 Dec. 30, 2004 Updated at 1:40 p.m. Preliminary list of registered voters not finalizedYesterday, in response to several public records requests, King County Elections produced a preliminary list of registered voters who participated in the Nov. 2, 2004 General Election. The data file has been provided to several parties and individuals who had requested it.
The Elections Office notified those receiving the list that it has not been completely reconciled with data from the 2004 General Election. Data regarding voters who cast federal write-in ballots and participants in the state’s Address Confidentiality Program have not been reconciled and are NOT included in the list. Likewise, reconciliation of poll books and absentee ballot data must be carefully compared to ensure all voters participating in the election are credited with voting.
“We want to emphasize the same disclaimer provided to those who received the data yesterday -- this list is preliminary,” said Dean Logan, director of Records, Elections and Licensing Services. “Receiving the data this week was vital to groups and organizations planning ballot measures in the upcoming February 8 Special Election and we’re obligated to be responsive to their needs. We have been clear that further reconciliation is taking place.”
Historically, staff reconciles this list after the election is certified in November; however, due to the machine and manual recounts, full reconciliation was delayed. This work is continuing and officials expect to have an updated list available by the end of next week.
Ballots cast in the November 2 election have been secured in sealed containers since certification of the election on November 17. The ballot containers were unsealed during both the mandatory machine recount and the requested manual recount of the Governor’s race. In all cases, the ballots were unsealed and then resealed in the presence of political party observers. |
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