Whatcom County school districts’ levy election ballot results from Tuesday night

Levy requests from six of seven school districts in Whatcom County were passing, according to preliminary election results released on Tuesday night, Feb. 11.

The Ferndale operational levy no vote was 57%.

Bellingham, Blaine, Ferndale, Lynden, Meridian, Mount Baker and Nooksack school districts asked voters to approve four-year levies officials say are critical to their efforts to educate children and pay for technology.

The levies would raise tens of millions of dollars from local property taxes.

They need a simple majority to pass.

The next ballot count will be Wednesday afternoon, according to the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office.

Most of the measures asked voters to renew operations or technology levies that expire in 2020.

Operations levies pay for things such as teaching, transportation, school supplies and athletics, music and theater, among other needs.

Lynden and Meridian school districts also asked their voters to approve new technology levies.

Results reported at 8:30 p.m. by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office:

This story was originally published February 11, 2020 at 11:17 AM.

Kie Relyea

The Bellingham Herald

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Kie Relyea has been a reporter at The Bellingham Herald since 1997 and currently writes about social services and recreation in Whatcom County. She started her career in 1991 as a reporter and editor in Northern California.