Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles

Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles

CLALLAM: 15 elected to Charter Review Commission

PORT ANGELES — Voters cast ballots for 15 members of the Charter Review Commission during Tuesday’s election.

The Clallam County Charter Review Commission will meet to evaluate the county charter — its “constitution” for county government — beginning in January to create proposed amendments that will go before voters in November 2015.

For the panel, five members are chosen from each of the three county commission districts.

Here are the top five candidates in each district after the initial count of ballots Tuesday:

District 1 — Nola E. Judd, Ken Hays, Ted Miller, Ronald Bell and Sue W. Forde.

District 2 — Norma E. Turner, Maggie Roth, Steven D. Burke, Selinda Barkhuis and Glenn Wiggins.

District 3 — Connie Beauvais, Barbara Christensen, Rod Fleck, Cheryl Williams and Howard “Mike” Doherty Jr.

Vote count

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION 1 Charter Review Commission – Commissioner District No. 1

Candidate Vote Vote %

Nola E. Judd

2,284 8.89%

Ken Hays

2,784 10.83%

Ted Miller

2,272 8.84%

Anita L. Ready

1,502 5.84%

Jon Alan Kirshbaum

1,550 6.03%

Bill Lowman

1,556 6.05%

Bryon C. Gunnerson

1,692 6.58%

Timothy Bruce

1,811 7.05%

Brandon Janisse

1,383 5.38%

Jerry Sinn

2,186 8.51%

Ronald Bell

2,514 9.78%

Sue W. Forde

3,344 13.01%

Henning Holmgaard

820 3.19%

Total Votes (not including write-ins) 25,698

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION 2 Charter Review Commission – Commissioner District No. 2

Candidate Vote Vote %

Judi Hangartner

559 2.67%

Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin

1,013 4.83%

Norma E. Turner

2,042 9.74%

Maggie Roth

1,858 8.86%

Susan Shotthafer

849 4.05%

Steven Burke

1,490 7.11%

Patti Morris

1,292 6.16%

Kaj Ahlburg

1,238 5.91%

Selinda Barkhuis

1,424 6.79%

Stephanie Noblin

1,071 5.11%

Diane Haffner

1,320 6.3%

Marcia Farrell

381 1.82%

Glenn Wiggins

2,301 10.98%

Scott A. Clausen

1,042 4.97%

Sean Ryan

817 3.9%

Robert (Rob) Robertsen

1,224 5.84%

Dennis R. McBride

1,038 4.95%

Total Votes (not including write-ins) 20,959

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION 3 Charter Review Commission – Commissioner District No. 3

Candidate Vote Vote %

Lee Whetham

1,287 8.96%

Don Corson

1,234 8.59%

Connie Beauvais

1,498 10.43%

Joe McGimpsey

1,094 7.61%

Barbara Christensen

1,524 10.61%

Derek G. Medina

763 5.31%

William G. White

1,133 7.89%

Rod Fleck

1,388 9.66%

Cheryl Williams

1,406 9.79%

Howard (Mike) Doherty Jr.

2,106 14.66%

John Merton Marrs

935 6.51%

Total Votes (not including write-ins) 14,368

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