Breaking: Too Close to Call as LSSD Bond Gains Approval, Lacks Validation

Tuesday 8 pm: Lake Stevens School District bond receives supermajority support but sits 1400 ballots short of validation...Arlington levy fails again...Statewide: five of six bonds fail to validate.

Tuesday’s numbers show Lake Stevens in position to pass its bond if another 1,443 votes come in (the total figure of 9149 was later updated to 10,006. The measure requires 11,459ballots to validate. Arlington’s capital levy failed to reach the required 50% threshold for the second straight election. Screenshot via Snohomish County Elections.