Shelter Bay Lease vote result

The Shelter Bay Community will proceed with drafting a new 75-year lease with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.

Ballots in an advisory vote were counted on Wednesday and the results were:

436 in favor vs. 197 against.

A Shelter Bay Community press release states that 68 percent of the eligible voters approved the lease terms in an advisory vote that required only a simple majority.

Voter turnout was pegged at 83 percent, with 633 votes cast out of 767 eligible voters.