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Military and overseas ballots mailed: January 26
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Online: March 4
In person: March 12
Ballots mailed: February 23
Election Day: March 12
Mail-in deadline: Postmarked by March 12
Ballot box deadline: March 12, 8pm
Election certification: April 12

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Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Inslee execs heading for exits as Ferguson prepares to take over as WA governor

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

November 20, 2024, 11:21am Election FreeUpdated 11 hours ago

Washington Secretary of Health Umair Shah said Tuesday he will step down next month, joining other state agency leaders planning to exit before Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson takes office. Read story

Attorney Sal Mungia is running for Washington State Supreme Court Position 2.

Sal Mungia defeats Dave Larson for open WA Supreme Court seat

Attorney Sal Mungia is running for Washington State Supreme Court Position 2.

November 20, 2024, 9:40am Election Updated 11 hours ago

Sal Mungia, a Tacoma trial attorney, has defeated Dave Larson, a Federal Way Municipal Court judge, in a razor-close race for an open state Supreme Court seat. Read story

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Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

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November 19, 2024, 1:28pm Election

Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska, Vancouver, Washington, and Tampa, Florida? Read story

A long line of voters reaches the courtyard of the public service center as people wait to vote in person at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2024.

Same-day voter registrations hit new high mark in Washington

A long line of voters reaches the courtyard of the public service center as people wait to vote in person at the elections office in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2024.

November 19, 2024, 1:00pm Election FreeUpdated 17 hours ago

Long lines on Election Day aren’t common in Washington with the state’s vote-by-mail system. Read story

Law enforcement officers are seen as people wait to register to vote, left, and drop off their ballots at the downtown Vancouver elections office Monday evening, Nov. 4, 2024.

Voter turnout in Washington is lower than in 2020

Law enforcement officers are seen as people wait to register to vote, left, and drop off their ballots at the downtown Vancouver elections office Monday evening, Nov. 4, 2024.

November 18, 2024, 9:06am Clark County Politics

Despite the talk of a high-stakes presidential election with democracy itself allegedly on the line — not to mention a gubernatorial race and four major initiative campaigns — voter turnout in Washington appears to be coming in substantially lower than four years ago. Read story

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