Three-day filing period open for eight seats

PORT TOWNSEND — A special three-day filing period will be conducted next month for eight public offices in Jefferson County, the auditor’s office said.

The period will be open from 8:30 a.m. June 7 to 4:30 p.m. June 9 at the Jefferson County Auditor’s Office, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.

The offices include:

• Queets/Clearwater School District Position 3, a four-year at-large seat.

• Queets/Clearwater School District Position 5, a two-year unexpired term for an at-large seat.

• Clearwater Fire District No. 7, Position 1, a two-year unexpired term.

• Clearwater Fire District No. 7, Position 2, a six-year short and full term.

• Clearwater Fire District No. 7, Position 3, a four-year unexpired term.

• Paradise Bay Water District No. 1, Position 2, a six-year term.

• Paradise Bay Water District No. 1, Position 3, a two-year unexpired term.

• Brinnon Water District No. 2, Position 2, a six-year short and full term.

No candidate filed for the positions during the regular filing period.

Candidates who file during the special period may not withdraw. The races will appear only on the general election ballot no matter how many candidates file for office.

If no candidates file for an office, the seat will be determined to be lapsed and will not appear on the general election ballot, the auditor’s office said.

Candidates may file in person, via email as an attachment to elections@co.jefferson.wa.us, by fax at 360-385-9228 or by mail at Jefferson County Elections, P.O. Box 563, Port Townsend WA 98368.

More in News

Gov. Jay Inslee rides across the Johnson Creek Railroad Trestle Foot Bridge on the Olympic Discovery Trail east of Sequim on Wednesday. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy honored Inslee as its 2023 Rail-Trail champion during an event at Red Cedar Hall in Blyn following Inslee's 27-mile ride from Port Angeles. (Jesse Major/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)
Inslee presented award for trails advocacy

Bike group cites governor’s support

Port of Port Angeles directors resigns

Director of Operations to serve in interim

Boy airlifted to Seattle after being hit by truck

Unidentified youth still undergoing treatment as of Wednesday

DOT ‘didn’t anticipate’ size of Tuesday backup

Port Angeles traffic halted for hours

Community Baby Shower to aid expectant parents, caregivers on Saturday

The Clallam & Jefferson County Perinatal Mental Health Task… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday's low tide at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. The minus 2.99 tide qualified as one of the lowest of the year with tides of minus 2.53 at La Push, minus 2.70 at Makah Bay, minus 2.55 at Seiku, minus 2.74 at Crescent Bay, minus 3.08 at Dungeness, minus 3.42 at Port Townsend and minus 3.82 at Dabob Bay. Similar low tides are forecast for the rest of the week across the North Olympic Peninsula.
Lowest tides on Peninsula

Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4,… Continue reading

In a PT Artscape project, Blue Heron Middle School teacher Charlie Fornia, left, and artist Jesse Watson finish painting a “Welcome to PTHS” mural on the woodshop building at Port Townsend High School. PT Artscape hired Watson to design the mural and hosted a morning of painting with elementary, middle school and high school students from around Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Welcome mural at Port Townsend High School

In a PT Artscape project, Blue Heron Middle School teacher Charlie Fornia,… Continue reading

Sill
Clallam restarts search for county administrator

HR director has filled spot for four years

Most Read