Tomorrow is the last day to request mail-in ballots for Whatcom Conservation District
Supervisor election is 4pm this Tuesday, Feb. 8th. That's tomorrow!
You can request ballots online at:
https://survey.whatcomcd.org/limesurvey/index.php/62682?newtest=Y&lang=en
As usual, the Conservation District hardly tries to make their voting deadline well-known. But after 4pm tomorrow, you can only vote at their office in Lynden.
Local elections for small offices, conducted in off-election years, have an impact on your quality life. But you can't vote in them, if you don't even know they're happening!
Yet, I failed to find such notices at The Whatcom Watch, Salish Current, Cascadia Daily News, or Bellingham Herald.
The Salish Current's weekly governance page doesn't mention it.
No hits via Cascadia's search of stories containing the word "conservation"
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/search/basic/?q=conservation+district&page=1
In fact, googling "conservation district" and "Bellingham Herald" just yields a letter to the editor from 2015.
Whatcom Democrats did post a notice, which you can find, if you're looking for it at:
But I don't think that's really good enough. Do you?
Ray Kamada, Sudden Valley