Most Multnomah County voters seem to be ignoring the low-wattage May election. The deadline to turn ballots in is 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, and as of mid-morning, less than 15% of ballots had been returned countywide.

That number will be updated this afternoon.

Voters have two choices for returning ballots: By mail (no stamp needed) or taking it to an official county ballot drop site. All 32 drop sites are listed here.

Oregon law requires elections offices to count any mailed ballot that was postmarked on or before Election Day and also arrives within seven days of Election Day.

For many Portlanders, the biggest issue on the ballot is Portland Public Schools’ bid to re-up a bond measure approved by voters in 2012, 2017 and 2020. The money would be used primarily to replace or renovate several PPS schools.

If the measure passes, the impact on property owners would not change. The property tax rate would remain where it is now, at $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That hasn’t changed since 2017. The owner of a home assessed at $284,003 — the average assessed property value for residential property in the Portland Public Schools District, according to PPS Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong—  would pay approximately $59 per month.

Other elections to be determined this month include candidate races for Portland and Mount Hood community colleges’ boards of directors; local school board and educational service district candidates; and special district elections such as the Multnomah Rural Fire Protection District.

Final election results will be certified by Monday, June 16.