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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Local voter turnout running ahead of County average, behind State average

By Evan Smith

The voter turnout in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park for the November 8 general election is higher than the countywide average but lower than the State average.

Turnout in the Shoreline School District through Thursday was 37.04 percent, compared to 36.07 percent countywide and 42.24 percent statewide

Turnout was 38.73 percent in Lake Forest Park and 36.58 percent in the City of Shoreline.

State elections officials expect King County to have a higher voter turnout than the State as a whole -- 52 percent for the County, 47 percent for the State, but King County usually is one of the slowest counties to tabulate votes.

The County elections office was closed Friday for the Veterans Day holiday. Officials plan to release an updated count Monday afternoon.


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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    What a shame. People around the world are killing themselves for the right to vote and yet we, as Americans and Northlakers, can't be bothered with even mustering 40% to vote. Shameful. Shame on all of us.

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