Ballots for the fall election are being mailed out to San Juan County voters on Tuesday, Oct. 13, so you should get yours shortly. You are encouraged to vote as early as possible, then mail in your ballot right away or put it in the drop box if you have one on your island. Here are the locations of drop boxes for the three most populated islands:

San Juan Island: Election Office 55 Second Street STE A Friday Harbor, WA

San Juan County Court House 350 Court Street Friday Harbor, WA

Orcas Island: Orcas Island Senior Center 62 Henry Rd Eastsound, WA

Lopez Island: Lopez Island Fire District Office 2228 Fisherman Bay Road Lopez Island

You should have received our voter recommendation postcard in the mail. The article below also contains our recommendations, and we will be running advertisements in the local media carrying this information as well.

Here are our endorsements and recommendations:

President/Vice President – Joe Biden & Kamala Harris Congress – Rick Larsen *

Governor – Jay Inslee * Lieutenant Governor – Marko Liias

Secretary of State – Gael Tarleton Treasurer – Mike Pellicciotti

Auditor – Pat McCarthy * Attorney General – Bob Ferguson *

Public Lands Commissioner – Hilary Franz * Insurance Commissioner – Mike Kreidler*

Public Instruction Supt. – Chris Reykdal * State Senate – Liz Lovelett *

House Position 1 – Debra Lekanoff * House Position 2 – Alex Ramel *

Supreme Court Judge – Raquel Montoya-Lewis * Supreme Court Judge – G. Helen Whitener*

County Council Position 1 – Ryan Palmateer County Council Position 2 – Cindy Wolf

* Denotes Incumbent

BALLOT MEASURE

Approve – Washington Referendum 90, Sex Education in Public Schools Measure

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION is a non-partisan body to review and update the county charter every 10 years. We recommend these candidates without regard to party because we believe they are the best choices. You vote for candidates on all islands.

District 1 (9): Maureen See, Bill Appell, Patty Garcia, Kyle Davies, Richard Grout, David Dehlendorf, David Meiland, David Anderson, Tom Starr

District 2 (6): Kevin Ranker, Janet Brownell, Olivia Roseberry, Anne Marie Shanks, Minor Lile, Sharon Abreu

District 3 (3): Liz Lafferty, Robert O’Connell, Jane Fuller

David Turnoy

San Juan County Democrats