King County Elections today counted 21,525 additional ballots bringing the total number of absentee ballots counted to 208,739.

Of the 601,967absentee ballots issued 242,026 or 40.21 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. The ballots received in the mail will be posted online the day following receipt, except weekends, here.

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 through Sept. 29.

Election officials will continue to process and count absentee ballots daily except Sunday. The next absentee ballot count will be issued Monday, Sept. 26 by 4:30 p.m.

Updated: Sept. 24, 2005

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