Haven't Voted Yet? Time Is Ticking Away
OK, you procrastinators – you’ve get a very short time to get your ballot in to make sure it’s counted.
All ballots must be postmarked today or dropped in a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. tonight.
The Washington Secretary of State’s Office warns that trying to mail your ballot this late may mean it doesn’t get postmarked in time.
Kim Ekstrom with King County elections office said that if you arrive at a box too late and there’s a line, you’re out of luck.
“If you're not already at a drop box and in line prior to 8 p.m. -- we have atomic clocks at all of our drop box locations -- you are not by law allowed to vote,” she said.
Don’t know where the ballot drop boxes are? Here are lists for:
If you’ve already dropped off your ballot, you can relax and start checking election results after 8 p.m., or tune into KUOW!
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Gil Aegerter
Gil edits feature pieces and helps guide staff reporters through their stories. He previously served as interim digital director and online managing editor at KUOW. Before that he spent seven years with NBCNews.com, where he was variously a senior editor, editor-producer and features editor. He also worked 25 years as a newspaper editor in Anchorage, Alaska, San Diego, Wilmington, N.C., and Seattle. He also was a freelance researcher for NBC Olympics for the Games in Atlanta; Sydney, Australia; Salt Lake City; Athens; and Torino, Italy. He is a graduate of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, with a degree in photojournalism.
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