PORT ANGELES — If you’re a procrastinator or just the forgetful type, may this serve as a friendly reminder:
It’s Election Day in the Port Angeles School District.
That means it’s the final day to mail or submit ballots in the election to decide a two-year maintenance and operations levy.
As of Monday afternoon, a total of 10,649 ballots — or 57.36 percent of the 18,564 ballots mailed to registered voters April 27 — were returned to the Clallam County Auditor’s Office, reported Auditor Cathleen McKeown.
The turnout tops that of February’s first levy election, in which 47.52 percent of voters turned in ballots by the Feb. 8 deadline.
In that all-mail election, both a four-year maintenance and operations levy and a smaller capital technology levy failed to garner the 60 percent of yes votes needed to win.
This time, the School Board is seeking only a maintenance and operations levy over a two-year period to fill the gap between state and federal funding and the actual costs of operating the school district.
As in the February election, this levy proposal requires a 60 percent supermajority approval.