Primary election results for Hospital District 1 taken from Okanogan County's website.

How do you interpret the results above?

To the naked eye, the levy for Hospital District 1 passed with a supermajority, which should be enough to make it a yea per the resolution filed with the auditor’s office, but the criteria also includes the caveat “plus minimum turnout, etc.”

I asked Okanogan County Chief Deputy Auditor Jamie Groomes to interpret the results and it turns out… she can’t.

“I only administer the election, I…

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