Voter turnout in Washington State inches towards double digits, with one day to go

Vot­er turnout in the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion is slow­ly increas­ing as the dead­line to return bal­lots nears, elec­tions offi­cials are reporting.

As of this after­noon, 750,000 bal­lots had been received by Wash­ing­ton’s thir­ty-nine coun­ty elec­tion offices which amounts to 18.9 per­cent of those issued.

Here is the break­down by county…

As you can see, tiny Garfield Coun­ty has had the best turnout so far, with 37% of bal­lots returned. But it is home to only 1,540 reg­is­tered vot­ers. That is less than one neigh­bor­hood in Seat­tle or Spokane. Jef­fer­son, Colum­bia, and Pacif­ic coun­ties each have about 35%, which is pret­ty decent.

Of the big­ger coun­ties, What­com and Spokane have the best turnout so far, with 26% and 24% respec­tive­ly, trailed by Clark at 19.2%.

The state’s three largest coun­ties are all sad­ly below the statewide aver­age. Pierce is doing the best with 18%. King is lag­ging behind at 15.2%. Sno­homish, mean­while, has the dis­hon­or of being the worst in the state with 14.3%.

If you have not vot­ed yet, be sure to get your bal­lot in! We’ve got rec­om­men­da­tions up on Bal­lot­Guide if you need help nav­i­gat­ing the bal­lot mea­sures.