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WA secretary of state predicts 38 percent turnout in primary
Secretary of State Sam Reed is predicting that 38 percent of voters will turn in their primary ballots.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Secretary of State Sam Reed is predicting that 38 percent of voters will turn in their primary ballots.
Reed's office said Friday that ballots have been mailed out to nearly all of the state's 3.6 million voters. A small percentage of voters in Pierce County aren't signed up for absentee ballots and still vote at polling places.
Voters must have their ballots postmarked by the Aug. 17 primary election.
Reed says the average of the last seven primaries in similar election years is 34 percent. He says the state will likely match 2006's turnout of 38 percent.
Voters will weigh in on several races in Washington's "top two" primary, including a U.S. Senate race, all of state's U.S. House seats, state Supreme Court races and dozens of legislative seats.
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