Officials with the Kitsap County Election Division said Thursday that ballots for the Feb. 9 Special Election are in the mail and voters should receive them this weekend.

Approximately 123,000 registered voters in the county will receive a ballot.

Every school district in Kitsap except North Kitsap will ask voters to weigh in on funding measures.

Bainbridge voters will decide the fate of a $82.1 million bond measure, which if approved will be used to fund the replacement of  Captain Johnson Blakely Elementary School and the BHS 100 Building. The bond measure will also pay for improvements and repairs at other district facilities. The proposal needs a 60 percent supermajority to pass.

“Our school districts are asking voters for funding for building projects and for ongoing operations. This is an important decision for voters to weigh in on,” said Kitsap County Auditor Dolores Gilmore.

Ballots received by the Monday before Election Day are counted in the first report of ballots on election night.

Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than Feb. 9 to be counted.

Voters can also use one of six ballot drop boxes stationed throughout the county. Beginning Friday the drop boxes are available 24 hours a day until 8 p.m. on election night.

The 24-hour drop box outside the Bainbridge Island Fire Department’s Madison Avenue station has been moved to the west side of the Bainbridge Island School District’s administration building at 8489 Madison Ave. NE.

Kitsap residents registered to vote who do not receive a ballot by Jan. 28 or who have a damaged or lost ballot should request a replacement by contacting the county elections office. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

On Election Day, Feb. 9, county elections offices will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Residents who are not currently registered in Washington have until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 to register in person at the county elections office. Ballots for members of the military and Kitsap residents overseas were mailed on Jan. 8, and some of those voters have already returned ballots.