(Updated below) Former mayoral candidate Norman Zadok Sigler, whose proposal of a Seattle-paid, Westside rail line is now being carried by Mike McGinn, and whose proposal of a Seattle delegation to North Korea remains unclaimed by the mayoral survivors, is asking King County Elections to refund the filing fee he paid to get his name on the ballot in the mayoral race. Here’s the deal: to get on the ballot, you either need the same number of signatures as there are dollars in 1/100th of the mayor’s salary, or you need to pay the same number of dollars as in 1/100th of the mayor’s salary. Sigler just missed the signature count, so he had to pay up. Only, he notes now, the 1/100th was based on what Greg Nickels’ salary would have been ($166,662) had Nickels not foregone his cost of living increase. But Nickels did forego the increase, and 1/100th of his actual salary ($159,440) is actually fewer signatures than Sigler submitted. So Sigler says the County should give him his money back. A King County elections spokesperson said she was not familiar with the matter, and would have a response from the county later today. (Update: King County Elections spokesperson Kim Van Eckstrom says the county does not intend to refund Sigler’s money, as it used the figures provided by the city, as required by law.) Finally, while we’re on the subject of refunds, how’s about this one?