Deadline is 8 p.m. today to cast ballot in RFA election in Renton

Published 2:11 pm Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Today is the Election Day deadline for voters in Renton and Fire District 25 to decide whether to form a Regional Fire Authority.

Also, Issaquah, Kent, Lake Washington and Vashon Island school districts as well as for the City of Maple Valley and five special purpose district measures throughout King County have ballot measures. See a complete list of ballot measures here.

King County Elections has received approximately 94,000 ballots to date out of 377,000 sent for Tuesday’s Special Election. The projected turnout for ballot return is 29 percent.

Voters have until 8 p.m. to return ballots to a drop off location or Accessible Voting Center.

Voters who are mailing ballots today (Tuesday) need to affix a first class stamp and ensure that the mail will be postmarked today. Ballots arriving with a postmark later than election day, by law, will not be opened or counted.

Initial election results will be available at 8:15 p.m. on the King County Elections website.

For more information see kingcounty.gov/elections