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Related: About this forumWashington voter turnout is lagging behind four years ago
Ballots are streaming in for Tuesday’s election in Washington, but the number returned is still falling well below four years ago.
As of Monday, 56.7% of ballots had been returned statewide, according to the secretary of state’s website. That’s more than 2.8 million ballots returned so far.
In 2020, 73.7% of ballots had been returned the day before the election.
Election officials are still expecting turnout to be around 80% as most ballots are returned in the days before the election. That’s on par with most other presidential years, aside from 2020 and 2008, which both saw record high levels near 84%.
In 2016, 78.7% of voters turned in a ballot, and in 2012, 81.3% voted.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/04/voter-turnout/

thinkingagain
(1,296 posts)Didn’t compare it to any other year
but was just going by low returns on the Wa voter site
My concern was not only low turnout
But what did have higher turn out than say King co
was in the redder areas of the state
MartyTheGreek
(703 posts)dpibel
(3,555 posts)With a few exceptions for accommodation of disabilities.
It's been all mail/drop-off for a long time now.
thesquanderer
(12,544 posts)Weren't mail-in ballots especially high 4 years ago because of covid?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(120,883 posts)The article says as much.
thesquanderer
(12,544 posts)But this was subsequently explained by response #5 above. Washington doesn't have in-person voting. I didn't know that.