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Herald editorial board endorsements

Published 3:31 pm Friday, October 30, 2015

By The Herald Editorial Board

As of Friday afternoon, only 12.7 percent of Snohomish County voters had mailed or returned their ballots for Tuesday’s general election.

Many of us are used to waiting until Election Day to vote, but why wait? With that extra hour that the end of daylight saving time added to your Sunday, here’s your chance to dig out and fill out your ballot and get it in the mail or return it to one of the many dropboxes around the county. For a list of ballot drop box locations, go to: tinyurl.com/SnoCoVoteBallotBox.

For candidate and issue profiles and more Herald election coverage, go to tinyurl.com/HeraldElection2015.

Tuesday night, go to www.HeraldNet.com for election returns and coverage.

Below is a list of endorsements by The Herald Editorial Board for many of the candidates and issues on the ballot. To read the full endorsement editorials, go to www.HeraldNet.com/section/opinion01.

Initiatives

  • I-1366: Vote No, to reject the initiative that would require the Legislature to place a constitutional amendment before the voters to require a two-thirds majority to approve tax increases; or accept a 1 percent reduction in the state sales tax.
  • Initiative 1401: Vote Yes, to approve the initiative to prohibit the sale, trade or distribution of products from 10 endangered animal species in Washington state.

Snohomish County

  • Community Transit Proposition 1: Yes, to approve a .3 percent increase in sales tax for the Snohomish County Transportation Benefit District to fund the expansion of bus service.

Arlington

Darrington

Edmonds

Everett

Lake Stevens

Lakewood

Lynnwood

Marysville

Mill Creek

Monroe

Mountlake Terrace

Mukilteo

  • School Board, District 3: Kyle Kennedy (Note: Ron Johnson has decided not to run for the position, but his name still appears on the ballot. He has encouraged Mukilteo voters to elect Kennedy.)

City of Snohomish

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