Seattle, you’re horrible at voting in particular elections. In response to the county’s web site, within the April 2023 Particular Election, practically 1.4 million voters had been registered in King County, however a measly 30.86 p.c returned their ballots. Yikes! (Examine that to the 81 p.c of King County’s registered voters who participated within the November Basic Election.)
This yr, our Particular Election is in February (tomorrow!), and it’s an necessary one. Each social housing and cash for colleges are on the poll. However as of this morning, solely 16 p.c of registered voters in King County have returned their ballots.
We have now to do higher! And sure, I say “we” as a result of, admittedly, I’m a part of that lazy/drained/busy 84 p.c who’ve but to vote. My poll can also be simply sitting proper right here, unopened and unloved. Let’s change that collectively!
To brush up on what’s on the poll, take a look at our February 2025 Particular Election Voting Information.
Simply wanna skip to the solutions? Cool. For Propositions Nos 1A and 1B first vote YES, after which vote for Proposition 1A.
We clarify why in our endorsement, however for much more info on why it’s best to help 1A, examine what we discovered after we dug into the contribution data. It seems plenty of wealthy, non-Seattle of us and Amazon are pushing actually arduous for 1B. All the time suspicious!
For colleges, vote sure on each Proposition 1 and Proposition 2. Cash for colleges!—even in the event you’re grumpy about the entire school-closures debacle. Children nonetheless have to indicate up in these buildings every single day; we don’t give them a alternative.
You’ve got till 8 pm tomorrow to slide your poll into one of many many poll packing containers round city (discover your closest possibility right here)! (When you can typically ship it in by mail, it’s a bit of late within the sport to ensure it’d be postmarked in time—dropping it in a poll field is your finest guess at this level.) Not registered? There’s nonetheless time to do this, too! You possibly can register and vote in particular person on election day on the King County Elections Workplace.
