Havent cast a ballot in todays special district election? Its not too late. The election closes at 8 p.m. tonight, giving prospective voters an opportunity to drop a ballot off at one of the numerous ballot drop box sites throughout the county or at election offices in Hillsboro (2925 NE Aloclek Dr). It is too late to mail a ballot. Locally, a drop box site is located at the Banks Public Library (42461 NW Market Street), in Forest Grove in front of the Forest Grove City Library (2114 Pacific Ave), in North Plains at City Hall (31360 NW Commercial Street), and many other locations. According to the most recently available numbers from Washington County, the vast majority of registered voters in Washington County have yet to cast a ballot, with only 69,396 ballots, or 18% of all registered voters participating as of Monday afternoon.This years special district election turnout is currently at the second-highest rate by percentage of registered voter turnout in the last five special district elections, according to the Washington County Elections office.
Graphic courtesy Washington County Elections Office
The Washington County Elections Division released the certified election results on Tuesday from the May 20 special district election, including precinct-level data for the election that saw contested school board races in the Forest Grove School District and a Gales Creek resident win election to t
The city of Forest Grove will need to turn elsewhere if it wishes to fund the construction of a new police station. The latest vote tally issued Friday afternoon widened the 'no' vote to a 190-vote lead.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
