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Amid continuing concerns about the validity of the results, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics still hasn't certified the results of the Sept. 9 primary election. New pre-certified results were released on Sept. 20, and today, the board released its final post election audit report. You can download the nine-page PDF for yourself. According to the report, the audit consisted of four three-member teams, each reviewing the ballots of randomly selected precincts, which were precincts 13, 21, 22 and 44. None of the audited precincts showed differences between manual recounts and voting machine results of more than one or two votes in any given race, though there were small inconsistencies between hand counts in two of the precincts.

This year's At-large D.C. Council race just won't go quietly into this goodnight, and neither, she announced today, will longtime Republican Council member Carol Schwartz. Even though she initially said last week that she would not launch a write-in campaign after losing the GOP primary to upstart challenger Patrick Mara, Schwartz today announced that she will now do just that.

Shortly after releasing its statement to the media, the DCBOEE has issued a new set of unofficial primary election results, this time with all 143 precincts included. None of the outcomes of any of the races have changed: Patrick Mara is still well ahead of long-time At-large Council member Carol Schwartz, Jack Evans has still held on to his Ward 2 seat, and all the other incumbents in the major races have still won their primary races. The total voter turn-out for this primary is now looking to be 42,421, although that still doesn't include absentee or provisional ballots. The total turnout for the Feb. 12 presidential primary was 131,103.

After huddling behind closed doors and ignoring media inquiries for most of the day, the DCBOEE has issued a statement on last night's voting irregularities.

UPDATE 10:49 p.m. With all of the races now decided, we're calling it a night. You can continue to follow the minutiae of the last few precinct results as they come in at the DCBOEE's snazzy new election results web site.

Come on, Commonwealth. The Post is reporting that just about nobody is showing up to vote in today's congressional primaries in the 11th District. It's a pretty big race, with Rep. Tom Davis leaving his long-held office and four Democrats vying for the nomination. But people seem to be suffering from election-lag after the months-long primary season. Don't be discouraged; poling places are open until 7 p.m.

Now that the 2008 presidential primary season has officially begun, it's time to make sure you're registered to vote. The District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will all hold their presidential primaries on Feb. 12, which means voter registration deadlines are looming.