I n Spokane County, less than 20% of registered voters returned a primary election ballot as of the initial count on Tuesday, Aug. 5, according to the Spokane County Elections office. Though the election results aren't official yet — mailed ballots may still come in over the next few days, and the results will be certified in two weeks, on Aug. 19 — each race had a wide-enough margin to call Wednesday morning.

Here's what voters decided.

TAXES

M ore than 73% of voters in Spokane's primary election supported a $15-a-year tax to rejoin the Aquifer Protection Area, which was created in 1985 to fund water quality monitoring and improvement in the region's sole source of drinking water: the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. This will be the first time the city is included in the

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