PORT ANGELES — Two initiatives seeking to prevent fluoridation of Port Angeles” municipal water supply received certification Wednesday from the Clallam County auditor.
They will be presented to the city clerk today.
“They have a sufficiency of signatures,” said Auditor Cathleen McKeown.
The signatures of 1,632 registered voters who live inside the city were required on each petition, and McKeown said her staff counted 20 valid signatures beyond that point for each.
Both Protect Our Waters and Our Water — Our Choice seek to halt the city’s fluoridation of its water.
Fluoride has been added to the Port Angeles public water supply since May.
Yet still uncertain is whether the initiatives will be included in the all-mail election that ends Nov. 7.
The city has asked for a judgment declaring that the issues are beyond the scope of citizens’ right to challenge them.
Initiative backers, in turn, seek a writ of mandamus forcing the city to put the issues on the ballot.
Superior Court Judge Ken Williams has recused himself from the case, leaving Judge George Woods to decide it or transfer it to a judge from another county.
