More than 40 percent of Bainbridge Island’s registered voters have cast ballots for today’s Special Election.

According to the Kitsap County Elections Division, nearly 44 percent of the eligible registered voters on Bainbridge have already returned their ballots.

Election workers reported another 1,617 ballots were received Monday, Feb. 9.

The county now has in hand 7,759 ballots for processing.

Bainbridge has 17,765 eligible voters.

There are three measures on the Feb. 10 ballot.

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department is seeking voter approval for a 9-cent tax levy increase to pay for improved staffing, and a $16 million bond measure that would pay for new and improved fire stations on Bainbridge.

Proposition 1, a 9-cent levy increase to pay for more firefighters and EMT, needs a simple majority vote to pass.

If approved, the existing levy would rise from 86 cents to 95 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Officials with the Bainbridge fire department plan to use the increase in funding to pay for new firefighters and EMTs and expand the staffing at the department’s station on Phelps Road.

The increase would amount to $45 per year for the owner of a $500,000 home.

Proposition 2 is a $16 million bond measure that would pay for new and improved fire stations on Bainbridge.

Officials said Prop. 2, if approved, would cost the owner of a $500,000 home approximately $80 a year. The proposition requires a supermajority vote of 60 percent.

The Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation District is seeking voter approval for Proposition 1, a $5.9 million bond measure to pay for the purchase of the 23-acre Sakai property for a future park.

The bonds would be repaid over 20 years by an excess property tax levy of approximately 8 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, or roughly $40 per year for the owner of a $500,000 home.

The proposal also requires a supermajority vote of 60 percent.

The first vote tally is expected to be announced by the Kitsap County Elections Division at 8:15 p.m.