How Election Night felt on UW’s campus

By: Summer Brown

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: November 7, 2026

Words: 657

Last Updated: 1 day, 17 hours ago

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Washington voters had until 8 p.m. Tuesday to return their ballots in an election featuring three statewide initiatives and five of the nine state Supreme Court seats.

But it was the ballot initiatives – including measures to ban trans girls from sports, to repeal the state income tax on millionaires, and to change parental rights in schools – that drove some people to cast their votes just before the deadline.

By 6:30 p.m., the University …

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