Reed certifies Primary Election
This month’s Primary Election has been certified, with Secretary of State Sam Reed doing the honors late Friday afternoon. More than 1.4 million ballots were tallied in the Primary, with voter participation a lighter-than-forecast 38.5 percent. The county-by-county numbers are here, along with the breakout for various races. The turnout was the weakest for a presidential-gubernatorial election-year Primary in recent years. The average has run about 43 percent, and Secretary Reed had forecast 46 percent this year, based on what…