Wednesday update on Transportation ballot

By Evan Smith

The King County roads-and-transit package on the April 22 ballot continued to be headed for defeat despite a slight narrowing of the gap in returns released Tuesday.

Tuesday returns showed proposition 1 losing by a 53.97 percent to 46.03 percent margin.

Returns released Wednesday showed little change, with the measure still losing, 53.96 percent to 46.04 percent.

County officials had counted ballots from 37.80 percent of registered voters, approaching the expected 38 percent. They will post new returns each weekday through May 6.

April 22, 2014 Special Election

Returns Updated Wednesday, April 30, 4 p.m.

King County Transportation District

Proposition 1

Ballots counted: 444,049 -- 37.80% of 1,174,773 Registered King County voters:

• Yes -- 204,199 votes, 46.04%
• No -- 239,296 votes, 53.96%

Reach Evan Smith at schsmith@frontier.com