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OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501; FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502; BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503; LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504; MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505; NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506; AND M('.)UNT .. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507; HELD IN WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1977.
Office of the Auditor of Whatcom County Bellingham, Washington November 30, 1977
Pursuant to a notice given by Wella Hansen, County Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, we the undersigned, C. J. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of said County, and David S. Mc Eachran, Prosecuting Attorney of said County, now meet with Wella Hansen, County Auditor of said County, at the County seat of said County on the 30th day of November, 1977 for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the County of Whatcom, at the General Election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1977. The absentee votes, number� ing 1,986, having heretofore on Novernber·l4, 1977 been opened and added to the figures. Wella Hansen, County Auditor as aforesaid, now makes oath as follows:
STATE OF WASHINGTON)
) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
OATH OF AUDITOR
I, Wella Hansen, County Auditor of Whatcom County, State of Washington, do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns of the County of Whatcom have been in no wise altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when I received them, except that the votes of the absentee voters have been added, SO HELP ME GOD.
Auditor of Whatcom County
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of November, 1977.
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Immediately after the oath by the County Auditor, the said Wella Hansen, C.J. Johnson, and David S. Mc Eachran proceeded as a Canvassing Board inand for said Whatcom County to canvass the votes cast in the voting precinctsof said Whatcom County on Tuesday the 8th day of November, 1977.
The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set forth herein and recorded upon pages 109 through 112, Volume 4 of Elections Records.
CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD
STATE OF WASHINGTON)
) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
The undersigned, being the officers designated by the law and constituting the Canvassing Board in and for the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, having met for the purpose of canvassing the votes concerning the following elected offici als: ;.J ,'.
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CITY OF SUMAS
MAYOR
Robert A. Mitchell . . 129
COUNCILMAN -POS. NO. 1
Don Hammingh ....• . . 124
COUNCILMAN --POS. NO. 2
N.C. Luehmann .David N. Swanson
COUNCILMAN -POS. NO. 3 (Unexpired Term)
95 64
S. S. Lambert ••.• 111Ronald A. Sutherland •••••55
COUNCILMAN -POS. NO. 4
George Bos. . .. 123
We the undersigned, do hereby certify that the foregoing pages in Whatcom County Elections Records, Volume 4, Pages 109 through 112, is a true and correct canvass of the votes, except as modified by the votes of the absentee voters, polled0;in the City of Bellingham, City of Blaine, City of Everson,Town of Ferndale, City of Lynden, Town bf Nooksack and Sumas City, County of Whatcom, State of Washington, at the General and Special Election held in these cities on the second Tuesday, being the 8th day of November, 1977, as taken from the official returns.
That said statement and returns contain the names of all contestants rogether with the title of the office sought and the number of votes received.
That the total number of registered voters in the voting precincts of the City of Bellingham, as reported as 23,229 and the number voting at the polls was 9,497 and 1,051 by ab sentee ba11·ots. That number of registered voters in the voting precincts of the City of Blaine was 1,058 and the number vot..rl..qg at the polls was 512 and 38 absentee voter. That the total number of registered· voters in the voting precinct of the City of Everson was 401 and the number voting at the polls was 211 and 23 absentee votes. That the number of registered voters in the Town of Ferndale precincts was 1,412 and the number voting at the polls was 687 and 45 absentee votes. That the total number of registered voters in the City of Lynden precincts was 2114 and the number voting at the polls was 1,163 and 102 by absentee ballot. That the number of registered voters in the Town of Nooksack was 190 and the number voting at the polls was 106 and 7 by absentee ballot. That the number of registered voters in the voting precinct of the City of Sumas was 345 and the number voting at the polls was 180 and 17 by absentee ballot.
Witness out hand and seal this 30th day of:November, 1977.
Commissioners
Auditor of Whatcom County