As of Friday, about 623,000 Washington state ballots were received by the counties, according to David Ammons, communications director for the Office of Secretary of State

That figure represents 14.7 percent of the 4.24 million ballots sent out, Ammons said.

“We’re thinking 80 percent eventual return, or more,” Ammons said in an emailed news release Tuesday.

According to the figures released by the Secretary of State, Island County has the second highest percentage of ballots submitted to date.

The following are some of the ballot return figures to date, listed by county:

COUNTY NO. VOTERS RETURNED PERCENTAGE

JEFFERSON 24,316 6,470 26.6 percent

ISLAND 54,644 14,163 25.9 percent

SKAGIT 73,564 15,909 21.6 percent

KING 1,278,655 194,603 15.2 percent

SNOHOMISH 453,589 37,450 8.3 percent

SAN JUAN 12,706 1,786 14.1 percent