The election results for the two close races are safely decided. It will be Damon Gray to face Stan Snapp for the 4th Ward of Bellingham City Council. Gray has edged out Don Gischer by 30 votes and greater than a 1% margin. No recount. In the County Council District 1 primary, Chris Hatch has probably won over Dave Pros - by 19 votes and less than a 1/2% margin. This will probably get the mandatory recount but that should not change the results.

posted 12:30 pm
The Auditor numbers are fairly doing a dance since last Thursday. While there appear to be almost 500 more ballots to count, many have no signatures or were postmarked too late or have possibly invalid signatures. There appear to actually be 60 some ballots that will be counted and added to the total later today. We shall see after 3 pm.