Posts Tagged ‘election’

SOTM: Voters reject B-E bond request

Posted in election, feature, story of the month on March 30th, 2009 by Kate Martin – Be the first to comment

My first love in journalism was sports. While I rarely report on that now, at least once a year I get the next best thing: elections.

I reported on Burlington-Edison School District’s quest for a construction bond for the better part of a year. March 10 was the culmination of all of their hard work and planning. Economic concerns probably caused many voters to reject the proposal. Here’s a link to the short item we posted on the Web site the next morning.

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Election Day letdown

Posted in Uncategorized on November 7th, 2007 by Kate Martin – Be the first to comment

Last night was a letdown, not because a measure I was in favor of didn’t pass, but because voting is changing.

Snohomish County had an all mail-ballot election. I understand this saves lots of money over a polling place election. Call me old fashioned, I really, really like going to the polling place.

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