 Nov. 4, 2004 Daily absentee ballot countKing County Elections today counted 79,655 absentee ballots, bringing the total number of absentee ballots counted to 412,623. Election officials will continue to process and count absentee ballots as they come in through the mail. Of the 646,537 absentee ballots issued, 485,471, or 75 percent, have been returned. As ballots continue to come in through the mail, election staff work to check for valid postmarks, verify signatures, separate ballots from return and security envelopes, and prepare ballots for tabulation. Ballots counted through today include those received through Election Day. The ballots received each day will be available online at 10 a.m. the day following receipt at http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/2004nov/ballotsreceived.htm. Those ballots will be processed and counted by Monday, Nov.8. Additionally, 50,426 absentee ballots were turned in at polling places on Election Day. Those ballots will be included in Friday’s count. Election officials caution the public from calling close races until all provisional ballots are counted. The number of provisional ballots cast will be announced at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8 and is expected to surpass the 17,081 provisional ballots cast in the 2000 General Election. Voters who cast a provisional ballot may begin checking the status of their ballot online starting Monday, Nov. 8. Provisional ballots will be processed throughout the 15-day canvass of the Election. Visit www.kingcounty.gov/elections to learn more. Results of the election will be certified on Nov. 17. For up-to-date results, visit www.kingcounty.gov/elections. The next absentee ballot count will be issued tomorrow, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. Visit http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/2004nov/schedule.htm for King County Elections’ report schedule. |
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