Seattle residents should return blank ballots in the ongoing mail-only election on how to replace the viaduct freeway, according to an op-ed article in the Seattle Times today by the Municipal League of King County. (Note: I'm a trustee of the league.)
My personal preference is to vote "no" on both options because neither does the job. Yet returning a blank ballot is a way for voters to express their disgust with the political process that got us to these poor choices. Blank ballots still get counted though defaced ones are discarded.
It's worth then sending an email to the city council, mayor, governor and House Speaker Frank Chopp demanding a real solution -- not a quick fix that will scar the city for generations. How about a combination of improved transit and surface streets to accommodate people and freight at lower overall cost?
What do the blank ballots get counted as?
Posted by: Anonymous | March 07, 2007 at 21:12
There's a separate category for blank ballots so you still get counted as having voted. A defaced ballot is just discarded and it isn't recorded at all.
Posted by: brad | March 07, 2007 at 21:19