Haven’t voted yet? Get that ballot in!

Today is win­now­ing elec­tion day in Wash­ing­ton State. Have you vot­ed yet? If you have, con­grat­u­la­tions on ful­fill­ing your civic duty as a cit­i­zen of Wash­ing­ton. Haven’t vot­ed yet? It’s time to get that bal­lot in! You’ve only got a few hours left before time runs out to participate.

You should have received your bal­lot in the mail a few weeks ago from the coun­ty you reside in. If you did not receive a bal­lot, or if you have mis­placed your bal­lot, you should call your coun­ty audi­tor or elec­tions office to obtain a pro­vi­sion­al ballot.

Don’t for­get to sign your bal­lot before putting it in a drop box or the mail.

Drop box loca­tions for this election:

• King Coun­ty
• Sno­homish County
• Pierce Coun­ty
• Kit­sap County
• What­com County
• Skag­it County
• Thurston Coun­ty

Not sure who to vote for? If you belong to a par­tic­u­lar polit­i­cal par­ty, you may want to con­sult their list of endorsements.

• The Wash­ing­ton State Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty has a list of all of its nom­i­nees for fed­er­al and statewide office, as well as a Per­son­al Endorse­ments Find­er that brings up endorse­ments made by local Demo­c­ra­t­ic organizations.
• The Wash­ing­ton State Repub­li­can Par­ty main­tains a list of major can­di­dates for statewide and fed­er­al office.

And Fuse has cre­at­ed a 2012 edi­tion of their Pro­gres­sive Vot­ers’ Guide.

NPI rec­om­mends that you vote yes on the King Coun­ty Chil­dren and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices Cen­ter Cap­i­tal Levy (if you live in King Coun­ty), as well as oth­er local levies, like the Seat­tle library levy, which would off­set cuts to the SPL’s oper­at­ing bud­get. As Anne Her­bert once said, “Libraries will get you through times of no mon­ey bet­ter than mon­ey will get you through times of no libraries.” Remem­ber that apho­rism when you’re fill­ing out your ballot.