Nearly 1.1 million mail ballots for the Aug. 18 primary were delivered to the U.S. Postal Service today (Wednesday) and will be in the hands of voters soon.
Ballots were mailed to voters serving in the military and those living overseas and out of state on July 17 to allow extra transit time for delivery.
Now that King County votes entirely by mail, ballots are automatically sent to all registered voters 20 days before each election in which they are eligible to vote, making voting easy and convenient. Voters do not need to re-register or request their ballot be sent to them.
Ballots must be returned to Elections or postmarked by Aug. 18. Each voter must sign the ballot envelope.
“This is King County’s second countywide, all-mail election,” said Sherril Huff, King County Elections director. “We have many new online features available to help voters with the vote-by-mail process, and we also encourage anyone who would like to see their elections office in action to come to our facility in Renton and view ballot processing from our public observation loop.”
Voters can get election information and can track their ballot at www.kingcounty.gov/elections for more information.
Renton races
There are only two contested races in Renton this year; neither will appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot because both only have two candidates.
City Council
Position 2: Jim Flynn is challenging incumbent Rich Zwicker.
Position 1: Incumbent Randy Corman is running unopposed.
Position 6: Incumbent Terri Briere is running unopposed.
Municipal Court judge
Incumbent Terry Jurado is running unopposed.
School Board
District 5: Jim Grossnickle is challenging incumbent Pam Teal.
District 1: Albert Talley Sr. is running unopposed.
To ensure that voters with disabilities are able to cast a private and independent ballot, three accessible voting centers are available for the Aug. 18 election. In-person accessible voting begins Wednesday for all voters at King County Elections’ Renton office, weekdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Seattle and Bellevue locations will open on Aug. 14.
