Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail L. Pellerin certified results of the February 5, 2008 Presidential Primary Election on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 as required by the state Elections Code.

A summary of the results as well as a precinct-by-precinct report are posted on the website at www.votescount.com and available at the Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department.

February 5, 2008 Election Statistics:

• Voter Registration: 136,144

• Total Votes Cast: 91,133

• Total Precinct Votes: 52,700

• Total Vote-by-Mail Votes: 38,433

• Total Vote-by-Mail Requests: 52,198

• Total Provisional Ballots Counted: 3,680

• Total Provisional Ballots Cast: 4,615

I want to take this opportunity to THANK YOU - the reporters, photographers, camera operators, editors, radio commentators - our local media experts, for the outstanding coverage you gave the February Election. See you in June!