Today is General Election Day 2023. Haven’t voted yet? It’s time to get that ballot in!

Today is Gen­er­al Elec­tion Day in Wash­ing­ton and in sev­er­al oth­er states, includ­ing Vir­ginia and New Jer­sey (which have state leg­isla­tive elec­tions), Ken­tucky and Mis­sis­sip­pi (which have guber­na­to­r­i­al elec­tions), and Ohio (where the fate of a con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ment con­cern­ing repro­duc­tive rights will be decided).

Thou­sands of local posi­tions are on the bal­lot here in the Ever­green State, from the city lev­el to the port lev­el to the school dis­trict level.

Three coun­ties are also hold­ing elec­tions for coun­ty-lev­el offices — King, Sno­homish, and What­com. Sno­homish and What­com will elect coun­ty exec­u­tives. Sno­homish also has a huge­ly con­se­quen­tial sher­if­f’s race.

In Spokane, there’s a coun­ty­wide propo­si­tion to increase rev­enue to build a jail that’s attract­ed con­tro­ver­sy. The City of Spokane has a nation­al­ly watched may­oral race as well as impor­tant city coun­cil races.

Seat­tle has sev­en city coun­cil dis­trict con­tests and a hous­ing levy.

Ore­gon and Ida­ho have no state-lev­el mea­sures on the bal­lot today, but there are a few local posi­tions and mea­sures on the bal­lot in numer­ous jurisdictions.

Have you vot­ed yet? If you have, con­grat­u­la­tions on ful­fill­ing your civic duty. Now, go check up on your friends and fam­i­ly and make sure they’ve vot­ed, too.

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. There’s no excuse for not voting.

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 can print a replace­ment at home pret­ty eas­i­ly. Just reach out to your coun­ty elec­tions office. Most have infor­ma­tion on their web­sites about replac­ing a ballot.

Don’t for­get to sign your bal­lot before putting it in a drop box or the mail. Wash­ing­to­ni­ans, locate the near­est drop box to you by going here.

If you live in Ore­gon, don’t take your bal­lot to a post office, as it’s too late to mail it. Find a drop box instead, and take your bal­lot there.

Not reg­is­tered to vote? Wash­ing­ton has same-day vot­er reg­is­tra­tion! You can cast a bal­lot if you go to an in-per­son vot­ing assis­tance center.

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

There’s also the Pro­gres­sive Vot­ers Guide main­tained by Fuse Washington.

NPI has tak­en posi­tions on the fol­low­ing local bal­lot mea­sures in Wash­ing­ton (we do not endorse or oppose can­di­dates for office).

• Spokane Coun­ty Mea­sure #1 (Insti­tut­ing a high­er sales and use tax to fund law enforce­ment and incar­cer­a­tion): NO
• Spokane City Propo­si­tion #1 (Crim­i­nal­iz­ing encamp­ments in cer­tain areas): NO
• City of Kirk­land Propo­si­tion No. 1: Levy Lid Lift for Expand­ed Aquat­ics, Recre­ation, and Parks Facil­i­ties, Oper­a­tions, and Pro­grams: YES
• City of Maple Val­ley Propo­si­tion No. 1 Levy Lid Lift for Pub­lic Safe­ty: YES
• City of Seat­tle Propo­si­tion No. 1: Prop­er­ty Tax Levy Renew­al for Afford­able Hous­ing: YES
• Enum­claw School Dis­trict No. 216 Propo­si­tion No. 1 Gen­er­al Oblig­a­tion Bonds -$103,000,000: YES
• Fife School Dis­trict No. 417 Propo­si­tion 1: YES
• Kent School Dis­trict No. 415 Propo­si­tion No. 1 Replace­ment of Expir­ing Edu­ca­tion­al Pro­grams and Oper­a­tions Levy: YES
• Kent School Dis­trict No. 415 Propo­si­tion No. 2 Cap­i­tal Projects and Tech­nol­o­gy Levy: YES
• Skykomish School Dis­trict No. 404 Propo­si­tion No. 1 Tech­nol­o­gy Cap­i­tal Projects Levy: YES
• King Coun­ty Fire Pro­tec­tion Dis­trict No. 27 Propo­si­tion No. 1 Prop­er­ty Tax Levy for Fire Pro­tec­tion and Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices: YES
• Sno­qualmie Pass Fire And Res­cue Prop­er­ty Tax Levy for Fire Pro­tec­tion and Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices Propo­si­tion No. 1: YES
• Val­ley Region­al Fire Author­i­ty Propo­si­tion No. 1 Fire Author­i­ty Bonds: YES
• Si View Met­ro­pol­i­tan Park Dis­trict Propo­si­tion No. 1 Improve­ment Bonds to Replace Aging Si View Pool and Pre­serve Aquat­ic Access: YES

Thank you for vot­ing and encour­ag­ing oth­ers to vote!