To everyone who remembered to vote, bless you. To everyone in King County, up to and including those who spaced on yesterday's mail-in election, congratulations: you get Sherril Huff as your Director of Elections for another few years. Even before all the absentee ballots rolled in, officials declared that Huff won a "decisive victory" over the other, mostly unqualified candidates. She will earn $146,000 a year, which is almost half of what it will cost the county to pay for the special February election. The King County Elections office has an interesting set of graphics on their site that clarify how they operate; it's worth a look [pdf], especially the second page, which shows the process each ballot undergoes in order to be counted. more ›