2024 WASHINGTON VOTER GUIDE
1.Voter Registration
Deadline to Register/Update: October 28, 2024
In-Person Registration available on Election Day
2. Check Your Registration
Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.
Check/Update Your Registration Online
Checklist:
- Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
- Correct Address
- Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
- Correct Date of Birth
- Correct Political Party Preference
- Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.
3. Voter ID Law
Source: Ballotpedia
Most voters in Washington vote by mail, which does not require them to present photo identification (ID). However, according to state law RCW 29A.40.160, “The county auditor shall require any person desiring to vote at a voting center to either sign a ballot declaration or provide identification.”
The following list of accepted ID was current as of April 2023. Click here for the Washington State Legislature’s voter ID regulations to ensure you have the most current information.
- Driver’s license
- State identification card
- Student identification card
- Tribal identification card
- Employer identification card
4. Order Your Absentee Mail Ballot
Washington State votes by mail only. All registered voters will be mailed a ballot at least 18 days before the election.
If you have destroyed, spoiled, lost or not received the original ballot, you may request a replacement ballot by logging into https://votewa.gov or contacting your local county elections department: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/county-elections-offices
Find a list of drop box locations here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/drop-box-and-voting-center-locations
Deadline to return Mail Ballot: Must be postmarked or returned to a ballot drop box by 8:00 PM on November 5, 2024
5. Early Voting Information
Early voting is available from October 18 – November 5, 2024.
- An interactive map of ballot drop boxes and voting center locations is available here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/drop-box-and-voting-center-locations
- You may also obtain a personalized list of voting centers near you by logging in to https://votewa.gov
For more information regarding federal, state and local elections contact your county elections office. To find your county elections office visit: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/county-elections-offices