PORT TOWNSEND — Do you want the Jefferson County Public Utility District to bring you electricity instead of Puget Sound Energy?
This will be the question placed before voters in PSE’s service territory — East Jefferson County except Brinnon — on the same election day the nation decides the next president.
The Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Monday setting the Nov. 4 election.
The measure will give voters a chance to decide if the PUD should have the authority to purchase infrastructure and provide electric service as PSE’s franchise runs out.
The county commissioners handed the passed resolution to Deputy Civil Prosecuting Attorney David Alvarez for legal ballot wording.
Alvarez has until Aug. 12 to return the ballot wording to Auditor Donna Eldridge to print on the ballots.
“It’s time to respect the petitioners and put it on the ballot,” said County Commissioner David Sullivan, who was PUD commissioner before he was elected to the county board four years ago.
