Sept. 25, 2006
2006/9/25

Ballot Counting Wraps Sixth Night

Sept. 25, 2006 – SEATTLE – Today King County Elections staff counted an additional 34,970 absentee ballots from the 2006 primary.

"This primary gives us another chance to improve upon King County’s nationally recognized best practices in mail ballot reconciliation,” said Jim Buck, Interim Director of Records, Elections and Licensing Services. “In the remaining four days of tabulation staff will continue to process incoming mail ballots, canvass the polls, and verify and count provisional ballots cast last Tuesday."

Election results will be certified on Friday and the Canvassing Board will announce any races which require mandatory machine or manual recounts. A recount for a ballot measure or issue can be made by a group of five or more registered voters one of whom must be designated group chairperson.

A request for a recount must be submitted to the Canvassing Board within three working days of certification. The following costs are deposits only and the party requesting the recount must pay for all costs associated with the recount. If the recount changes the results, the requesting party does not have to pay the costs of the recount. The requestor must pay as follows:

• Twenty-five cents per ballot for a hand recount.
• Fifteen cents per ballot for a machine recount.

For more information on recount requirements, please visit http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/200609/recountfaq.asp.

Learn more about King County Elections’ national best practices award at http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/news/2006_07_25.html.

King County staff will count ballots the rest of this week and post results online each night at 7 p.m. at http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/200609/results.asp.

Updated: Sept. 25, 2006
修訂日期: 2006/9/25

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