King County Elections releases first election night results

Results for more than 181,000 mail ballots were posted moments ago to the King County Elections Web site. Results can be found at http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/200908/results.aspx.

Election officials are now readying to receive and process returns from the three accessible voting centers in the county. Results from those locations should be added to the already counted mail ballot returns and reported after 10 p.m. tonight.

“While the election is still underway with much work yet to be done, it’s been a very successful operation from our perspective,” said Sherrill Huff, King County Elections Director. “We’re very pleased with the number of ballots we’ve been able to process with our new equipment resulting in a larger number to report on election night.”

The final turnout of this election will not be known until the end of the week, however, it appears to be close to the projected 33 percent rate of return. Ballot counting will continue for the next few weeks and the election will be certified on September 2. King County Elections will continue to post results daily by 4:30 p.m.

More information on today’s election and the full schedule for results is available online at can be found at www.kingcounty.gov/elections.