Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
NOTICE OF FEBRUARY 14,
20232 SPECIAL ELECTION
Deadline to receive new registrations
and voter updates
online and by mail is Monday
February 6. Deadline
for in-person registration and
voter updates is Tuesday February
14, by 8pm at the Adams
County Elections Office at
106 W Main St, Ritzville, WA.
Military voters are exempt from
voter registration deadlines.
Adams County is a vote by mail
county. A ballot will be mailed
to each active registered voter
in Adams County January 25-
27, 2023. Please contact the
Adams County Auditor’s Office
at 509-659-3249 if you did not
receive a ballot or need a replacement
ballot.
Voters requiring assistance:
Adams County Election Office
Voters may drop off ballots;
get replacement ballots; use
an Accessible Voting Unit, or
receive other assistance as
needed beginning on Thursday
January 26, 2023, at the Adams
County Elections Office located
at 106 W Main St, Ritzville WA,
99169. For questions, please
call 509-659-3249, email elections@
co.adams.wa.us or go to
our website at http://www.co.adams.
wa.us/departments/elections_
new2019/index.php.
The February 14th ballot will
include:
Proposition No. 1
Submitted by Sprague School
District No. 8
Resolution No. 09-2022
Replacement Educational Programs
and Operation Levy
$215,000 for educational programs
and operation to be collected
in 2024
$215,000 for educational programs
and operation to be collected
in 2025
Proposition No. 1
Submitted by Odessa School
District No. 105-157-166J
Resolution No. 1-2023-23
Replacement Educational Programs
and Operation Levy
$600,000 for educational programs
and operation to be collected
in 2024
Proposition No. 2
Submitted by Odessa School
District No. 105-157-166J
Resolution No. 2-2022-23
Replacement Capital Levy for
School Improvements
$125,000 for facility improvements
to be collected in 2024
Proposition No. 3
Submitted by Odessa School
District No. 105-157-166J
Resolution No. 3-2022-23
Levy to Purchase New School
Bus
$150,000 for educational programs
and operation to be collected
in 2024
Proposition No. 1
Submitted by Othello School
District No. 147-163-55
Resolution No. 23-002
Replacement Educational Programs
and Operation Levy
$2,825,000 for educational
programs and operation to be
collected in 2024
$3,050,000 for educational
programs and operation to be
collected in 2025
$3,300,000 for educational
programs and operation to be
collected in 2026
Proposition No. 1
Submitted by Lamont School
District No. 264
Resolution No. 6-2022
Replacement Educational
Programs and Operation Levy
$132,000 for educational
programs and operation to be
collected in 2024
$132,000 for educational
programs and operation to be
collected in 2025
The Canvassing Board of Adams
County will meet at the following
times in the Adams County
Auditor’s Office at 106 W Main
St, Ritzville:
Tuesday, January 31st at 11:00
am – logic and accuracy test
Tuesday, February 21st 10:00 am
– Review of Challenged Ballots
Thursday, February 23rd 10:00
am – Review of Challenged
Ballots
Friday, February 24th at 1:00 pm
- the official certification will be
signed at this meeting
These meetings are open to the
public.
Ballot Drop Box Locations
Adams County Public Services
Building, 425 E. Main St.
Othello, WA
City of Ritzville, 216 E. Main St.
Ritzville, WA
Dated at Ritzville, Washington,
this 19th day of January 2023
Heidi K. Hunt, County Auditor
of Adams County and Ex-officio
Supervisor of Elections.
Published January 25, 2023
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