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I-594 support limited

Mon., Nov. 10, 2014

Based on information in a Seattle Times story, Initiative 594 passed by nearly 60 percent of the votes – as of Nov. 4. They also had an interactive graphic that showed county-by-county results. Based on that, another way of looking at the I-594 vote is that less than 40 percent of the counties encompassing 30 percent of the area of Washington state passed I-594.

That means that over 60 percent of the counties representing 70 percent of the area of Washington state did not vote for I-594.

Something seems incongruous about this, but it isn’t the first time, nor likely the last.

Jim Davison

Waitsburg, Wash.

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