PORT TOWNSEND — More than 36 percent of Jefferson County’s registered voters who received ballots for the Feb. 9 special election had returned them as of Tuesday.
Sandi Eldridge, voter registrar, said 8,506 people out of 23,091 registered voters who received ballots had cast their ballots.
In Clallam County, 10,065 people, or 41.77 percent of the 24,099 registered voters who received ballots, had returned them.
On the Jefferson County ballot are levies in the Brinnon and Quilcene school districts and proposed bond measures in the Port Townsend and Chimacum school districts, as well as a bond proposed for the Discovery Bay Fire District.
Also on the ballot is a proposed bond for the Sequim School District, which includes 295 Jefferson County voters.
Ballots must be returned by Tuesday by mail or by 8 p.m. that day at drop boxes.
Ballots placed in mailboxes after the last pickup time Tuesday will not be collected until the next day, resulting in a postmark after election day, said Betty Johnson, elections coordinator.
To ensure that votes are included in election night totals, get ballots in by Monday, Johnson said.
Locations include:
■ Jefferson County Auditor’s Office at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, or behind the courthouse in the back parking lot.
■ Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.
Election questions can be directed to 360-385-9119.