Luzerne County’s Nov. 4 general election was officially put to rest Monday with the Election Board’s certification of the results.

A total 78,484 county voters cast ballots, or 38.25% of the county’s 205,194 registered voters, said county Election Director Emily Cook.

This is the highest turnout since 2007 for a “municipal election” held every other year that primarily features local municipal, school, and county races, according to county archived results.

There were fewer ballots cast in November 2007 — 66,359 — but the turnout was 38.28% because the total voter registration count was a lower 173,344 at that time.

Final figures from this year’s general election show 29% of the votes were cast through mail ballots, or a total 22,730, Cook said.

The remaining 55,754 ballots were cast

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