$30M hospital bond to run again in general election
Aug. 27—EPHRATA — The Columbia Basin Hospital Board has decided to run its $30 million bond measure on the general ballot in November after it failed in the primary election.
Chief Executive Officer Rosalinda Kibby, during the Aug. 26 meeting, said the district needed to work on getting more information out to voters. She explained that the primary didn't even get enough voters for the bond package to pass. They needed 2,600 voters, but only 2,277 people voted in Ephrata, according to the Grant County Auditor's results.
"The general election is going to be a lot more people going out to vote," Kibby said. "There will be a lot of other things on the ballot, such as the mayoral race. I feel like we were disadvantaged because people saw that only one thing was on the ballot."
There was discussion about sending out information in the mail, via text, MyChart and through a quarterly newsletter the board wants to start.
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