10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 Primary: Votes will not be tallied until after May 17 deadline Continued from Page 1A votes will be counted after Val Unger, Polk County deadline. County clerks have clerk and president of the Ore- the primary because the U.S. until June 6 to compile and gon Association of County Postal Service cannot guaran- certify results. That includes Clerks, agreed. “It’s that tee on-time delivery for ballots counting what is expected to interesting anomaly that hap- postmarked after Thursday. be an unprecedented number pens every primary election,” Voters who want to partici- of write-in votes, said Molly Unger said. pate in the primary must cast Woon, Secretary of State Unger said county elec- their ballots at one of the drop- spokeswoman. tions workers will identify any off sites around the state or at a • Earlier this month, the instances of a voter turning in county clerk’s ofice. Secretary of State’s Ofice two ballots, because there is a Drop-off locations are warned that voters who bar code on every ballot. posted on the websites of the changed their party -afilia When a voter sends in the Secretary of State’s Ofice and tions close to the April 26 irst ballot issued under their county clerk’s ofices. Bal- voter registration deadline previous party registration, lots may be dropped off at might receive two ballots. The elections workers will set it any county clerk’s ofice in issue occurs because county aside and wait to see if the the state, regardless of the vot- clerks across the state begin voter turns in the second bal- er’s place of residence. The to prepare ballots for mailing lot that relects their current county clerk who receives the two weeks before the registra- registration. In these cases, ballot will mark it as submit- tion deadline. After the regis- elections workers will only ted on time and deliver it to the tration deadline, clerks send count the ballot with the vot- county clerk’s ofice where the out smaller batches of ballots er’s current party registration. voter is registered to vote. to the group of people who If a voter only sends in a • Election workers have changed their registration ballot issued under the previ- already processed nearly 25 close to the deadline. ous party registration that is percent of ballots in the state, Voters should use the bal- no longer correct, elections but the votes will not be tal- lots that relect their most workers will make a copy of lied until after the May 17 recent registrations, which in that ballot that only includes deadline. In the meantime, many cases is the second bal- the voter’s choices in nonpar- processed ballots are stored lot that arrived in the mail, tisan races. electronically in card readers, according to the Secretary of “They should at least get to Burgess said. Pamplin Media Group State’s Ofice. vote on something, so they’ll “If we start releasing num- Marion County Elections Clerk Judy Raddatz scans the barcodes of received ballot en- “It’s normal for our county get to vote on the non-partisan bers, it might alter the way velopes into a computer Friday. clerks to receive a late lood races or candidates,” Unger people vote,” Burgess said. of party registration changes said. “But we do hold it in • A small percentage match their voter registration lacked signatures or have mis- arated from the rest, so that in the days leading up to a pri- case they send the right one.” of ballots cannot be pro- card. matched signatures, said Eric county clerk’s ofices can mary election,” Secretary of “It’s really hard to avoid cessed, because voters either In Multnomah County, less Sample, spokesman for the reach out to those voters to State Jeanne Atkins said in a the second ballot issue,” neglected to sign their bal- than 1 percent of the 110,000 county’s elections division. add a signature or resubmit written statement earlier this Unger said. “It’s essentially lots, or their signatures don’t ballots received by Friday Challenged ballots are sep- a signature. Many of those month. impossible.” Ferber: She wants to engage more people on social media Continued from Page 1A one position, which is the fun cape redevelopment project. “I knew I wanted to go getting a number of calls more people on social media part.” She also planned and into planning,” she said. about vacation rentals and through the Community crisis in the city and writing staff The Portland native coordinated the irst public Working in city planning food carts. Development Department’s reports for the City Council. joined the city in December “parklets” with the Minneap- has been rewarding for Fer- “There is so much going Facebook page. As a member of the after working in Minneapo- olis Ofice of Public Works ber. She enjoys how the work on here,” she said. Coming from the bicy- Community Develop- lis as a project manager. Fer- and Planning and Economic connects people to places, As she settles into the new cle-friendly cities of Port- ment Department, Ferber is ber worked for The Musicant Department. and how it is a solution-based position, much of her day is land and Minneapolis, Ferber involved with some of the Group — a placemaking and She graduated from the job. meeting community mem- said, she would like to see city’s biggest issues, includ- public space management University of Minnesota with Her work is twofold bers and getting to know the more opportunities for bicy- ing the future of Heritage irm. She helped developa master’s degree in urban between helping people with area through site visits. clists in Astoria. Square and the Astoria Pub- wayinding signs for -a andhis regional planning. She their day-to-day building Ferber describes herself as “We don’t have a lot of lic Library. toric downtown district, and earned a bachelor’s degree projects and working on big goal-oriented, and has some bike lanes or bike racks,” she “I’m never bored,” she spearheaded a public engage- in geography from Portland picture, citywide projects. plans for her position. Spe- said. said. “It’s a lot of hats for ment process for a streets- State University. Recently, she has been ciically, she wants to engage — Kyle Spurr Water rates: ‘Our rates have not been adjusted enough in recent times’ Continued from Page 1A “We are from 60 percent increase in storm drain rates. next year. The city’s gen- general fund subsidizing to market rate to support the to 30 percent where every- The budget for monthly eral fund has been subsidiz- enterprise activities, Kucera functions we’re doing.” estimated $1.40 increase a one else is,” Kucera said. wastewater charges in the ing enterprise activities — said earlier this month. Grassick said the city month per average household. “Our rates have not been upcoming year is $1.1 mil- among them water and sewer “We are going to do a rate needs a “defensible” rate City Manager Brant adjusted enough in recent lion, compared to $1 mil- costs — for 10 to 15 years, study to set them where they study, based on customer Kucera compared Cannon times.” lion in the current year. according to budget commit- need to be, so our business classiication and capital Beach’s water rates to those Homeowners could see a Storm drain rates could go tee members. activities start to become project needs, because the of Astoria, Warrenton and 5 percent increase in waste- up from $138,000 this year The rate increases would sustainable,” Kucera said. state and ratepayers can chal- Seaside. water fees and 3 percent to $142,000 proposed for not solve the problem of the “We’ve got to get our rates up lenge rates. 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