By Doug Petrowski

The Snohomish County Elections Division has released the sample ballot for the Nov. 6 General Election. In addition to the many federal, state and local offices, and statewide initiatives, referendums and resolutions on the ballot, Brier residents will vote on a proposed annexation of the Allview Heights area.

City of Brier Proposition No. 1 asks Brier voters if they wish to annex into the city 15.9 acres of the Allview Heights bordered by 228th Street Southwest on the north, 231st Street Southwest on the south, 24th Avenue West on the east, and 27th Avenue West on the west. A simple majority voting for the proposition would approve the annexation.

In local 1st and 32nd District legislative races, all five offices will have two candidates listed on the ballot. There was some speculation that in the 1st District, Representative Position 1 election only Luis Moscoso would appear on the ballot, but Mark T. Davies did qualify as a write-in candidate for the race after the August primary election.

The Nov. 6 ballot leads with the race for President/Vice President, with eight tickets of candidates to choose from. The rest of the ballot for Mountlake Terrace and Brier reads as follows (voters east of I-5 are in the 1st State Legislative District; voters west of I-5 are in the 32nd State Legislative District):

U.S. Senator:  Maria Cantwell vs. Michael Baumgartner

U.S. Congressional District 2: Rick Larson vs. Dan Matthews

Governor: Jay Inslee vs. Rob McKenna

Lieutenant Governor: Brad Owen vs. Bill Finkbeiner

Secretary of State: Kim Wyman vs. Kathleen Drew

State Treasurer: Jim McIntire vs. Sharon Hanek

State Auditor: James Watkins vs. Troy Kelley

State Attorney General: Bob Ferguson vs. Reagan Dunn

State Commissioner of Public Lands: Peter J. Goldmark vs. Clint Didier?State

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Randy Dorn unopposed

State Insurance Commissioner: Mike Kreidler vs. John R. Adams

1st District Senator: Rosemary McAuliffe vs. Dawn McCravey

1st District Representative Position 1: Derek Stanford vs. Sandy Guinn

1st District Representative Position 2: Luis Moscoso vs. Mark T. Davies

32nd District Representative Position 1: Cindy Ryu vs. Randy J. Hayden

32nd District Representative Position 2: Ruth Kagi vs. Robert Reedy

Initiative Measure No. 1185 (concerning legislative requirements for raising taxes and fees)

Initiative Measure No. 1240 (concerning creation of public charter schools)

Referendum Measure No. 74 (concerning same-sex marriage)

Initiative Measure No. 502 (concerning legalization of marijuana)

Senate Joint Resolution No. 8221 (concerning the phasing down of state’s debt limit)

Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223 ((concerning investments by UW and WSU)

Advisory Vote No. 1 on Senate Bill 6635 (concerning elimination of a B&O tax deduction)

Advisory Vote No. 2 on House Bill 2590 (concerning expiration of a petroleum products tax)

State Supreme Court Position 2: Susan Owens unopposed

State Supreme Court Position 8: Steve Gonzalez unopposed

State Supreme Court Position 9: Sheryl Gordon McCloud vs. Richard B. Sanders

Public Utility District 1 Commissioner District 2: Kathleen (Kathy) Vaughn vs. Eric Teegarden

City of Brier Proposition No. 1 (Brier voters only; concerning annexation of Allview Heights area)