South Snohomish County sample ballot for Nov. 4 election
Published 10:01 am Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Initiatives to the People
Initiative Measure No. 1351
Initiative Measure No. 1351 concerns K-12 education.
This measure would direct the legislature to allocate funds to reduce class sizes and increase staffing support for students in all K-12 grades, with additional class-size reductions and staffing increases in high-poverty schools.
Should this measure be enacted into law?
YES __
NO __
Initiatives to the Legislature
Initiative Measure No. 591
Initiative Measure No. 591 concerns firearms.
This measure would prohibit government agencies from confiscating guns or other firearms from citizens without due process, or from requiring background checks on firearm recipients unless a uniform national standard is required.
Should this measure be enacted into law?
YES __
NO __
Initiative Measure No. 594
Initiative Measure No. 594 concerns background checks for firearm sales and transfers.
This measure would apply currently used criminal and public safety background checks by licensed dealers to all firearm sales and transfers, including gun show and online sales, with specific exceptions.
Should this measure be enacted into law?
YES __
NO __
Advisory Votes
Advisory Vote No. 8 (Senate Bill 6505)
The legislature eliminated, without a vote of the people, agricultural excise tax preferences for various aspects of the marijuana industry, costing an estimated $24,903,000 in the first ten years, for government spending.
This tax increase should be:
REPEALED ____
MAINTAINED __
Advisory Vote No. 9 (Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1287)
The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, the leasehold excise tax on certain leasehold interests in tribal property, costing an estimated $1,298,000 in the first ten years, for government spending.
This tax increase should be:
REPEALED ____
MAINTAINED __
Federal Partisan Office
U.S. Representative, 2-YEAR TERM
Congressional District 2 (includes Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Brier, coastal areas of Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties from Mukilteo to Bellingham, and all of Island and San Juan counties)
Rick Larsen (Prefers Democratic Party)
B.J. Guillot (Prefers Republican Party)
Congressional District 7 (includes Edmonds, Woodway, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, most of Seattle and some of Seattle’s southwest suburbs)
Jim McDermott (Prefers Democratic Party)
Craig Keller (Prefers Republican Party)
Legislative Partisan Offices
State Senate
21st District Senator —SHORT &4-YEAR TERM (includes most of Edmonds, unincorporated areas north of Edmonds and Lynnwood and northeast of Lynnwood, all of Mukilteo, and part of south Everett)
Marko Liias (Prefers Democratic Party)
Dan Matthews (Prefers G.O.P. Party)
32nd District Senator (includes Lynnwood, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County, part of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace, Shoreline and part of northwest Seattle)
Maralyn Chase (Prefers Democratic Party)
Robert Reedy (Prefers Republican Party)
State Representative
1st District Representative Pos 1, 2-YEAR TERM (includes most of Mountlake Terrace, all of Brier and Bothell, unincorporated areas of Snohomish County north and east of Bothell, north Kirkland, and unincorporated areas of King County between Bothell and Kirkland)
Derek Stanford (Prefers Democratic Party)
Mark Davies (Prefers Republican Party)
1st District Representative Pos 2, 2-YEAR TERM
Luis Moscoso (Prefers Democratic Party)
Edward J. Barton (Prefers Republican Party)
21st District Representative Pos 1, 2-YEAR TERM
Allen McPheeters (Prefers Republican Party)
Strom Peterson (Prefers Democratic Party)
21st District Representative Pos 2, SHORT &2 YEAR TERM
Lillian Ortiz-Self (Prefers Democratic Party)
Jeff Scherrer (Prefers Republican Party)
32nd District Representative Pos 1, 2-YEAR TERM
Cindy Ryu (Prefers Democratic Party)
32nd District Representative Pos 2, 2-YEAR TERM
Ruth Kagi (Prefers Democratic Party)
Alvin A. Rutledge (Prefers Republican Party)
County Partisan Offices
County Executive, 1-YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM
John Lovick (Prefers Democratic Party)
Carolyn Eslick (Prefers Republican Party)
Prosecuting Attorney, 4 -YEAR TERM
Mark K. Roe (Prefers Democratic Party)
County Nonpartisan Office
Sheriff, 1-YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM
Jim Upton
Ty Trenary
State Supreme Court, Nonpartisan Office
Justice Position 1, 2-YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM
Mary Yu
Justice Position 3, 6-YEAR TERM
Mary E. Fairhurst
Justice Position 4, 6-YEAR TERM
Eddie Yoon
Charles W. Johnson
Justice Position 7, 6-YEAR TERM
Debra L. Stephens
John (Zamboni) Scannell
Court of Appeals, Nonpartisan Office
Judge Division 1 District 2 Position 2, 6 YEAR TERM
J. Robert Leach
District Court, Nonpartisan Office
South District Judge Position 1, SHORT &4 YEAR TERM
Beth A. Fraser
South District Judge Position 2, 4-YEAR TERM
Brett Nagle
Jeffrey D. Goodwin
South District Judge Position 3 4-YEAR TERM
Douglas J. Fair
Public Utility District, Nonpartisan Office
Public Utility District No. 1
Commissioner District 1. 6 YEAR TERM
Dave Aldrich
Bruce King
Lynnwood Transportation Benefit District
Proposition No. 1
Sales and Use Tax for Transportation Improvements
The Board of the Lynnwood Transportation Benefit District, Lynnwood, Washington, adopted Resolution 5 concerning a sales and use tax to fund transportation improvements. This proposition would authorize a sales and use tax of two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) to be collected within the District in accordance with RCW 82.14.0455 for a term of ten years. Such revenues would be used for the purpose of funding the following transportation improvements: preventative and routine pavement maintenance and reconstruction, street and traffic maintenance and operations, and other capital projects as identified in the City’s Transportation Plan.
Should this proposition be:
APPROVED __
REJECTED __
