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Special election ballots due Tuesday in Bellingham and Concrete

KIE RELYEA; THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Published: Feb. 10, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. PST
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Tuesday, Feb. 12, is the last day to turn in ballots for the special election.

Voters in southwest Bellingham - south of Western Washington University and west of Interstate 5 to the water - will decide whether to form a metropolitan park district and elect five commissioners who would tax the Chuckanut Community Forest Park District's property owners to help pay for the city's purchase of Chuckanut Ridge.

Voters in Concrete School District will decide on a replacement educational programs and operations levy.

Those are the only measures on the special election ballot.

Ballots must be postmarked by Feb. 12 to be valid. They also can be dropped off in the Auditor's Office inside the County Courthouse, 311 Grand Ave., Suite 103, or at the County Courthouse south parking lot, 201 Grand Ave., one block south of courthouse. The drop box closes at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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