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Use drop boxes for last-minute ballots in Whatcom County

By Ralph Schwartz

The Bellingham Herald
Election worker Bob Cecile puts a ballot in the new drop-off box in the parking lot south of the Whatcom County Courthouse on Grand Avenue in Bellingham on Election Day 2010. The county Auditor’s Office recommends using a drop box for last-minute ballots instead of mailing to ensure they are counted.
Election worker Bob Cecile puts a ballot in the new drop-off box in the parking lot south of the Whatcom County Courthouse on Grand Avenue in Bellingham on Election Day 2010. The county Auditor’s Office recommends using a drop box for last-minute ballots instead of mailing to ensure they are counted. PHILIP A. DWYER THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Voters who waited until Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, to cast their ballots should deliver them to drop boxes at 14 locations across Whatcom County.

Ballots dropped in the mail on Tuesday may not be postmarked in time to be counted, the county auditor said.

Drop boxes are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Locations are online at whatcomcounty.us/1863/Ballot-Drop-Box-Locations.

Whatcom voters are considering whether to raise the sales tax to pay for a new jail, and whether to opt for term limits and district-only voting for certain county officials, among other measures. Contested offices on the ballot include county executive and two county council members, a Port of Bellingham commissioner, a Bellingham School Board position and Ferndale mayor.

More information is in the county voters pamphlet, online at whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/12912.

This story was originally published November 2, 2015 at 5:01 PM with the headline "Use drop boxes for last-minute ballots in Whatcom County."

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