Levy election is Tuesday
June 11, 2008 · Updated 11:51 AM
In the final days before the Tuesday, March 12, levy vote, Central Kitsap Education Association (CKEA) members are hard at work calling registered voters and distributing Levy Yes signs.
We are feeling very optimistic about the outcome. It is a lot quieter that we have seen in the past, and there is no active no campaign, said Cheryl Brown, president of the teachers union. We feel very encouraged that this will be a pass.
The Kitsap County Auditors Office mailed 22,056 absentee ballots to Central Kitsap voters. Dolores Gilmore, elections manager for the Auditors Office, said 9,692 have been returned.
Usually we hope to get, for overall return, about 50 percent for special elections. For the last couple special elections, we have had between 45 and 50 (percent), Gilmore said.
On election day, CKEA members will be poll watching or monitoring who has voted and calling to remind people who havent visited the polls, Brown said.
The election will be certified March 22, but preliminary results will be available by about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Gilmore said.
Sometimes if the race is really close, you have to wait to certify. If it is not too close, we should have a pretty good idea by the following Friday, Gilmore said.
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