PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office reports it has received 38.50 percent of the presidential primary ballots it has issued to voters.
Voters had by Thursday, the last date for which results were provided, returned 20,919 of the 54,341 presidential primary ballots issued in Tuesday’s all-mail election.
Jefferson County’s return rate was 43 percent as of Friday. Voters had returned 11,310 of the 26,267 ballots issued.
Voters must declare a Republican or Democrat party affiliation for a primary election ballot to be valid. The information is made available to both parties which, as major political parties under state law, are the only parties listed.
Republican voters have one choice: President Donald J. Trump.
Democrats will find 13 names on the ballot, although most of the contenders have dropped out by now. Still in the running are Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard.
Ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday — no postage required — or returned to the county Auditor’s Office, which will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the county courthouse, or a ballot drop-box by 8 p.m. that day.
Drop boxes are at:
• Carlsborg – 261461 U.S. Highway 101 near Sunny Farms.
• Clallam Bay – 16990 state Highway 112 in front of the Clallam Bay Library.
• Forks – 500 E Division St., outside Forks City Hall.
• Neah Bay – 1450 Bayview Ave., in front of Washburn’s General Store.
• Clallam County Courthouse – 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
• Sekiu – 15 Sekiu Airport Road at the Clallam County Public Utility District office.
• Sequim – 651 W. Washington St., in the parking lot near JCPenney.
For more information, see clallam.net/Auditor/Elections.html or call 360-417-2217.
