SEQUIM — Promoters of the Sequim School District’s two-year maintenance and operations levy ran a “whisper campaign” that turned out to be a roaring success.

One of the reasons is pro-levy campaigners tracked who voted by mail up to Election Day and mounted a drive to encourage a “yes” vote among those who hadn’t.

The $4.6 million levy received 64.44 percent approval after nearly 9,500 mail-in ballots were counted Tuesday night.

An additional 1,798 ballots that arrived Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be tallied Friday, according to Clallam County Elections Supervisor Patty Rosand. Election results rarely change more than 1 percent after the initial vote count, Rosand said.

“If the results changed more than that I would think something was wrong,” she said.

Voter response to the Sequim levy was at a local record level with more people voting in this week’s election than in last November’s general election.

So far 11,366 ballots have been returned, compared with 10,285 cast by voters within the school district in November.

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