Quilcene bond measure still short of approval | 2022 Special Election

Posted

The $12.3 million bond proposal for a new elementary school in Quilcene was still just below the threshold for approval following an updated vote tally Wednesday.

The bond measure requires 60 percent of the vote, plus one vote, for passage.

In the first vote count on Election Night, the measure was just two votes shy of passage.

In Wednesday's updated tally, Quilcene's Proposition 1 dropped to a 59.22 percent "yes" vote from 59.96 percent the night before.

A total of 88 additional ballots were counted Wednesday, with 48 votes in favor, and 40 votes against. That's an approval rate of 54.5 percent.

The next vote tally of ballots is set for Tuesday, Feb. 15.