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Election analysis: Support for Whatcom jail proposal broad, deep

After two past defeats, measure passed in a landslide amid high turnout

  • Dec. 7, 2023 11:33 a.m.
A blue jail sign is posted outside of the county jail.
The proposition on the Nov. 7 ballot calling for a sales tax to fund behavioral health care and a new jail won in a landslide of “yes” ballots that overwhelmed the “no’s” by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. (Ron Judd/Cascadia Daily News)
By Ralph Schwartz Staff Reporter
Election watchers in Whatcom County said the vote would be close.  Instead, the proposition

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