PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters had returned 8,493, or 20.61 percent, of the 41,208 ballots sent out for Tuesday’s primary election as of Friday, the Clallam County Auditor’s Office said.
In Jefferson County, voters had returned by Friday 4,423, or 29.35 percent, of the 15,070 ballots mailed to them.
No race is countywide in the August primary election. All the ballots returned to the Clallam County Auditor’s Office came from different jurisdictions.
Two candidates in each of the following Clallam County races will advance to the Nov. 5 general election: Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commissioner, Port of Port Angeles commissioner, District 2, and Port Angeles School Board member, Position 1.
Primary election contests are generated in Washington’s top-two primary when more than two candidates file for a petition.
The two candidates who receive the most votes face off in the general election Nov. 5.
Voters in the West End of Clallam County have not been sent ballots since no office had three candidates.
All ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday or placed in an official drop box by 8 p.m. that day to be counted.
Clallam County registered voters who have not received a primary election ballot and anyone needing a replacement ballot should stop by the Auditor’s Office in the courthouse or phone voting registrar Julie Maxion at 360-417-2221.
The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Drop boxes are located at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles; and at Sequim City Hall, 152 W. Cedar St., Sequim.
The 16-page Primary Election Voter Guide for Clallam and Jefferson counties was included in the Peninsula Daily News on July 19.
Free copies of the guide are available at local libraries, county courthouses, city halls and the PDN’s Port Angeles office, 305 W. First St.
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Reporter Jeremy Schwartz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5074, or at jschwartz@peninsuladailynews.com.