Approximately 500 voters in precinct 156 in Central Whidbey recently received the incorrect ballots for the upcoming Aug. 5 primary election, Island County Deputy Auditor and Elections Supervisor Michele Reagan confirmed to the News-Times on Monday.

Shortly after the mistake was discovered, replacement ballots with the correct information were mailed out.

Up to two positions are included on the ballot depending on where residents are located: a seat on the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District board of commissioners and one on the Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue board of commissioners.

The county “inadvertently” distributed ballots containing the Central Whidbey Fire District office to the entirety of precinct 156, Reagan said in an email, as the precinct is not wholly under

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