Currents

Should Seattle Use Ranked-Choice Voting?

Seattle's crowded primary on August 3, 2021, once again raises questions about whether our current voting system is long for this city.

08/03/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Election

How Long Will It Take Washington to Count the Votes?

Plus answers to a few basic questions that may come up in your living room or group chat.

11/03/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Election

How Seattleites Can Support the Final Push for Record Voter Turnout

You don't even have to put down your phone.

10/30/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

GET OUT THE VOTE

If You Miss Those 'I Voted' Stickers, Try This Local Merch

Those free stickers are cool. But they don't give out beer and sweatshirts at polling places.

10/26/2020 By Zoe Sayler

2020 Election

Your Last-Minute Anxieties about Voting in King County, Addressed

How to register to vote if you still haven’t, and what to do if your ballot hasn’t arrived.

10/20/2020 By Christy Carley

2020 Election

How Many People Have Turned in Their Ballots Already in King County?

We aren't messing around.

10/19/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

VIABLE VOTE

Washington’s Primary Is Today and Your Candidate Dropped Out. Now What?

Woe is you.

03/09/2020 By Nicole Martinson

2020 Election

Attention, Seattle Voters: Primary Ballots Are in the Mail

It actually counts this time. We swear.

02/21/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Explainer

A Seattle Voter's Guide to the November 2019 General Election

Before you drop your vote in the mail by November 5, here's a quick look at your ballot.

10/22/2019 By Rosin Saez

Last Week in Politics

Seattle Met’s Guide to Last-Minute Voting

King County’s November ballot is stacked.

11/02/2018 Edited by Hayat Norimine

Last Week in Politics

Here's How to Vote, Kid

A mom writes her daughter on the occasion of her first election.

03/01/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Last Day to Register to Vote

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/28/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Librarians, Tutors, and Jewish Immigrants

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/25/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Aid Seattle's Parks, Libraries, and Kids

Today's picks for civic nerds.

07/24/2014 By Ezra Parter

Afternoon Jolt

Monday Jolt: Voting Rights and Ad Restrictions

The day's winners and losers.

01/27/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Afternoon Jolt

Wednesday Jolt: Students, Evidently, Do Vote

Two winners today: Student voters and bike advocates.

11/21/2012 By Afternoon Jolt

This Washington

Parties Ask Supreme Court to Toss Top-Two Primary

The state Democratic and Libertarian Parties

04/19/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

Voting

Should Seattle Use Ranked-Choice Voting?

How Long Will It Take Washington to Count the Votes?

How Seattleites Can Support the Final Push for Record Voter Turnout

If You Miss Those 'I Voted' Stickers, Try This Local Merch

Your Last-Minute Anxieties about Voting in King County, Addressed

How Many People Have Turned in Their Ballots Already in King County?

Washington’s Primary Is Today and Your Candidate Dropped Out. Now What?

Attention, Seattle Voters: Primary Ballots Are in the Mail

A Seattle Voter's Guide to the November 2019 General Election

Top 10 Stories: Matt Shea, Prostitution Stings, and Initiatives

Seattle Met’s Guide to Last-Minute Voting

Top 10 Stories: Seattle Police Contract, Regressive Taxes, and Backyard Cottages

Here's How to Vote, Kid

PubliCalendar: Last Day to Register to Vote

PubliCalendar: Librarians, Tutors, and Jewish Immigrants

PubliCalendar: Aid Seattle's Parks, Libraries, and Kids

Monday Jolt: Voting Rights and Ad Restrictions

Wednesday Jolt: Students, Evidently, Do Vote

Parties Ask Supreme Court to Toss Top-Two Primary