 Sept. 21, 2005 Election result update King County Elections today counted 53,068 additional ballots. Election officials will continue to process and count absentee ballots daily except Sunday. Of the 601,967absentee ballots issued, 177,578, or 29.5 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 in the mail will be posted online the day following receipt at http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/abstats/ . Election officials caution the public from calling close races until all absentee ballots are received and provisional ballots are counted. Voters who cast a provisional ballot may begin checking the status of their ballot online starting Friday, Sept. 23. Provisional ballots will be processed throughout the 10-day canvass of the election. The next absentee ballot count will be issued tomorrow, Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m. |
Updated: Sept. 21, 2005
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