MLIRD ELECTION
(Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION

MLIRD BASES VOTING RIGHTS ON OWNERSHIP NAMES AND
ACREAGES STATED IN THE GRANT COUNTY RECORDS.

MLIRD ELECTORS SHOULD CONFIRM THAT THEIR NAME
AND ACREAGE IS ACCURATELY REFLECTED ON THE GRANT
COUNTY WEBSITE

Per RCW 87.03.051 Two votes for every 5 acres of assessable land or fraction thereof. No
one ownership may accumulate more than 49 percent of the votes in one district. The ballots
cast for each ownership of land or shares shall be exercised by common agreement between
electors or when land is held as community property, the accumulated votes may be divided
equally between the spouses.

Common Agreement Forms are below:
*Common Agreement to Equally Divide Ballots of Marital Community
*Common Agreement To Vote Ballots For Marital Community
*Common Agreement To Vote Ballots For Legal Entity Or Joint Ownership
**Single Ownership of Land(s): Common Agreement Form Is Not Required
Any qualified district elector who certifies that he/she cannot conveniently be present at his proper
election precinct on the day of election may vote by absentee ballot, and that a ballot and form of
certificate of qualification and forms for voting community property ownerships will be furnished to
him/her upon submission of a request that is substantially in the form of MLIRD’s Absentee Ballot
Request Form (available at the District office or at the District at P.O. Box 98, Moses Lake, WA,
98837, prior to the date of the election.) (RCW 87.03.032)

Completed Absentee Ballots MUST be delivered to the MLIRD office at 932 E. Wheeler Rd. Moses,
Lake, WA 98837 before 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, or if sent by mail to PO Box 98, Moses Lake, WA
98837, MUST be postmarked no later than midnight on Election Day and MUST be received by the
District Secretary no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) the second Wednesday following the election. By
order of the Board of Directors of the MLIRD (Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District.