King County Elections Wednesday morning certified the results of the 2010 Primary election, which had a total voter turnout of 39 percent. Final results are posted on the King County Election website.

Results of Precinct Committee Officer races will be reported on September 13 at 4:30 p.m.

The election experienced the highest voter turnout for a primary since 2004, with 421,157 ballots returned.

“We saw a respectable rate of participation considering this was not a presidential election year,” said Sherril Huff, King County Elections Director. “We were able to process ballots very efficiently and got some great support from many voters who returned their ballots early.”

As with any election, some ballots could not be counted because they were postmarked after Election Day or had issues with the voter signature. Voters can use the online Ballot Tracker to see if their ballot was received and sent on to be counted.

Voters who may have experienced problems with their signatures or mailing address should be sure to update their registration information now so that they are ready for the upcoming November General election.

Ballots for the General election will be mailed on October 13. The deadline to update voter registration information for the election is October 4. New Washington voters can register in person through October 25

In this election, 8,800 ballots were returned after Election Day. Voters are reminded that ballots must be returned to a Ballot Drop Box before 8 p.m. or postmarked by Election Day.