9:35 PM UPDATE: Its been announced that in Position 2, 123 votes were needed for an endorsement - Ginsberg got 122 - so its been challenged that two spoiled ballots should not have been included in the total from which the 123 was derived to say what constitutes two-thirds. Nuse is citing from Roberts Rules of Order. (9:41 pm update) Challenges and discussions continue. One motion has been made to revote this race. Theres disagreement over whats a spoiled ballot and whats a blank ballot. Marcee Stone suggested that Nuse doesnt have to go with what the parliamentarian (Lamphear) says. Nuse says he goes with the rules. Now a motion to hand-vote the race, rather than ballot-vote.
9:55 PM UPDATE: Now this race goes to a written second ballot - because in the hand-count revote, 158 votes were cast, Ginsberg got 102, Conlin 56, but 106 votes were needed for two-thirds. The second ballot is for dual endorsement or no endorsement just like the Miller/Rosencrantz vote earlier. Someone near us says, Why not just dual-endorse everybody and get out of here? And moments later, it was announced that in the second ballot of Council Position 4 the results were Plants 50.3%, Bagshaw 48.6%, so that too goes to a dual endorsement vs. no endorsement revote now. Itll be done by paper ballot - Nuses proposal to do a hand vote was challenged.
10:05 PM: While those votes are counted, its on to the Seattle City Attorneys race. West Seattleite Tom Carr vs. challenger Pete Holmes. Ex-chair Ivan Weiss bellows, TOM CARR! Dorsol Plants yells, PETE HOLMES! After speeches, its time for a vote in this race. There is a motion to suspend the rules and conduct every further vote tonight by hand vote rather than paper ballots.
10:17 PM: Dual endorsements announced for Ginsberg and Conlin, and for Plants and Bagshaw.
10:26 PM: In the midst of speeches for mayoral nominations. Michael McGinn is the first candidate to speak on his own behalf - Vlad Oustimovitch spoke for City Councilmember Jan Drago, State Sen. Joe McDermott spoke for Mayor Greg Nickels. McGinn mentioned his opposition to the tunnel. Oustimovitch mentioned that Drago had tried to salvage the monorail and when that failed, he says she said, West Seattle got screwed, adding, She was right. Next candidates nominated, Joe Mallahan (who related an anecdote involving West Seattles Holy Rosary and his childhood) and Norman Sigler. No one spoke on James Donaldsons behalf. Now the voting will begin, though theres some question about whether a candidate can be voted on if not nominated by a voting member. Sigler will be removed from consideration as a result. Vote-counting under way now. Mallahans mention of Holy Rosary, by the way, turns out to be regarding his uncle.
10:39 PM UPDATE: Now to Seattle City Council Position 6 - Nick Licata, Marty Kaplan, Jessie Israel nominated. Licata said he wants to be re-elected to work on a Sustainable Seattle. Kaplan says, ve got a choice in this race its an interesting choice. Israel notes Rep. Nelson and Cascade Bicycle Club have endorsed her.
10:48 PM: Tom Carr receives Seattle City Attorney endorsement of 34th DDs with 68% of the vote. (minutes later) Mayor first ballot - nobody got two-thirds - Nickels got 52 percent, McGinn got 19%, they are top two and go to next ballot.
11:00 PM: Seattle Council Position 6 - Licata got 55% of vote and Israel 40% of vote so they go to a second ballot. We are now in Hour 5 of this meeting. Its just been announced that King County Council chair and already-endorsed-by-this-group County Executive candidate Dow Constantine is here.
11:08 PM: Just announced, neither Nickels nor McGinn got two-thirds support on second ballot - 64% for Nickels, 35% for McGinn. Now a third ballot will decide on dual endorsement or no endorsement. And meantime theyre moving on to decide what to vote on the bag fee (Seattle Referendum 1). Ann Martin is speaking in favor of it, holding up cloth bags: This is a big step for our environment. (A vote FOR the referendum would be a vote in favor of the 20-cent fee for non-reusable shopping bags.) There was also a speaker against - and now Sharon Huling is speaking in favor - saying plastic pollution is a critical problem. Cherisse Luxa follows that up by speaking against the bag fee - saying its a fee. And then, speakers for and against REJECTING the bag fee - Chris Porter, against rejecting: The planet cannot wait.

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