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Elections director: 677,387 ballots cast; new on‑site mail‑in tabulation used by ~23,400 voters
Summary
Scott Jarrett told supervisors the county recorded 677,387 ballots (26.7% turnout) in the July primary and that a new on‑site process allowing voters to bring and tabulate mail‑in ballots reduced post‑election processing time.
Scott Jarrett, presenting the elections department’s canvas, reported that 677,387 ballots were cast in the July 21 primary, a turnout of 26.7 percent. He highlighted operational changes that the department tested in this election, including a new on‑site process that allowed voters who brought a mail‑in ballot to check in, show ID, have the ballot stamped and have it tabulated at the voting center.
"We had, over well, 677,387 ballots cast in the primary election. So that was 26.7% turnout," Jarrett said while reviewing the department’s slide deck. He told the board that about 23,400 voters used the new on‑site verification/tabulation process, which he said sped the county’s ability to post results.
Jarrett described staffing and logistics: roughly 236 vote centers were available, more than 500 county employees supported operations and roughly 324 central‑count workers were engaged for tabulation and adjudication tasks. He told the board that a roughly 4% adjudication rate (about 26,000 ballots) reflected ballots requiring human review for voter intent or write‑ins.
