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Washington State's primary election will take place on August 5. Here is everything you need to know about registering to vote, the vote by mail process and the key dates.
Washington now joins 20 other states and the District of Columbia in having some form of same-day registration. Proponents hope it will boost turnout and voter participation.
Residents younger than 18 can sign up as a future voter, through the Washington Secretary of State's Office, to be automatically registered when they reach voting age.
Voter information and a guide to key races appearing on August 2025 primary election ballots in Washington state.
Washingtonians who’d like to participate in the upcoming November 8 election have until the end of the day Monday, Oct. 31 to register to vote online.
Washington's system is more flexible, allowing voter registration at any time up to 8 p.m. on Election Day, although residents do face an earlier deadline of Oct. 31 if they're registering online ...
On Tuesday, Washington's secretary of state announced that his state will become the first to allow residents to register to vote on Facebook. Using a Microsoft app that may be accessed through ...
VoteWA allows election administrators to see voter changes made across the state in real-time, which will help implement Washington’s new same-day voter-registration law. That law is now in ...
Washington state lawmakers have worked for years to improve voter turnout, including a measure that gave all mail-in ballots prepaid postage. 2019 represented the first big test for prepaid ballot ...