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Tuesday is election day for much of the county

Voters in nine Spokane area school districts and the city of Spokane have tax measures they are being asked to cast ballots on by Tuesday evening.

Most Spokane city voters have four measures on their ballot. The Spokane School District, which covers much of the city and spills outside its borders in some areas, is asking voters to renew a maintenance and operations levy and approve a $288 million bond issue to pay for the next phase of a school renovation program. The city has an $18.5 million bond issue to handle several criminal justice projects, including a new evidence warehouse, animal control facilities and municipal courts.

The Cheney, Deer Park, Liberty, Mead, Medical Lake, Nine Mile Falls and Riverside school districts also have levy renewals. Reardan-Edwall has a capital projects levy, and the town of Rosalia has a park and recreation levy.

Ballots that are mailed must be postmarked by Tuesday. They can also be deposited, minus a stamp, in a drop box set up by the County Elections office at most public libraries.

Drop box locations are inside the blog:

Airway Heights library, 1213 S. Lundstrom

Argonne library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd.

Cheney library, 610 S. First

Deer Park library, 208 S. Foster

Downtown Spokane library, 906 W. Main

Downtown Spokane transit center, 701 W. Riverside

East Central library, 524 S. Stone

Fairfield library, 321 E. Main

Hillyard library, 4005 N. Cook

Indian Trail library, 4909 W. Barnes

Medical Lake library, 321 E. Herb

Moran Prairie library, 6004 S. Regal

North Spokane library, 44 E. Hawhtorne

Shadle Park library, 2111 W. Wellesley

South Hill library, 3324 S. Perry

Spokane County Elections Office, 1033 W. Gardner

Spokane Valley library, 12004 E. Main

Registered voters who did not receive a ballot in the mail, or lost or damaged their ballots, can get replacement “provisional” ballot at a Voter Service Center on Tuesday between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Service centers are located at the Elections Office, the downtown transit center, the North Spokane library, St. Mark’s Church at 316 E. 24th in south Spokane, and St. Anne’ Church at 712 E. Lake in Medical Lake.

 



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