Here’s what's happening to your King County Ballot
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
What happens to your ballot after you submit it?
If you’re in King County and you dropped off or mailed out your ballot, it’s likely at the King County Elections facility in Renton.
We took a field trip to the facility to talk to King County Elections’ Halei Watkins, where she gave us a tour of the journey ballots take, and the safety measures they have in place.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. What happens to your ballot after you submitted? |
| 0:10.2 | If you're in King County and you dropped off or mailed out your ballot, it's likely at the King County Elections facility in Renton. |
| 0:17.5 | We took a field trip to the facility to talk with King County elections Haley Watkins, where she gives us a tour of the journey ballots take and the safety measures they have in place. |
| 0:27.5 | I'll talk with her in a minute. But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 0:33.7 | Seattle City Council member Dan Strauss will introduce legislation today aimed at restoring funding to the Seattle Channel. |
| 0:41.3 | The Seattle Channel gets most of its funding from cable television fees, which have declined in recent years. |
| 0:46.8 | Under the latest budget proposal for Mayor Bruce Harrell's office, staff, and programs like Art Zone would be cut. |
| 0:54.1 | Strauss's legislation would re-establish the channel's funding |
| 0:57.1 | and create a work group to explore ways to keep the station independent and sustainable. |
| 1:02.7 | Watch the meeting live at 930 on the Seattle Channel. And the National Weather Service says expect wind and rain today. |
| 1:09.3 | Some snow as well in the higher elevations of the Cascades and Olympic Mountains, |
| 1:13.6 | maybe even a few inches of snow at Stevens Pass. |
| 1:16.5 | The rain showers are likely to stick around through the weekend. |
| 1:19.9 | That's it for now. |
| 1:20.9 | We're back tonight with evening headlines. |
| 1:24.1 | We are six days away from Election Day. |
| 1:27.2 | You may have already dropped off your ballot and all you can do is wait, but at King County Election headquarters in Renton, workers are already busy counting early ballots inside the secure facility. |
| 1:39.4 | I used to say, this is where the magic happens in our tabulation room, and I don't say that anymore. |
| 1:44.8 | King County Elections Haley Watkins has seen quite a few elections in her time. It's important |
| 1:49.8 | work that's become more fraught in recent years. Just this week, two ballot boxes, one in Vancouver, |
| 1:56.2 | Washington, and one in Portland, were set on fire. We visited King County Elections talk with Communications |
| 2:02.0 | Director Haley Watkins about the safety of election workers and the safety of people's ballots. |
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