Ballot return tops 13 percent

Return of ballots for the Nov. 5 election as of Oct. 29 was at 2,766 which is more than 13 percent of the mailout.

The return means 18,042 ballots are still out with one week to go before the Nov. 5 deadline for voting and a postmark on mailed ballots.

The return includes 881 from the 10,505 ballots sent to Pullman and 159 from the 741 sent to St. John school district which has the largest financial proposition on the ballot, a three-year special levy at $323,000 for each year.