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Spin Control archive for Nov. 4, 2014

TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 2014

This is a map of the vote totals for the Spokane County commissioner's race on election night (Jim Camden)

Mapping the vote: County Commissioner race 

In the Spokane County commissioner's race, challenger Mary Lou Johnson is winning the city of Spokane, and incumbent Al French is winning almost everything else. As the map of the Tuesday vote totals shows, Johnson did well inside the city limits of Spokane and some…

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This is a map of the election night tallies for the Spokane city park bond issue. (Jim Camden)

Mapping the vote: How the park bond won

The Spokane park bond issue was passing handily around the city Tuesday night, picking up the needed 60 percent approval rating or better in most of the 137 precincts. As the map shows, it was getting a majority, although not the needed supermajority, in most…

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One in 3 WA ballots in so far 

One in three ballots in Washington state have been returned to county elections offices statewide. Spokane County is slightly better, at 39 percent. If you still have yours and are looking for a little help to make your final picks, scroll down to the last…

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Last-minute voter help

Washington voters who still have their ballots sitting on the counter may be searching for that last bit of information to help them decide how to mark the ballot on one particular race or ballot measure. Idaho voters may be trying to bone up before…

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