January 04, 2005
Remember Redistricting

Reader Jon Schlumpf reminds us that the battle over redistricting the King County Council is running in parallel to the one for governor. In November, county voters passed a resolution reducing the number of seats from 13 to nine, which means some incumbents will lose their seats and redistricting will be more contentious than usual. Schlumpf sends along two links: background in The Seattle Times, and the King County redistricting page (where maps of the four proposals can be found). Public meetings explaining the plans will be held this week:


  • Wednesday, 6 p.m., Lake Forest Park City Hall, City Council Chambers, 17425 Ballinger Way N.E.
  • Thursday, 6 p.m., Auburn City Hall, City Council Chambers, 25 W. Main St.

Public comment will be taken on Saturday, January 15 at 10am in the county council chambers. Democratic and Republican proposals for redistricting differ substantially, so if you care about redistricting please make your voice heard.

Posted by Andy MacDonald at January 04, 2005 06:20 PM | Email This
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1. What was the vote (for, against, over, and undervotes) on this redistricting resolution?

How many more or fewer votes were there on this vote than the vote for governor? I'd expect way fewer, but how much fewer?

Anyway, isn't a resolution just an advisory vote? Was this a vote binding on the county?

Posted by: Mac on January 4, 2005 07:21 PM
2. C or D look better at first glance. A & B seem to be too gerrymandered.

Posted by: Sean on January 4, 2005 07:49 PM
3. I know it's possible to run the numbers by precinct to tell if this is advantageous to repubs. I know the RATs are.

Posted by: South County on January 4, 2005 08:05 PM
4. Stefan,

I know that I speak for an awful lot of WA folks who are carefully monitoring what you post on this blog. We are very grateful for your efforts.

Regardless of who finally sits in the gov's seat, we need to be able to have confidence in the legitimacy of the process of election. Now is the time to identify the problems and force (if necessary) a solution.

Thanks again for all you (and many friends) are doing.

Posted by: Tom on January 4, 2005 08:21 PM
5. Amen to that.

Posted by: Jody on January 5, 2005 08:03 AM
6. Plan A. Plans C & D will ensure that the Democrats have control on the King County Council since 5 of the nine have parts of Seattle in them. (I do not think MI residents want to be thrown in with Seward park residents anyways).

Posted by: m&m on January 5, 2005 11:20 AM
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