KENNEWICK -- Benton and Franklin county auditors have asked that anyone who needs a replacement ballot for Tuesday's election to contact them as soon as possible.
Replacement ballots are available for people who lose theirs or haven't received one at all.
"We anticipate being busy on Tuesday with replacement ballots," Benton County Auditor Bobbie Gagner said in an e-mail to the Herald.
"Voters waiting until Tuesday should anticipate up to an hour's wait for service. We only have one election computer in each of the Kennewick and Richland offices," she said.
Franklin County Auditor Zona Lenhart said anyone who needs a replacement ballot should ask for one in person.
"We don't want them calling and asking us to mail a ballot because it's too iffy," Lenhart said. This close to the election, she couldn't be sure any replacement ballots mailed to voters would get to them in time, she said.
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Election Day is here.
So if you have not yet made your vote count, dig out that unopened ballot, fill it in and drop the sealed envelope in a mailbox or one of several drop box sites in Franklin and Benton counties.
Eligible voters should have received a ballot in the mail at least 20 days ago.
New ballot drop box in north Franklin County
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North Franklin County voters can save a stamp and cast their ballots at a new drop box location in Connell.
The new location is at the Franklin County PUD branch, 104 E Adams St, in Connell. Ballot drop boxes will be open 20 days prior to each election in coordination with mail out of the ballots.
For the upcoming general election, the site will open Tuesday.
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Ryan Brault had 3,685 votes, or 64 percent, for Position 2 of the Pasco School District board, according to preliminary election results. His opponent, Patrick McBurney Sr., had 2,101 votes, or 36 percent.
McBurney, 66, is a retired engineer. He previously ran for the board in 2007.
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Benegas, 50, is the top vote-getter so far, receiving 532 votes, or 37 percent, according to unofficial returns.
It appears Benegas, who owns a small engineering firm in Richland, will go head-to-head with Johan Curtiss in the Nov. 8 general election for the Position 7 seat. Benegas has been on the council since 2007.
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