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Yakima County Auditor Corky Mattingly is not in favor of a proposal that would require ballots on election night to be processed and counted by midnight. Mattingly says it is a recipe for disaster because if auditor offices are rushed to count ballots mistakes could be made...

AP-It's well known that in Washington state, elections often don't end on election night, because the state's vote-by-mail system ensures that any close race will be unsettled for days afterward. But one measure introduced by Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, would require ballots on election night to be processed and counted until midnight, unless there are no more ballots on hand to count... Rea