Where do Washington state's election ballot initiatives stand?

Votes for a Seattle-only proposal to change the way elections are run from the statewide top-two primary to either ranked-choice voting or approval voting was complicated with two questions before the voters. First they were asked to decide whether they wanted to change the format of Seattle’s primary in Proposition 1A, which was split right down the middle after the first vote drop on Tuesday. About 49% of voters indicated they wanted to change the voting system and about 51% said no.

On the second part of the ballot question, voters could choose which change they preferred, whether they voted for or against changing the system. Early results say they

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