More than 14 percent of the voters in the Port Angeles School District have returned ballots for the Feb. 8 special election, while Quillayute Valley School district voters have returned more than 7 percent.
Both districts have placed replacement maintenance and operations property tax levies on the ballot.
Of the 18,868 registered voters in the Port Angeles School District, 2,727 had returned ballots as of Tuesday for a return of 14.45 percent.
Of the 3,015 registered voters in the Quillayute Valley School District, a total of 220 have returned ballots, for a return percentage of 7.30 percent.
Ballots must be hand-delivered or mailed by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, to be counted.
Hand-delivered ballots can be taken to the Auditor’s Office at the Clallam County Courthouse at 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, or placed in drop boxes.
Drop boxes for this election are located at the courthouse and in the Forks District Court lobby, 502 E. Division St., Forks.
Property tax levies
Both districts are asking for a small increase over the property tax levies now in place, which will expire at the end of 2011. If approved, the levies would appear on 2012 property tax bills.
In Port Angeles, voters will decide whether or not to approve a four-year levy that would collect about $8.2 million in the first year and successively a little more each year.
Although the amount of the levy would go up a little each year, the estimated rate of $2.65 per $1,000 assessed valuation is expected to stay the same.
That means the owner of a $200,000 home in Port Angeles would pay $530 a year in property taxes to the school district — about $44 more than the current levy.
The two-year Quillayute Valley schools levy would bring in $626,348 each year with an estimated rate of $1.41 per $1,000 assessed valuation.
That means the owner of a $200,000 home would pay about $282 per year in property taxes.
Quillayute Valley School District also has 142 voters in Jefferson County, said Donna Eldridge, county auditor.
Of those, 17 — or 11.97 percent — had returned ballots as of Tuesday.
Of the 21,700 ballots issued in Jefferson County’s sales tax hike election — which is countywide — 4,333 had been returned as of Tuesday — a total of 19.97 percent.
Residents can register to vote in person through Monday and receive a ballot for this election.
Registered Clallam County voters who have not received ballots should phone 360-417-2221.
