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.

Voter service centers:

• City Center Elections Office 1033 W. Gardner Ave.
• City Center STA Transit Plaza 701 W. Riverside Ave.
• Northside North Spokane Library 44 E. Hawthorne Rd.
• South Hill St. Mark’s Church 316 E. 24th Ave.
• West Plains St. Anne’s Church 712 E. Lake St. (Medical Lk.)
• Spokane Valley CenterPlace 2426 N Discovery Pl

Drop boxes:

• Airway Heights Library 1213 S. Lundstrom St .
• Argonne Library 4322 N. Argonne Rd .
• Cheney Library 610 S. First St .
• Deer Park Library 208 S. Forest Ave .
• Downtown Library 906 W. Main Ave .
• Downtown STA Plaza 701 W. Riverside Ave .
• East Side Library 524 S. Stone St .
• Fairfield Library 321 E. Main St .
• Hillyard Library 4005 N. Cook St .
• Indian Trail Library 4909 W. Barnes Rd .
• Liberty Lake Library 23123 E Mission Ave
• Medical Lake Library 321 E. Herb St .
• Moran Prairie Library 6004 S. Regal St .
• North Spokane Library 44 E. Hawthorne Rd .
• Otis Orchards Library 22324 E Wellesley Ave
• Shadle Park Library 2111 W. Wellesley Ave .
• South Hill Library 3324 S. Perry St .
• Spokane Valley Library 12004 E. Main
• Elections Office 1033 W. Gardner
  
  County Elections offices:
  
  

•Adams County:  (509) 659-3249
•Ferry County:  (509) 775-5200
•Lincoln County:  (509) 725-4971
•Pend Oreille County:  (509) 447-3185
•Spokane County: (509) 477-2320
•Stevens County:  (509) 684-7514
• Whitman County:  (509) 397-6353