For those watching the Preliminary results from the April 26th King County, Washington State’s Special Elections on some very important issues:

King Co Fire Dist 45’s “Levy of Tax for Mtnc & Ops”

• Yes 1551 votes 73.43%
• No 572 votes 26.57%
• Note: 685 Yes votes or 60% Yes votes w/1142 # of voters to pass

King Co Fire Dist 28’s “Increasing Property Tax Levy Rate for 2017-2022” (Enumclaw, Washington)

• Yes 1773 votes 51.36%
• No 1679 votes 48.64%
• Simply majority needed to pass.

Proposed Eastside Regional Fire Authority (merging of Districts 10 (Preston, Tiger Mtn, Carnation and Lake Joy) and 38 (North Bend))

• Yes 2856 votes 55.74%
• No 2268 votes 44.26%  
• Needs 60% Yes votes to pass 

Proposed Renton Regional Fire Authority creation (joining Renton Fire & Rescue)

• Yes 7198 votes 62.64%
• No 4293 votes 37.36%  
• Needs 60% percent Yes votes to pass

East Pierce Fire & Rescue – “Levy Lid Lift” (Bonney Lake)

• Yes 170 votes 79.07%
• No 45 votes 20.93%  
• Needs simple majority vote to pass

Kent FD Fire Authority – “Continuation of Benefit Charge” (Kent)

• Yes 9899 votes 64.15%
• No 5533 votes 35.85%
• Needs 60% Yes to pass

These are just preliminary numbers. These will be updated each day up until the results are certified on May 6, 2016.

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