Local voter turnout running far ahead of county average

By Evan Smith

Local voters have returned their ballots at a higher rate than the countywide rate of 38.80 percent.

Voters in Shoreline and the north part of Lake Forest Park and the rest of the King County part of the old 1st Congressional District -- the area voting to fill the last month of Jay Inslee's term -- had a ballot-return rate through Friday of 39.36 percent.

Voters in the 46th Legislative District, which includes Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and northeast Seattle had a return rate of 44.89 percent, higher than any district in the County except for the part of the 39th District that includes 327 voters in Skykomish.

The King County part of the 32nd Legislative District, Shoreline and part of northwest Seattle, had a return rate of 41.12 percent.

The statewide return rate is 38.19 percent, with the highest rate at 57.03 percent in Jefferson County on the Olympic Peninsula and the lowest being 32.45 percent in Yakima County.