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Updated Nov 7, 2009 - 9:27 am

860 ballots in vandalized drop box

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By JASON BROOKS
KIRO Radio

Some votes critical in determining the Seattle mayoral race may not get counted until next Tuesday.

Vandals tried to get at a ballot drop box in Tukwila in the early morning hours after the election.

"The metal cover plate that we seal the ballot drop box with at 8pm on Election night was ripped off," said Kim Van Ekstrom, with King County Elections.

Ekstrom said the ballots themselves weren't tampered with because the box's design doesn't allow access unless you have the keys.

The question is whether anything was slipped in that shouldn't have been.

"They were in the process of removing the security flaps and verifying the signatures," said Ekstrom.

A ruling on when the 860 ballots can be counted won't happen from the Elections Canvas Board until next Tuesday (November 10) at the earliest.


Comments (6)
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  • Country_Dog wrote...
    Par for the course
    At least this will only affect the results of the election between an extreme liberal and a very extreme liberal. Taste your own election incompetence medicine boys.
  • Happy Camper wrote...
    Hey Boy!
    Yankee liberals actually like fair and honest elections. You just gotta stop thinkin everyone wants their cousin elected so they can be married to someone in an influential position.
  • IMFREE wrote...
    Um!
    Something else just happened in Tukwilla! I wonder if there is a connection?
  • sp5937 wrote...
    I have never seen an election in Washington
    that did not involve some extra ballots in King County, either found suddenly, found later, just happened to show up, or whatever...way to go King County!!!
  • minus wrote...
    off subject...
    was someone out there trying to learn how I voted no on yes? I want my ballot under guard 24/7 until its not counted like everyone else.
  • Loud Larry wrote...
    minus; clarification please...
    Are you referring to your ballot or the one you cast on behalf of your recently deceased spouse?


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