Sawant recall petition certified, election set for December 7

This afternoon King County Elections announced that it has officially certified that the campaign to recall Seattle District 3 Councilmember Sawant has submitted a sufficient number of petition signatures to qualify for an election. It further announced that the election will be held on December 7th. As with all other Washington elections, it will be conducted by mail-in ballot. Ballots will be mailed out to District 3 voters on November 17th. I hope you found this article valuable. If you did, please take a moment to make a contribution to support my ongoing work. Thanks!

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Compassion Seattle changes mind, appeals ruling after all

Last Friday, after King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer removed the “Compassion Seattle” charter amendment from the November ballot, the campaign announced that it would not appeal the ruling given the short amount of time until King County Elections needs to print ballots.  But this morning in a surprising reversal, the campaign went ahead and filed a motion for an emergency stay of Judge Shaffer’s ruling in anticipation of a full appeal to follow.

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