NO on Initiative 1033 reaches 56% of vote statewide, Referendum 71 close to 52%

The Secretary of State has factored the latest numbers from King County into its vote totals for and against our two statewide ballot measures.

The news is good all around: NO on Initiative 1033 has reached 56%, while Approve Referendum 71 is approaching 52% (it's at 51.83% as of this writing).

Of course, King County has a lot to do with this. Check out the numbers:

Initiative Measure No. 1033
YES: 92,65 (33.28%)
NO: 185,721 (66.72%)

More than two thirds of King County voters are voting Initiative 1033 down. Landslide doesn't really do these numbers justice.

Referendum Measure No. 71
APPROVED: 202,125 (66.59%)
REJECTED: 101,403 (33.41%)

Likewise, Referendum 71 is passing by a more than two to one ratio. If you look at these numbers, you can see that even though the percentages roughly correspond to Initiative 1033, the raw numbers do not. This suggests that many voters in King County missed Initiative 1033 on their ballots.

Ahem.

Memo to King County Elections: Please make sure that in the future, the top contest on the ballot isn't hidden under a long column of instructions.