Primary election outcomes remained the same after a second count of ballots in the all-mail election in Clallam County.
Friday’s count will be the last until just before Aug. 20, when the election will be certified, County Auditor Patty Rosand said.
Clallam County voter turnout was 28.87 percent, with 11,866 ballots returned out of 41,106 issued.
“That’s very typical for this primary election,” Rosand said.
None of the balloting in the primary was countywide.
“These were pretty specific little elections,” Rosand said.
“It’s not unusual when you don’t have a county race.”
In addition, there were no partisan races “to get the parties stirred up,” she said.
“In the general election, I’d like to see about 70 percent.”
Jefferson County
Neighboring Jefferson County’s voter turnout was 41.79 percent, with 6,298 ballots returned out of 15,070 ballots issued.
The top-two primary race is an elimination contest in which the two candidates with the most votes advance to the Nov. 5 general election. Ballots for the November election will be mailed Oct. 16.
Colleen McAleer and Del DelaBarre will face off for the Port of Port Angeles District 1 seat, and incumbent Sarah Methner and challenger Debby Fuson will vie for the Port Angeles School Board Position 1 seat in the general election.
Fire District No. 3
In the race for Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Position 3 seat, incumbent James Barnfather will face challenger Sean Ryan.
Most of the fire district is in Clallam County, but it extends into Gardiner in Jefferson County.
Totals listed here represent all votes counted Tuesday and today.
McAleer won 3,991 votes, or 59.27 percent. DelaBarre took 1,699 votes, or 25.23 percent.
Incumbent Paul McHugh was eliminated. He won 1,044 votes, or 15.5 percent.
The primary election race for the District 1 seat, which represents the Sequim area, pitted McHugh, 56 — a former Sequim City Council member who was appointed to the port commission in January 2012 — against McAleer, 46, port director of business development, and DelaBarre, 75, co-owner of BaRay Event Services Inc. in Sequim.
The primary race was held only in District 2. The general election vote will be countywide.
PA School Board
In the Port Angeles School Board race, Methner, who is seeking a second four-year term, won 2,659 votes, or 62.1 percent. Fuson, who ran unsuccessfully against Methner in November 2009, took 864 votes, or 20.18 percent.
Methner, 43, describes herself as a stay-at-home mom. Fuson, 60, works in accounting and business services.
David M. Tietz, 50, a salesman, was eliminated. He won 759 votes, or 17.73 percent.
In the Clallam County Fire District No. 3 race, Barnfather won a total of 4,618 votes, or 62.6 percent, while Ryan took a total of 1,564 votes, or 21.2 percent.
Charles Perdomo was eliminated in the primary. He won 1,196 votes, or 16.21 percent.
