Ballots for Aug. 5 primary election to be mailed today

Hospital commission, Port Angeles, Port Townsend city council races to be determined

Ballots for the Aug. 5 primary election will be mailed today.

In Clallam County, the ballot will include the race for Hospital District 2, commissioner position 7, between Laurie Force and Penney Sanders as well as two races for Port Angeles City Council.

Mic Sager has withdrawn from the hospital commissioner race but will still appear on the ballot.

Meanwhile, Gilbert Hall, James Taylor and LaTrisha Suggs will compete for Port Angeles City Council Position No. 7 while Ralph Davisson, Marloee “Mimi” Smith Dvorak and Kate Dexter are up for Port Angeles City Council Position No. 4.

A three-person race has shaped up for Port Angeles School District 121 Director Position No. 1 between Kim Butler, Ruth Replogle and Sarah Methner. Ned Hammer has withdrawn but will still appear on the ballot.

Finally, a levy lid lift issue is up for a vote in Clallam County Fire District 3.

“The Board of Clallam County Fire Protection District No. 3 adopted Resolution No. 2025-01 concerning a proposition to maintain and adequately fund district operations,” the sample ballot states. “This proposition would authorize the district to restore its regular property tax levy to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collection in 2026 and authorizes annual adjustments by the greater of the statutory rate or the annual CPI-U for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue reported in June of the levy year for each of the five succeeding years. The maximum allowable levy in 2030 shall serve as the base for subsequent levy limitations as provided by Chapter 84.55 RCW. Should this proposition be approved?”

In Jefferson County, three candidates — Fred Obee, Mikki Porter and Dylan Quarles — have filed for Port Townsend City Council, Position 1.

Ballot drop boxes will be available 24 hours a day until 8 p.m. on election night.

In Clallam County, they are located at:

• 261461 U.S. Highway 101, near Sunny Farms and adjacent to Mill Road in Carlsborg.

• 16990 state Highway 112, in front of the Clallam Bay Branch Library in Clallam Bay.

• 500 E. Division St., outside Forks City Hall in Forks.

• 1450 Bayview Ave., in front of Washburn’s General Store in Neah Bay.

• 223 E. Fourth St., in the Clallam County Courthouse circular drive in Port Angeles.

• 223 E. Fourth St., directly across from the disabled parking at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles.

• 15 Sekiu Airport Road, at the PUD, in the drive-up lane in Sekiu.

• 651 W. Washington St., in the parking lot in Sequim.

In Jefferson County, they are located at:

• 1820 Jefferson St., at the Jefferson County Courthouse, in the back parking lot in Port Townsend.

• 1820 Jefferson St., in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse steps in Port Townsend.

• 1820 Jefferson St., in the auditor’s office on the first floor of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend.

• 1820 Jefferson St., at the basement entrance to the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend.

• 306144 U.S. Highway 101 at the Brinnon Community Center in Brinnon.

• 294952 U.S. Highway 101 at the Quilcene Community Center in Quilcene.

• 620 Cedar Ave. at the Jefferson County Library in Port Hadlock.

• 6633 Flagler Road at the Nordland Fire Station in Nordland.

• 93 Beaver Valley Road at the Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center in Port Ludlow.

• 2261 Lower Hoh Road, at the Hoh Indian Nation in front of the Tribal Police Center in Forks.

• Quinault Indian Nation, in front of the Queets Tribal office in Queets.

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Reporter Emily Hanson can be reached by email at emily.hanson@peninsuladailynews.com.

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