Elections in Washington (state)
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In Washington, elections are governed by Articles II, III, and IV of the Washington State Constitution, which respectively include the establishment of elections for the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of the state government; Article VI establishes election procedures and rights.
Washington uses a vote-by-mail system under the supervision of the Secretary of State, mandated statewide since 2011. Counties were previously able to choose between it and in-person voting from 2005 onward, of which all but one adopted vote-by-mail by 2011.[1] Since 2008, most non-presidential elections are carried out using nonpartisan blanket primary, also known as the "top-two primary".[2]
In a 2020 study, Washington was ranked as the 2nd easiest state for citizens to vote in.[3]
1996
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2002
2004
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2004 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2004 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2004 Washington Attorney General election
- 2004 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2004 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2004 Washington State Auditor election
- 2004 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2004 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2004 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
State court elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2006
2008
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2008 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2008 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2008 Washington Attorney General election
- 2008 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2008 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2008 Washington State Auditor election
- 2008 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2008 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2008 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
State court elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2009
- 2009 Washington State local elections
- 2009 Seattle mayoral election
2010
2012
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2012 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2012 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2012 Washington Attorney General election
- 2012 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2012 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2012 Washington State Auditor election
- 2012 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2012 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2012 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
State court elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2013
State Legislative elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2014
Federal elections
State legislative elections
Local elections
2016
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2016 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2016 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2016 Washington Attorney General election
- 2016 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2016 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2016 Washington State Auditor election
- 2016 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2016 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2016 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2017
State legislative elections
Local elections
2018
Federal elections
State legislative elections
Statewide ballot measures
2019
Statewide ballot measures
Local Elections
2020
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2020 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2020 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2020 Washington Attorney General election
- 2020 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2020 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2020 Washington State Auditor election
- 2020 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2020 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2020 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2021
Local elections
2022
Federal elections
State elections
2023
Local elections
2024
Federal elections
State executive elections
- 2024 Washington gubernatorial election
- 2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2024 Washington Attorney General election
- 2024 Washington Secretary of State election
- 2024 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
- 2024 Washington State Auditor election
- 2024 Washington State Treasurer election
- 2024 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election
- 2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
State legislative elections
State court elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2025
State legislative elections
Statewide ballot measures
Local elections
2026
Federal elections
State legislative elections
State court elections
Local elections
See also
References
- ↑ "Washington State Vote-By-Mail (VBM) Fact Sheet" (PDF). Washington Office of the Secretary of State - Elections Division. February 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State. "Elections & Voting: Top 2 Primary". Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (December 15, 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509. doi:10.1089/elj.2020.0666. S2CID 225139517.
External links
- Elections & Voting at the Washington Secretary of State official website
- Washington at Ballotpedia
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
