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 The Oroville–Tonasket Irrigation District has adopted new irrigation assessment rates for 2026. These adjustments reflect rising costs to operate and maintain the irrigation delivery system.

Updated rates are:

• Residential (1 acre or less): $305.50
• Residential (1.01–2 acres): $279.50 per acre
• Residential (2.01+): $253.50 per acre 
• Agricultural Use: $185.00 per acre
• The $100 account charge will remain the same.
   

Thank you for your continued support as we work to maintain a reliable irrigation delivery system for all customers.

Notice is hereby given that the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (“OTID”) shall hold an election of one (1) Director position as follows:

Election Date:  December 8, 2026

Poll Hours:  Open at 1:00 p.m. and close at 

8:00 p.m. PST

Persons Having Filed Declaration of Candidacy:  

Robert Peterson (Incumbent)

Pete Valentine

Polling Place: OTID main office

516 11th Avenue

Oroville, WA 98844

To be a qualified OTID elector (voter), a person must be 18 years old, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Washington and hold title or evidence of title to assessable land within the OTID district boundaries pursuant to RCW 87.03.051. 

Pursuant to RCW 87.03.051, voting rights shall be allocated as follows: 

2 votes for each 5-acres of assessable land or fraction thereof. 

For married electors, the votes shall be split between spouses unless there is a Common Agreement filed with the election officers prior to voting. If no Common Agreement has been filed, an elector may only vote his/her share. If a Common Agreement has been filed, the total votes shall be voted by the person named.

If the elector is a partnership, the first partner to appear at the polling place votes all of the votes for the partnership. If the elector is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership, an agent of the entity, duly authorized in writing, may vote on behalf of the entity by filing with the election officers their instruments of authority, which may consist of a resolution of the entity showing such authority, a copy of the entity organizational documents showing such authority, or executing an Instrument of Authority of OTID on the form provided by OTID. 

Any qualified OTID elector who certifies that they cannot conveniently be present at the polling place on the day of election may vote by absentee ballot, and a ballot and form of Certificate of Qualification will be furnished to them on a written request being made to OTID’s Secretary in person or at the following address: 

P.O. Box 1729 

Oroville, WA 98844

A qualified OTID elector may obtain an Absentee Voter’s Application from OTID if they choose to use that form as the written request. 

All absentee ballots must be delivered to the polling place prior to the close of the polls on the day of the election or be sealed in an unmarked envelope and mailed to the OTID’s Secretary, postmarked no later than midnight of the election day, and received by OTID Secretary within 5 days of the date of election.