More than 57 percent of ballots already returned in Port Angeles School District levy election ending today

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.

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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.

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