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By Josh Feit May 4, 2009


The Seattle Times
picked up our tidbit in this morning's Morning Fizz about mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan's voting record and answered the outstanding questions we had asked about the other candidates' records. (K.C. Elections hadn't gotten back to us yet). 

Seattle Times reporter Emily Heffter writes: 
Former Sonic James Donaldson did not vote at all from 2004 to mid-2007. He missed eight consecutive elections. Since then, he's missed only last year's presidential primary. That was commonly skipped among Democrats because so much was decided in the caucus process.

Norman Sigler, a corporate recruiter and professional matchmaker, missed the recent February vote on a new King County elections director. He also sat out the 2008 primary and 2007 school-levy renewal election. And he missed the primary in 2007 that whittled down big fields in several Seattle City Council and School Board races.

Former Sierra Club Chairman Michael McGinn has missed only a couple elections in the last decade, but he's been a big critic of the Seattle school district during his campaign, so it's notable that he didn't vote in the February 2007 that renewed the district's capital and operating bonds

P.S. The rumor around town, by the way, had been that Mallahan didn't vote in 10 out of 18 elections. As our item (and the Seattle Times' item) noted: Mallahan missed 6 votes, not 10. 

P.P.S. Still waiting to hear back from K.C. Elections about Mayor Nickels' voting history.
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