SEQUIM — The League of Women Voters of Clallam County will sponsor a candidate forum from 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. today.
The forum at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., will feature candidates for the District 1 Clallam County commissioner seat, the Position 5 seat on the Sequim School Board and Clallam County Fire District No. 3.
All will appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot, which will be mailed to registered voters Wednesday.
Onward to November
Races in which three or more candidates are running will appear on the primary ballot. The top two vote-getters will go on to the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
County Commissioner Jim McEntire, a Sequim Republican, is challenged for his seat by Bryan D. Frazier, a Carlsborg Democrat who helped found Citizens for the Preservation of Carlsborg Community Action Group, and by Mark Ozias, a Sequim Democrat who is the director of the Sequim Food Bank.
Sequim School Board candidates Heather Short, Charles Meyer — who will not be present at the forum but who will send a representative — and William Payne, who formerly served as the prosecuting attorney for Clallam County, are vying for the “top two” positions for at-large Position No. 5.
While the District 1 Sequim School Board race will appear on the primary ballot, two of the four candidates who originally filed for the position have withdrawn.
Willard Naslund and Rebecca Bratsman withdrew from the contest too late to have their names removed from the ballot.
Incumbent Heather Jeffers and Robin Henrikson will run in the November election.
Incumbent Michael Gawley is challenged for his Fire District No. 3 seat by Sean Ryan and Alan W. Slind.
For more information about the forum and the League of Women Voters, go to the league’s website at www.lwvcla.org.
