King County Elections certified the November 2015 General Election yesterday. 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.

Recount begins Monday, November 30

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.