King County Elections certified the November
2015 General Election today. A summary of final results is available below.
Total voter turnout was 40 percent. The final
electronic canvass results (e-Canvass), including precinct-by-precinct
information, will be available on the Elections website by 4:30 p.m. on Wed.,
Nov. 25.
“We had hoped for a bigger turnout and appreciate
the voters who got their ballots in,” said Sherril Huff, director of King
County Elections. “We are always looking for ways to promote voter engagement
and anticipate that next year’s presidential election will see a dramatic
increase in turnout.”
The Seattle City Council
District No. 1 race in West Seattle has qualified for a mandatory manual
recount. Recounts are mandated by law when votes for offices fall within a
certain range.
The recount process will begin
on Monday, Nov. 30 and be completed on Monday, Dec. 7. The first few days of
the recount process will involve staff and observer training and ballot sorting
in order to obtain the votes specific to this District No. 1 race. Ballots are
not stored by district. Actual counting of the ballots is scheduled to begin on
Thursday, Dec. 3 and is expected to continue through Friday, Dec. 4 and
possibly the morning of Monday, Dec. 7. After
the manual hand count and reconciliation is complete the Canvassing Board will
meet to certify the recount on Monday, Dec. 7 at 3:00 p.m. Final results will be
announced by 4:30 p.m. that day.
