Ballots can be dropped at City Hall

Voters who didn’t get their ballot in the mail by Tuesday this week should drop off their ballot in a secure drop box to ensure that it will be counted. There is a drop box in front of City Hall.

Ballots can be dropped off there until 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 3.

The Deschutes County Clerk’s Office is reporting a strong turnout, with 36.77 percent of ballots already returned as of Friday, October 23.

Locally, five people are running for three open seats on the Sisters City Council: Susan Cobb, Jennifer Letz, Elizabeth Fisher, Andrea Blum and Gary Ross. Each of the candidates is profiled in the October 14 edition of The Nugget, pages 9-13.

Sisters voters will also choose between Sheriff Shane Nelson and challenger, Bend Police officer Scott Schaier, in an election for a four-year term as Deschutes County Sheriff. Nelson and Schaier are profiled in the October 21 edition of The Nugget. Nelson and Schaier are profiled on pages 4 and 5.

Phil Henderson and Phil Chang are vying for Position #2 on the Board of Deschutes County Commissioners. They are profiled on pages 6 and 7 of the September 30 edition of The Nugget.

All profiles are also available online at http://www.nuggetnews.com.

Sisters voters will also weigh in on Measure 9-139, which would provide $195 million in bond funding for the Deschutes Public Library system. The funds would build a new central library in Bend and some would be allocated to expansion and updating of the Sisters Library. The bond rate would be 34 cents per $1,000 of assessed property valuation in 2021.

Voters are also deciding on whether to allow additional marijuana growing operations in the county. A “yes” vote on Measure 9-134 would overturn a moratorium on marijuana producers.