PORT ANGELES — More than 53 percent of Clallam County’s registered voters who received ballots in the special election ending today had returned them as of Monday.
County Auditor Shoona Riggs said 12,926 people, or 53.64 percent of the 24,099 registered voters who received ballots, had returned them.
In Jefferson County, 10,879 people, or 47.10 percent of 23,098 registered voters, had cast their ballots, said Sandi Eldridge, voter registrar.
Ballots were mailed Jan. 20 and must be returned by today by mail or by 8 p.m. at drop boxes. Locations include:
■ Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, in the auditor’s office or at a drive-up box off Fourth Street.
■ Sequim Village Shopping Center in the 600 block of West Washington Street, near the northeast corner of the J.C. Penney store.
Election questions can be directed to 360-417-2222 or toll-free to 866-433-8683 weekdays.
Voters can go to www.sos.wa.gov/elections/myvote to check whether their ballots have been received and processed. Allow 24 hours after returning a ballot for the record to be updated.
Voters are considering eight measures on the North Olympic Peninsula. None are county wide.
In Clallam County, approval has been requested for a $54 million bond for the Sequim School District and for two measures in the Crescent School District: a maintenance and operations levy that would collect about $520,000 in each of four years and a capital projects levy that would collect about $100,000 in each of four years.
In Jefferson County, the Port Townsend School District is requesting approval of a $40.9 million bond, while the Chimacum School District has placed a $29.1 million bond on the ballot, both construction bonds.
Maintenance and operations levies are proposed in the Quilcene and Brinnon school districts.
The four-year Quilcene measure would collect about $540,095 the first year of collection, $550,897 the second year, $561,915 the third year, and $575,153 the fourth year.
The two-year Brinnon measure would collect about $305,516 in 2017 and about $341,681 in 2018.
The Discovery Bay Volunteer Fire & Rescue is requesting a $530,000 bond, to be paid over 20 years, to replace its fire station.
About 200 voters in Jefferson County will weigh in on the Sequim School District bond.
Each bond requires a 60 percent supermajority for passage. Levies can be approved by a simple majority.
