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Jon Snyder must be smiling with the latest counts from Tuesday’s primary.
What was virtually a tie on election night between him and incumbent Spokane City Councilman Mike Allen has become an easy win for him. Since Tuesday’s count, he has gotten 455 more votes than Allen, putting him ahead by a solid 4 percentage points. Of course, a win doesn’t mean much more than bragging rights since both did well enough to move to the general election.
What’s strange about Snyder’s surge is that since vote-by-mail was instituted a few years ago, Republicans generally have done better in late counts, either because Republicans prefer to hold onto their ballots until election day or because of get-out-the-vote efforts.
Although the City Council race is nonpartisan, Snyder was endorsed by the Democratic Party.
Any theories on Snyder’s strong showing among voters who mailed their ballot late?
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt covers Spokane City Hall for The Spokesman-Review.
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Lulubelle on August 20 at 10:50 p.m.
Voters who took the time to research the candidates’ backgrounds and stands on issues chose Snyder. Research takes a little time.
Rifleman_Dodd on August 21 at 12:41 a.m.
If you couldn’t support the incumbent, what other choice is there, at least according to Doug Clark.
omaha on August 21 at 12:07 p.m.
Why would you claim these voters mailed their ballots in late? They are not supposed to accept ballots postmarked after election day.
jonathanb on August 21 at 2:30 p.m.
omaha,
By saying “voters who mailed their ballots late,” I meant voters who waited to mail their ballot until late in the election period. The county counts ballots roughly in the order received, so the ballots counted on Wednesday and after were more likely to be put in the mail on Monday or Tuesday. I did not mean to imply that any of these late voters — perhaps “later voters” is a better term — missed Tuesday’s 8 p.m. deadline for casting a ballot.
omaha on August 21 at 3:26 p.m.
Even for a blog, words and word choice matters.