BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022 A5
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Election
If the latter happens, the
50% threshold will not be
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in effect — whichever can-
didate gets the most votes
such a close race, neither
will be elected to a four-
has quite reached that 50%
year term.
plus one threshold needed to
Witham said on Wednes-
avoid a runoff in November. day morning that she didn’t
It’s not mathematically im- expect her race against Jus-
possible that one candidate
tus would end up potentially
will get there before County extending into the fall.
Clerk Stefanie Kirby certifies
“We’ll just have to wait
results in June.
and see,” she said.
There are two sources
of ballots that have yet to
County Commission
be counted.
chairman
The first group are bal-
The situation is much
lots that were postmarked
more straightforward in the
by May 17 but didn’t arrive
three-way race for position
at the clerk’s office by elec-
3, the full-time commission
tion day. This is the first Or- chairman.
egon election in which those
If any candidate received
postmarked ballots will be
more than 50% of the votes,
counted if they’re received
he would have been elected.
at the county clerk’s office
That almost certainly won’t
within seven calendar days. happen, but two candidates
Kirby said May 26 is the
— Dan Garrick and Shane
earliest she would be able to Alderson — were well in
release updated vote totals in front of the third candidate,
the Justus-Witham race.
Joe Johnson.
The second group, total-
Garrick and Alderson, as
ing 39 ballots, are those that the top two candidates, will
either lacked a signature or
advance to the November
had a signature that didn’t
election.
match the one the clerk’s of-
As of Wednesday morn-
fice had on file.
ing, Garrick had 1,887
The county will notify all 39 votes, or 41.2% of the total
of those voters, and they have votes cast.
until June 7 to respond and
Alderson was in second,
validate their ballots, at which with 1,439 votes, or 31.4%.
time they would be counted.
Johnson was in third, with
The bottom line, then, is
1,214 votes, or 26.5%.
that Witham and Justus —
along with the rest of the
Baker Rural Fire Protection
county’s electorate — might District
not know until early June
In other local results, the
whether one of the two will Baker Rural Fire Protection
win outright, or whether
District’s five-year tax levy
they will return to the ballot is failing, with 359 no votes
and 326 yes votes.
in November.
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This opportunity is returning for
the 2022-2023 school year, said Jessica
Dougherty, coordinator for the BCCLC.
The literacy program serves children
in nine schools — prior to the pan-
demic, an average of 35 adults read with
more than 100 children each week to
help them improve reading skills.
Volunteer readers dedicate 30 to 60
minutes, once per week, at a local pub-
lic school — either in small groups or
one-on-one.
Anyone interested in volunteering as
a reader can contact Dougherty by email
at momreading4fun@gmail.com or by
calling 808-640-5900.
Book giveaways
In addition to reading with children,
the REAL program distributes about
3,000 free books to students every school
year.
Schools and programs that receive
books are: Baker Early Learning Center,
Brooklyn Primary, South Baker Inter-
mediate, Haines Elementary, Keating
Elementary, the special education pro-
gram, Burnt River School, Pine Eagle
School, Headstart, YMCA preschool and
day care, Building Healthy Families and
Baker Relief Nursery.
In addition, Dougherty hands out
books during two special drive-thru
family nights at BELC.
Support
The BCCLC is a nonprofit organiza-
tion established in 2002 to promote liter-
acy in Baker County.
It is supported by private foundations,
businesses, service clubs, private donors
and grants.
Monetary donations can be mailed
to the Literacy Program, c/o Baker
County Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker
City, OR 97814.
Alderson
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Justus
Witham
Baker County election results
U.S. Senator, Democrat
• Ron Wyden, 785
• William E. Barlow III, 96
• Brent Thompson, 76
U.S. Representative, 2nd
District, Democrat
• Joe Yetter, 549
• Adam Prine, 207
U.S. Representative, 2nd
District, Republican
• Cliff Bentz, 2,503
• Mark Cavener, 599
Governor, Democrat
• Tobias Read, 382
• Tina Kotek, 352
Governor, Republican
• Kerry McQuisten, 1,395
• Bob Tiernan, 454
• Christine Drazen, 395
• Marc Thielman, 269
• Bud Pierce, 212
• Stan Pulliam, 199
• Bridget Barton, 119
• Katherine M. Gallant, 144
U.S. Senator, Republican
• Darin Harbick, 823
• Sam Palmer, 769
• Jo Rae Perkins, 695
• Jason Beebe, 443
• Christopher C. Christensen,
172
Collin Kaseberg, president
of the fire district’s board of
directors, said the district
will have to try again to per-
suade voters to approve the
levy, which would increase
property taxes for residents
within the district by $1 per
$1,000 of assessed property
value of five years.
The levy would raise an
estimated $182,000 the
first year.
Kaseberg said the district,
since it was formed in 1983,
has relied almost solely on a
permanent property tax levy
of 67 cents per $1,000 of as-
sessed value.
He thanked voters who
supported the levy, and
urged those who didn’t to
talk to a district board mem-
ber about the levy.
Other races
In the race for the Repub-
lican nominee for governor,
Baker City Mayor Kerry
McQuisten was fifth among
19 candidates, with 22,664
votes. Christine Drazan was
in the lead with 60,733 votes,
while Bob Tiernan was in
second with 47,756, and
Stan Pulliam in third with
25,825 votes. Bridget Barton
was fourth with 24,532.
McQuisten easily won
her home county, with 1,395
votes, well ahead of Tiernan,
with 454 votes.
Voter turnout in Baker
County was 41.6%. That
compares with 50% in the
May 2020 primary, and 45%
in May 2018. Statewide voter
turnout for this primary
was 31.8%.
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