{"id":5000,"date":"2012-11-28T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/king-county-elections-certifies-general-election-85-percent-turnout\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T22:20:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T05:20:32","slug":"king-county-elections-certifies-general-election-85-percent-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/king-county-elections-certifies-general-election-85-percent-turnout\/","title":{"rendered":"King County Elections certifies general election; 85 percent turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"

King County Elections<\/a> certified the results of 2012 general election Tuesday. Voters returned 993,908 ballots for a final turnout of 85 percent, with 978,377 of those ballots tabulated in the final results report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cVoters responded to our messaging this year and returned their ballots early,\u201d said Sherril Huff, director of elections. \u201cWe counted a record high of 556,000 ballots on election night and the number of ballots received too late to process was down over 200 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Voters also improved performance on signature-related issues which resulted in significantly fewer ballots requiring costly follow up.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

One race, for the District 47 House of Representatives seat between State Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington and Kent Democratic challenger Bud Sizemore, qualified for a mandatory machine recount that will be conducted on Friday, Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Residents can register to vote or update their registration at the Elections website by Jan. 14 to vote in the next election, a special election, on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

General election by the numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots issued 1,216,246<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Registered voters 1,170,638<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots returned 993,908<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots counted 978,377<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots cast on accessible voting units 4,463<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots returned by email 4,638<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots returned by fax 806<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots returned at drop boxes 208,105<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Challenged ballots cured 13,237<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ballots remaining challenged 8,900<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Returned too late 3,068<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Returned as undeliverable 11,002<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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