Oct. 5, 2006
2006/10/05

King County Elections certifies manual recount

The King County Canvassing Board unanimously certified the manual recount of the District Court Northeast Electoral District today and announced the top two candidates, Richard Pope and Frank V. LaSalata will move on to the general election. Staff manually sorted and recounted 92,930 ballots, from 660 precincts. Certified results are now available online.

Manual recount result totals for King and Snohomish counties:

The total ballots counted in the first count were 92,992 and ballots counted in the manual recount were 92,930, a difference of 62 ballots. Results in a manual recount can change for several reasons. During a manual recount, each ballot is pulled, sorted by precinct and then visually inspected before they are hand-counted by about 150 people. Visual inspection could have provided a fluctuation in write-ins, vote totals or other variances.

"A small amount of discrepancy between counts is not uncommon. At the end of the day we’re still relying on humans to perform these functions regardless if the count is done by machine or manually," said Sherril Huff Menees, Assistant Director of Records, Elections and Licensing Services.

According to state law, ballots for the November General Election must be available by October 18 and in the mail no later than October 20. "Under these circumstances it will take an enormous effort to meet our deadlines," said Huff Menees. "Added to this deadline is our goal to mail out military and overseas ballots by October 14 to allow 45 days transit time. We’ll be working late nights and the weekend to make this important deadline."

Next year, election officials will have an added month between the August primary and November general election to print and prepare absentee ballots for the military and oversea ballot mailing.

October 7, 2006
Voters must make any changes or updates to their registration, to be eligible to vote in the November 7 General Election. More information can be found at www.metrokc.gov/elections/news/2006_10_04.asp. New Washington voters have until Oct. 23 to register to vote, but they must do so in person at King County Elections’ downtown Seattle office or a regional Community Service Center.

October 13, 2006
Voters’ pamphlets will be mailed to all residential households. Additional copies in English and Chinese will be available at King County Elections’ downtown office and at all local libraries.

October 16, 2006
Logic and accuracy tests of the accessible voting units will take place at the Elections Distribution Center at 1215 E. Fir St. in Seattle. Details to be announced.

October 18-20, 2006
Absentee ballots mailed. To request a one-time absentee ballot, or to change your voting method to permanent absentee, visit http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/votebymail/.

October 21, 2006
King County Elections will extend its hours on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to allow new Washington residents to register in person. Access to the King County Administration Building should be made from the Third Avenue entrance of the King County Courthouse.

October 23, 2006
To be eligible to vote in the November 7 General Election, new Washington voters must complete their registration in person by Monday, October 23.

November 2, 2006
Logic and accuracy tests of mail ballot vote tabulation equipment will take place at the Temporary Elections Annex at 9010 E. Marginal Way S. in Tukwila. Details to be announced.

November 7, 2006
General Election! Don’t forget to vote!

Updated: Oct. 5, 2006
修訂日期: 2006/10/5

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