I mean Wilson literally did say that if she didn't challenge him, no one would. And now she's the likely next mayor
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/10...

Thank you for the clarification, appreciate it. I retracted that post

Thank you, I appreciate the additional context

Thank you for the clarification, appreciate it

I'm being told the write-in count drop has happened in the past and so it might not be an error

Yes that they were cured, not sure if they were included. The number of curable ballots dropped from 1,930 to 1,703.

Clarification: that number should be 230, not 240

Another interesting note, about 240 ballots that were previously challenged due to signature issues. This suggests "ballot curing efforts" may be having an effect and could even prove decisive. About 1,700 ballots remained challenged, according to King County Elections.

Amazing!

Have you heard of the work of Whole Washington?

Also there's a good number of voters, around 1%, who didn't participate in the mayoral election at all.

That's a big if, and also still within recount range. The margin needs to be more than 2k votes and 0.5%.

You can check if your ballot is valid here or if you need to fix it here. Most of the issues are related to a lack of signature or the signature being different than that on your driver's license: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

One critical question is how many ballots are left to count, which could mean the difference between a final margin of 50 and 500. Another is the 1,900 challenged ballots, which tend to disproportionately be from younger voters. If they can be fixed, (i.e. "cured") that could make a big impact.

There is probably a lag in the data and the numbers won't be finalized for a while

So my hypothesis is that it seems like voters just got older in general. But it is something interesting that should be looked into further

According to my dad who's a statistician, it may be a case of “Simpson’s paradox.” Also we should take the 2025 numbers with a grain of salt since they aren't finalized.
Basically a voter that votes at the same rate when they were 63 may now be 67 and thus categorized in the 65+ cohort.

My statistician dad the puzzling trend may be a case of “Simpson’s paradox.” Also we should take the 2025 numbers with a grain of salt since they aren't finalized.