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Early results show all five Everett charter amendments leading by wide margins
All five Everett charter amendments led with at least 80% yes
Source: HeraldNet.com
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Prop. 261 | 92.9% |
| Prop. 262 | 88.2% |
| Prop. 263 | 90.3% |
| Prop. 264 | 80.8% |
| Prop. 265 | 83.5% |
If you live in Everett, Tuesday night's early results were lopsided: all five city charter amendments led easily. Prop. 261 had 92.9% of the vote. It would require mayor and council candidates to have lived in the city and been registered voters for at least one year before the end of filing week, and bar them from holding another elected office.
Prop. 264, which rewrites the initiative and referendum rules, had 80.8%. Initiatives would need signatures equal to 10% of the votes cast in the last mayoral election, about 2,200, up from 5% of the last general election's votes.
About 2,200signatures an Everett initiative would need under Prop. 264
That's 10% of the votes cast in the last mayoral election. The charter previously set the bar at 5% of the last general election's votes.
Source: HeraldNet.com
- Prop. 263: 90.3%; commissions would oversee only police and fire hiring
- Prop. 265: 83.5%; public notices could go on the city's website
- Turnout: 41.08%, or 120,390 of 541,142 county ballots
As of 8 p.m., the countywide count had incumbents ahead, including Rick Larsen at 71.0% to Edwin H Feller's 28.7%. More ballots will be counted each day, so close races could shift.
