{"id":1627,"date":"2014-10-14T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/king-county-elections-to-mail-ballots-oct-15\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T22:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T05:40:29","slug":"king-county-elections-to-mail-ballots-oct-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/king-county-elections-to-mail-ballots-oct-15\/","title":{"rendered":"King County Elections to mail ballots Oct. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

King County Elections will mail ballots Wednesday, Oct. 15 to nearly 1.2 million registered voters for the Nov. 4 general election.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are important issues on the ballot this election as well as candidates for offices,\u201d said Sherril Huff, director of King County Elections. \u201cMake sure to mark your ballot and return it as early as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

King County Elections has forecast a turnout of 62 percent for this election.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The major measure in Kent is Proposition A,<\/a> a $34 million bond measure to build a new police headquarters that needs a 60 percent or better yes vote for approval as well as a minimum turnout of 8,393 votes. If approved, the property tax rate would be 19 cents per $1,000 assessed value or about $57 per year for a $300,000 home.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Voters will receive two voters\u2019 pamphlets this election, one from the state and one from King County Elections. Voters\u2019 pamphlets are mailed separately and may arrive on a different day than ballots. Voters may also check MyVoterGuide<\/a> for a customized voters\u2019 pamphlet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There are five statewide measures (three initiatives and two advisory votes) on ballots this election, along with 10 measures from various local jurisdictions. There are 140 candidates and 90 offices in the general election<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Voters should read and follow directions on their ballots, sign the return envelope, and get ballots back before the Nov. 4 election day deadline. Mailed ballots need a first-class stamp. Voters also have 25 locations to return ballots without a stamp by 8 p.m. on Nov. 4, including permanent drop box locations, scheduled ballot drop-off vans and Accessible Voting Centers.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

King County Elections will mail ballots Wednesday, Oct. 15 to nearly 1.2 million registered voters for the Nov. 4 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}