March election a success, results finalized

King County Elections today certified the March 10, 2009 special election, which included four ballot measures from three jurisdictions.

All ballots were reconciled to zero. King County Elections began working toward Six Sigma goals in 2005 to benchmark against inventory discrepancies between the number of mail ballots received and the number of mail ballots counted. Six Sigma quality performance means no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities and is a quality practice used in Fortune 500 companies like General Electric, Motorola, and Bank of America.

Final results are available online.

Election results summary:

24,867 mail ballots counted
13 accessible ballots counted

There will be no special election held in April, and jurisdictions have until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27 to file resolutions for the May 19 ballot.