Have You Voted Your Ballot Yakima? Schools Awaiting Your Decision

More than 44,000 ballots were sent out to registered voters in Yakima County in mid January for the February 8 special election. Your ballot is due a week from Tuesday.
The Yakima County Auditors office says so far 6,851 out of the more than 44,000 sent to voters have been returned to the office.

Many school districts in the valley are hoping for your support

Levies are on the ballot in Grandview, Highland, Mt. Adams, Union Gap, Wahluke, Wapato, West Valley and Zillah School Districts. The Naches Park District is also asking for support for a special 2-year levy.
Many of the districts are asking for renewal of ongoing levies to help fund the schools with no increases or changes.

If you vote your ballot you'll notice a change in the ballot itself

If you haven't yet voted the ballot when you do you'll notice a small change in the ballot. You might notice the lack of the detachable tab on the ballots.
As previously reported, Auditor Charles Ross says his office is making a few small changes to the "way ballots are folded and inserted with the instruction page in the outgoing packets. We do this with the goal of reducing the time it takes to handle each ballot." He says during the last election there was a high number of voters who tore the bottom of their ballots while trying to remove the stub or detachable tab. He says that caused a big delay during the counting of ballots "because the tear in the ballot went through the barcode that the scanner requires to validate and read the ballot." As a result, the stub was eliminated.

You can confirm your vote at votewa.gov instead of using the tab

If you would like to confirm that we received your ballot, or print a receipt for voting, voters can visit www.votewa.gov and see personalized information about their voting record and the status of their ballot for the current election.

LOOK: Here is the richest town in each state

Just saying the names of these towns immediately conjures up images of grand mansions, luxury cars, and ritzy restaurants. Read on to see which town in your home state took the title of the richest location and which place had the highest median income in the country. Who knows—your hometown might even be on this list.

LOOK: Things from the year you were born that don't exist anymore

The iconic (and at times silly) toys, technologies, and electronics have been usurped since their grand entrance, either by advances in technology or breakthroughs in common sense. See how many things on this list trigger childhood memories—and which ones were here and gone so fast you missed them entirely.

LOOK: The most expensive weather and climate disasters in recent decades

Stacker ranked the most expensive climate disasters by the billions since 1980 by the total cost of all damages, adjusted for inflation, based on 2021 data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The list starts with Hurricane Sally, which caused $7.3 billion in damages in 2020, and ends with a devastating 2005 hurricane that caused $170 billion in damage and killed at least 1,833 people. Keep reading to discover the 50 of the most expensive climate disasters in recent decades in the U.S.