PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office reported it had accepted as of Monday 1,557 ballots out of 6,260, or 25.21 percent, provided registered voters in Tuesday’s levy elections for Port Angles School District, Crescent School District and Cape Flattery School District.
Damon Townsend, acting elections manager, said that now Clallam County reports only ballots that have been accepted, meaning that their signatures have been verified and other checks made. He estimated that about 2,800 more ballots had been received by Thursday but since they have not been accepted, he could not provide an exact figure.
The Jefferson County Auditor’s Office reported 842 ballots returned out of 2,606 ballots provided voters, for a turnout so far of 32 percent in the levy elections in the Quilcene and Brinnon school districts.
The Port Angeles School District is attempting to gain voter approval of a $52.6 million, five-year capital projects levy measure to fund expansion and remodeling of Stevens Middle School and begin a 30-year plan to upgrade the district’s other schools.
The Crescent School District is asking voter approval of two levies: a replacement Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) levy of $520,000 for four years and a four-year capital projects levy that would provide $500,000 for work on school facilities.
The Cape Flattery School District has placed on the ballot an EP&O levy of about $360,000 for each of four years.
Ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday or dropped off no later than 8 p.m. that day at drop boxes at the county Auditor’s Office at the Clallam County Courthouse at 223 E. Fourth St., either of the two drop boxes in the courthouse parking lot, in front of the Clallam Bay Library at 16990 state Highway 112 in Clallam Bay, 1450 Bayview Ave. (in front of Washburn’s General Store) in Neah Bay, and at the Clallam County Public Utility District office at 15 Sekiu Airport Road.
