Voters say yes to levies in Kootenai County
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 1 hour, 50 minutes AGO
A voter leaves the polling site at St. Thomas Center in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday morning. A long line of voters waited outside for voting to begin at 8 a.m. The polls are open until 8 tonight.
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Results from Tuesday's General Election in Kootenai County are in, with all 74 precincts reporting final tallies by 12:15 a.m. Wednesday.
The Coeur d'Alene School District supplement levy passed with 20,984 yes votes, 58.16%, to 15,096 no votes, 41.84%.
The Post Falls School District supplemental levy also passed, with 10,045 yes votes, 54.95%, to 8,236 no votes, 45.05%.
The Northern Lakes Fire Protection District Special Tax levy was approved, with 113,527 yes votes, 70.45%, to 5,674 no votes, 29.55%.
A Spirit Lake Fire Protection District permanent override levy fell short of the two-thirds voter approval needed to pass, with 1,058 yes votes, 56.43 9%, to 817 no votes, 43.57%.
Supplement levies in the Plummer-Worley Joint School District, St. Maries Joint School District, and the Kootenai County School District were all approved.
The Kootenai County advisory question, "Should county taxpayers be responsible for managing a bus system that benefits Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Post Falls and Dalton Gardens?" failed, with 38,530 no votes, 57.26%, to 28,756 yes votes, 42.74%.
In state legislative races, incumbents won easily.
Sens. Phil Hart, Doug Okuniewicz, Ben Toews and Carl Bjerke won, as did Reps. Heather Scott, Vito Barbieri, Jordan Redman, Joe Alfieri, Elaine Price, Ron Mendive and Tony Wisniewski.
In Kootenai County, Proposition 1 received 50,558 no votes, 66.37%, to 25,613 yes votes, 33.63%. It was also defeated statewide.
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