The Santa Cruz County Elections Department will count all remaining ballots from the March 2, 2004 Presidential Primary Election at 12:30 p.m., Monday, March 22, 2004.

Ballots will be counted at the Santa Cruz County Elections Department, located at 701 Ocean Street, Room 210 in Santa Cruz.

An electronic copy will be posted on the Elections Department's website at www.votescount.com as soon as it is available. Interested persons may purchase a complete bound version of the Statement of Vote or selected pages from the Elections Department’s office. For more information, please call 831-454-2060.

We 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 March 2, 2004 Presidential Primary Election.

Of course, elections in Santa Cruz County are made possible thanks to the hundreds of poll workers, extra help election workers, and full-time elections staff who are dedicated to preserving the democratic process in our county.

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For more information, please call the Santa Cruz County Elections Department at 831-454-2060, visit our office at 701 Ocean St., Room 210 in Santa Cruz, or check out our website at www.votescount.com.