Did you get a ballot? WA’s Feb. 11 special election voting starts

Did you get a ballot? WA’s Feb. 11 special election voting starts

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Venice Buhain • Jan 24, 2025

Jan 24, 2025

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                <h1>Did you get a ballot? WA’s Feb. 11 special election voting starts</h1>
                <h2><p>Voting for the Feb. 11 special election starts today. Thirty-two counties, including King, Yakima, Snohomish, Spokane and Thurston, have issues on next month’s ballot. The deadline for counties to send ballots to voters is today (Friday, Jan. 24).

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            <p>Voting for the Feb. 11 special election starts today. Thirty-two counties, including King, Yakima, Snohomish, Spokane and Thurston, have issues on next month’s ballot. The deadline for counties to send ballots to voters is today (Friday, Jan. 24).</p><p>Local ballots will include levy and bond measures in 56 school districts across the state, including Seattle, Issaquah, Puyallup, Vancouver and Toppenish; competing social housing measures in Seattle; a minimum wage measure in Burien; and other local issues across the state.</p><p>Not all districts or counties will have a measure next month. According to the state, about 1.5 million out of 5 million Washington voters will get a ballot for February. Voters can check their local county elections office or <a href="http://votewa.gov/?ref=avalancheghost.one"><u>VoteWA.gov</u></a> to see if they are supposed to get a ballot.</p><p>The last day for online and mailed registrations is Feb. 3, though voters can register in person <a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/county-elections-offices?ref=avalancheghost.one"><u>at their local counties</u></a> until Feb. 11. Ballots must be turned in at county ballot boxes or postmarked by 8 p.m. Feb. 11.</p>
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Voting for the Feb. 11 special election starts today. Thirty-two counties, including King, Yakima, Snohomish, Spokane and Thurston, have issues on next month’s ballot. The deadline for counties to send ballots to voters is today (Friday, Jan. 24).

Local ballots will include levy and bond measures in 56 school districts across the state, including Seattle, Issaquah, Puyallup, Vancouver and Toppenish; competing social housing measures in Seattle; a minimum wage measure in Burien; and other local issues across the state.

Not all districts or counties will have a measure next month. According to the state, about 1.5 million out of 5 million Washington voters will get a ballot for February. Voters can check their local county elections office or VoteWA.gov to see if they are supposed to get a ballot.

The last day for online and mailed registrations is Feb. 3, though voters can register in person at their local counties until Feb. 11. Ballots must be turned in at county ballot boxes or postmarked by 8 p.m. Feb. 11.

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Venice Buhain

By Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain is Cascade PBS' associate news editor. She previously covered education at Crosscut, and also worked for KING 5, The Seattle Globalist and TVW News. You can follow her on Twitter

Venice Buhain is Cascade PBS' associate news editor. She previously covered education at Crosscut, and also worked for KING 5, The Seattle Globalist and TVW News. You can follow her on Twitter