters could only send their ballot through the mail wow drop-down mailbox location, meaning many ballots won’t be received until days after the official election day.

Only three of the original seven council members running for re-election entered the 2023 race — Democrats Tammy Morales, Dan Strauss and Andrew Lewis — leaving four seats open for newcomers, KIRO 7, a local news network, reported. Initial reports proved that the headlines were all tracking in their races, but Morales and Strauss quickly garnered more votes as mail-in ballots trickled in in the days following the race.

Almost all the top contenders… Joy Hollingsworth, Maritza Rivera, Cathy Moore, Bob Kettlei And Strauss — listed public safety as one of their top priorities on their campaign websites and pledged to expand the police department or give it more funding. About 65% of Seattle residents said in September they would vote for a city council candidate who plans to increase the Seattle Police Department (SPD), and 68% said they saw homelessness as a major problem . seconds to a survey conducted by Crosscut and Ellway.

Only 63% of Seattle residents reported feeling safe in the city, while many listed crime as their top concern in the area. seconds to a survey carried out by the SPD. Meanwhile, the department has only 931 officers available for deployment, which is the lowest number in more than 30 years, KOMO News, a local media outlet, reported in October

Seattle City Council members pushed initially police reductions in 2020 like Black Lives Matter (BLM) disturbances took the city, with set of the nine in office at the time who advocated reducing the department’s budget by 50%. BLM Protesters Set Up Riot Encampment in Seattle: Organized Capitol Protest (CUT DOWN) — where they occupied roughly six blocks in the city center for several months and prevented police officers from entering the area, resulting in “illegality” and violent crime.

Violent crime in Seattle rose about 20 percent between 2020 and 2022, the most recent year available for city statistics. seconds to SPD data. At least 53 people have already been killed since January, the most violent on record in more than 15 years and the most the city has had in a year since 2020.

Each of the seven districts accounted for roughly 40% to 50% of the estimated eligible votes, with three leading candidates less than 500 votes ahead of their rivals, unofficial results show shown Monday. Candidates with stronger positions on public safety continued to lead, though the race remained close as of this writing.

The KCE did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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