Waiting in Washington

In Washington State, where voters are being asked to decide whether to keep a newly passed domestic partnership law, the result is not likely to be known for several days. Voting in that state is done entirely by mail –though voters can drop off their ballots in person, too—and voters can postmark their ballots as late as anytime Tuesday.

The latest numbers are 51.1 percent approve domestic partnerships; 48.9 percent reject them.

Dave Ammons, a spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s office, said the office is posting results at www.vote.wa.gov. But he added that they would have “probably no more than half of the expected total vote counted by the end of the evening.”