The sun’s out, the Blue Angels are here, summer break is only half over … Might be difficult to think about an election too, but that ballot you (probably) haven’t filled out yet asks you to make some important decisions: Two levies to be decided, and five major races in which the candidate lineups need to be narrowed to two finalists.
King County ballot-return stats show only 12 percent of voters have turned theirs in so far. You have until Tuesday (August 5) at 8 pm to get your ballot into a King County Elections dropbox (West Seattle has four, and nearby White Center and South Park have one each); if you want to use USPS mail, don’t wait until Tuesday, because there’s no guarantee of same-day postmark.
The decisions you’re asked to make:
CANDIDATES (all are listed/infolinked here)
Seattle Mayor (8 candidates)
Seattle citywide Council Position 8 (5 candidates)
Seattle citywide Council Position 9 (4 candidates)
Seattle City Attorney (4 candidates)
King County Executive (7 candidates, no incumbent)
BALLOT MEASURES
King County Proposition 1 (6-year Parks Levy renewal)
Seattle Proposition 1 (Democracy Voucher 10-year levy renewal)
As always, once the voting ends at 8 pm Tuesday, we’ll get the initial results by about 8:15 pm, and then one update a day until everything’s counted.
P.S. If you still haven’t received your ballot, report it ASAP to 206-296-VOTE. (Mail hiccups in our area meant our ballots didn’t arrive until this week – in the same delivery as the replacements we’d requested when the originals hadn’t shown up by early last week!)