No primary election outcomes were changed by today’s count of outstanding ballots in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was 49.02 percent in Jefferson County and 44.62 percent in Clallam County.
A total of 8,518 ballots were cast out of 19,092 issued in Clallam County. The election was only in the eastern part of the county.
A total of 10,699 ballots were cast out of 21,827 issued in Jefferson County.
Line-ups remained the same for both the Sequim and Port Townsend city council races in the Nov. 8 general election, and while the Jefferson County Library bond measure gained some support, it was not nearly enough to stem its defeat.
No additional counts of ballots are planned until Aug. 31, when the final count of outstanding ballots — estimated to be 20 in Clallam County and 25 in Jefferson County — will precede certification of the election.
After 798 outstanding ballots were counted in Jefferson County today, the final tally on the defeat of a proposed bond issue for a $9 million expansion of the Jefferson County Library was 4,312, or 53.69 percent against the measure, and 3,720, or 46.31 percent, in favor of it.
That was a slight uptick in support from Tuesday’s election night count of 4,059 votes, or 54.46 percent, against and 3,394 votes, or 42.14 percent, in favor.
A supermajority — 60 percent plus one vote — would have been needed to pass the measure.
If it had been approved, the measure would have raised property taxes by $44 per year for 20 years for a house valued at $250,000, which is the average home value for the library district.
It would have been used to renovate and expand the main library in Port Hadlock, adding 9,700 square feet to the existing 10,000-square-foot building, which will also have undergone considerable renovations.
With 731 outstanding ballots counted today in Clallam County, Republican Jim McEntire remained more popular than Democrat Linda Barnfather in the contest for the Clallam County commissioner District 1 seat.
McEntire won 4,747 votes, or 56.2 percent, to Barnfather’s 3,700 votes, or 43.8 percent — a tiny change from Tuesday’s night’s results of 56.55 percent for McEntire and 43.45 percent for Barnfather.
The two automatically advance to the November election.
In the Sequim City Council race, Mayor Pro Tem Laura Dubois will face challenger John Miller.
Total vote counts today showed that Dubois won 844 votes, or 52.92 percent, to Miller’s 514 votes or 32.23 percent.
Ron Fairclough garnered 237 votes, or 14.86 percent, and was eliminated in the top-two primary.
In the primary race, the top two vote-getters go on to the general election.
Deborah Stinson and Jack Range will face each other in the Nov. 8 general election for the Port Townsend City Council seat vacated by Laurie Medlicott.
After today’s count, Stinson won 1,233 votes, or 47.31 percent, to Range’s 1,141 votes, or 43.78 percent.
Stinson, 55, was a 2011 recipient of the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for outstanding community service.
Range, 25, is an investigator for the Public Defenders Office.
Stinson and Range were the only active candidates in the race, although the names of two who had withdrawn — Paul Richmond and Pamela Adams — were on the primary ballot because they left the race after the July 17 deadline for withdrawal.
