Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
A piece of primary election history
The Mason County elections department set up the conference room of the Mason County Public Works building to manually recount Mason County's results in the statewide Commissioner of Public Lands race. Just 51 votes statewide separated Dave Upthegrove and Sue Kuehl Pederson, mandating a hand recount of the race in all 39 of Washington's counties. Ten two-person counting boards tabulate the ballots to compare with the initial machine-counted votes.
By the time you read this, the manual recount for the Commissioner of Public Lands race will be well under way. The last time there was a statewide manual recount in a primary election race was 1960. This recount was triggered by a 51-vote margin between the second-place candidate in the primary, Dave Upthegrove, and the third-place candidate, Sue Kuehl Pederson.
This is a 0.0064% difference in vote totals, less than the 0.25% threshold required in RCW 29A.64.021. The winner will face the top finisher, Jaime Herrera-Beutler, in the November general election.
Manual recounts are taking place in...
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