The local voters pamphlet for the Aug. 4 primary covers candidates in parts of Snohomish County from Lynnwood to Stanwood.
They’re all in one pamphlet because Snohomish County elections officials printed only one pamphlet for this year’s primary.
The county plans to print six editions for different parts of the county before the Nov. 3 general election, which will have many more positions on the ballot. An example is in Mountlake Terrace, where primary ballots have only two positions — county executive and one place on the Edmonds School Board — while voters in November will cast ballots for several state ballot measures, and for county executive, county assessor, county auditor, county clerk, county sheriff, county treasurer, three positions on the county charter-review commission, three positions on the city council, four positions on the Edmonds School Board and two positions on the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District board.
County Elections Manager Garth Fell said Wednesday that, while printing six pamphlets is cost effective in November, printing a single pamphlet is cheaper for the primary.
Local voters can find information about all candidates on local ballots, along with candidates running in places like the Stanwood-based North County Regional Fire Authority and the Lakewood School District (the one in north Snohomish County, not the Lakewood south of Tacoma in Pierce County).
To read only about candidates on your own ballot, go to the Snohomish County elections web site, click on voter registration and then on “MyVote,” or go directly to www.myvote.wa.gov. Either way, enter your name and date of birth, click “continue,” then, “my candidates and ballot measures” then pick an office and click on “View all.” That way you can avoid reading about candidates in Everett or Lake Stevens.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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