It’s Elec­tion Day! After many long months, this year’s cam­paign sea­son is final­ly on the verge of being over. As all of Wash­ing­ton’s thir­ty-nine coun­ties are now vote by mail, there won’t be any polls open today, though sev­er­al acces­si­ble vot­ing cen­ters will be open for those who need help cast­ing ballots.

If you are reg­is­tered to vote, you should have already received your bal­lot in the mail, cour­tesy of the U.S. Postal Ser­vice. If you think you are reg­is­tered, but you did­n’t get a bal­lot, check your reg­is­tra­tion sta­tus and fol­low up with coun­ty elec­tions offi­cials. They can explain how to cast a pro­vi­sion­al ballot.

If you still have your bal­lot and haven’t turned it in, be sure to fill it out today, prefer­ably this morn­ing. There are two ways to return your bal­lot: you can put it in the mail or save a stamp and take it to a bal­lot drop box.

(Drop box­es are open until 8 PM).

Here are lists of drop box­es for sev­er­al of the more pop­u­lous counties:

If you live in King Coun­ty and have already returned your bal­lot, you can track its sta­tus online. If your bal­lot has been suc­cess­ful­ly processed by the Elec­tions Divi­sion, you should see a mes­sage like this:

We have received your bal­lot, your sig­na­ture has been ver­i­fied, and you will be cred­it­ed with par­tic­i­pat­ing in this election.

Your returned bal­lot pack­et will soon be opened and your bal­lot will be pre­pared for counting.

Thank you for voting.

If you need help decid­ing who to vote for, you may wish to take advan­tage of the state Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty’s Endorse­ments Find­er, which will show you which can­di­dates in your area have been endorsed by your local Demo­c­ra­t­ic orga­ni­za­tion. You may also wish to con­sult the Pro­gres­sive Voter’s Guide, com­piled by Fuse.

Please note that NPI is not respon­si­ble for either of these ser­vices. We do not endorse or oth­er­wise sup­port can­di­dates for office at any lev­el of gov­ern­ment, so we can­not rec­om­mend any can­di­dates to you.

We do, how­ev­er, take posi­tions on bal­lot mea­sures. The fol­low­ing are our posi­tions on this year’s statewide ini­tia­tives and con­sti­tu­tion­al amendments:

  • Tim Eyman’s I‑1125: NO
  • Cost­co’s I‑1183: NO
  • SEIU’s I‑1163: YES
  • HJR 8205: APPROVE
  • HJR 8206: REJECT

We strong­ly encour­age no votes on I‑1125 and I‑1183. Either of these mea­sures, if passed, could have a destruc­tive impact on Wash­ing­ton’s qual­i­ty of life.

Thank you for doing your civic duty and vot­ing today. Stay tuned for live cov­er­age of elec­tion results from NPI’s staff begin­ning around 8 PM tonight.

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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One reply on “It’s Election Day — don’t forget to vote!”

  1. Looks like turnout end­ed up being high­er than what our Sec­re­tary of State thought it was going to be! Nice to see Wash­ing­ton get above 50% in an off-year.

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