2024 KID Election - December 10th
NOMINATIONS
Pursuant to Washington State law, the Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) annual election will be held on December 10, 2024. Board of Directors positions 2 and 5 will be on the ballot this year. The term for each of these two seats is three years, beginning on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
- Position 2 is currently held by Griffin Hanberg
- Position 5 is currently held by Gene Huffman
All interested candidates must submit a Petition of Nomination and an Acceptance of Nomination no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2024. Necessary forms and further information and instructions are in the 2024 Nomination Packet.
Candidates will be announced at the Board meeting on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, after which the names of the candidates will be posted on the KID website.
If you have questions or would like to be mailed a Nomination Packet, please contact Lori Gibson, Executive Assistant, at 509-586-6012 Extension 148 or by email at LGibson@KID.org.
VOTING IN PERSON
Polls will be open on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the KID Administrative Office located at 2015 South Ely Street, in Kennewick.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Any qualified district elector who certifies that he or she cannot conveniently be present to vote in person on December 10, 2024, may vote by absentee ballot per RCW 87.03.032. To receive an absentee ballot, a completed and signed request must be submitted.
Absentee ballot requests will be filled after ballots have been printed in November, through December 9, 2024. Requested ballots will be sent by U. S. Postal Service to eligible electors from whom completed and signed request forms are received in person, in the payment slot on the front of the KID Administration Office building, by mail, or by email to LGibson@KID.org. Absentee ballots will not be issued on Election Day.
Mail or deliver completed request forms to:
Absentee Ballot Request
Kennewick Irrigation District
2015 South Ely Street
Kennewick, WA 99337
If you would like to be mailed a Request for Absentee Ballots form, please contact Lori Gibson, Executive Assistant, at 509-586-6012 Extension 148 or by email at LGibson@KID.org.
KID makes no guarantee of timely mail delivery and recommends that absentee ballot requests be mailed or delivered to KID at least one week in advance of the election.
To be counted, absentee ballots must be returned to KID as explained in the section below.
Electors planning to cast ballots for a spouse or for a corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited-liability corporation or other legal entity should consult RCW 87.03.051. The following authorization forms can be printed, completed, and signed, and submitted with your Request for Absentee Ballot form, if applicable:
Authority to Cast Votes for Spouse
Authority to Cast Votes for Corporation or Entity
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED
To be counted, absentee ballots must conform to statutory requirements pursuant to RCW 87.03.033. Absentee ballots must be sealed in an unmarked envelope containing the ballot(s) and the completed Oath of Qualification and must be returned to the Kennewick Irrigation District Administrative Office in person or by placing in the payment slot on the front of the building no later than 8:00 p.m. on December 10, 2024, or be postmarked no later than midnight on December 10, 2024, and received within five days of that date.