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REPEALED ____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REPEALED ____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 __