Are you registered to vote?
At your current address?
Today is your last chance to register online. You can do it right here.
If you don't, you're going to be left staring at our endorsements for this totally bananas local election—they come out October 14!—unable to do a damn thing with them. And if you do register, you'll get to vote exactly as we tell you.
Along with every! single! seat! on the Seattle City Council, the November ballot will feature the largest levy in the city's history (for transportation), a county levy to invest in young, potentially at-risk kids, and an unprecedented public campaign financing plan for City of Seattle elections. This is not the year to sit it out.
To register online, you need a current Washington driver's license or ID. That site is here.
If you don't have a Washington ID, you can register by mail or in person and you have a little more time: October 26 is the deadline. For registration by mail, print a form here. To do it in person, visit King County Elections headquarters or the voter registration annex downtown.
If you don't have a residential address, you can use a shelter, park, intersection, motor home, or other identifiable location. In those cases, you'll also need a mailing address like a post office box, address of a friend, shelter, or general delivery at a local post office where you can receive your ballot. Go here for help keeping your address confidential. Be careful registering if you're not a U.S. citizen. The penalties for non-citizens who register to vote—considered a "false claim to citizenship"—can be dire.
Once more, the deadline for registering online—which will probably take less time than it took you to read this post— is TODAY. Right here.
