Hey! There’s an election going on here

Clock is ticking down to the deadline for turning in ballots for primary elections all over Washington state.

Most of the primaries are for city or town councils, school or fired district boards. But there’s a hot five-way race for an open state representative seat in southeastern Washington’s 9th District, and a proposal to extend a one-tenth of one percent sales tax in Spokane County.

If you haven’t voted yet, and don’t know the vote-by-mail rules, here’s the drill:

Your ballot must be postmarked by Tuesday, which means you’ll probably want to take it to the post office to make sure it’s done in time. Or you can deposit it in a drop box, set up in key locations around your county, or take it to a voter service center.

A list of Spokane County drop boxes is inside the blog, as well as phone numbers for other surrounding county elections offices.

And if you live in Idaho? Relax. No election on Tuesday.