PORT ANGELES — With less than a week to go before the Nov. 3 general election, voter turnout remained low on the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday.
The Clallam County Auditor’s Office had received 8,185 ballots as of Tuesday, Auditor Shoona Riggs said.
That’s 17.2 percent of the 47,481 ballots mailed to eligible voters.
Jefferson County voters had returned 5,055 ballots by Tuesday, voter registration coordinator Sandi Eldridge said.
That’s 22 percent of the 22,995 ballots mailed for the general election.
Ballots were mailed Oct. 14.
To be valid, ballots must be postmarked no later than Nov. 3 or dropped off no later than 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at the following locations:
■ Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. A drive-up drop box is provided.
■ Sequim Village Shopping Center, near the J.C. Penney store, 651 W. Washington St.
■ Forks District Court lobby, 502 E. Division St.
■ Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend. A drive-up drop box is provided in the parking lot to the rear of the courthouse off Franklin Street.
■ Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock. An outside drop box is mounted in the parking lot.
The North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide, produced as a public service by the Peninsula Daily News, is available online at http://tinyurl.com/PDNelectionguide or www.peninsuladailynews.com.
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
