If you registered properly, you should have received your ballot by now. You can check your Washington state voter information at the online MyVote (Update: now VoteWA) portal. This site lets you double-check where you’re registered and if you’re ballot has been sent.
Ballots must be postmarked or deposited in a local drop box by 8 p.m. Tuesday to count. If you’re mailing your ballot, officials say sooner is better. Whitman County mail goes through Spokane and mailing last-minute could potentially miss Tuesday’s postmarking deadline.
You do not need to put a stamp on your ballot.
For drop boxes: Unstaffed boxes can be found behind the Whitman County Elections Center in Colfax, across the street from Paradise Creek Brewery in downtown Pullman and near the west entrance of the Compton Union Building on the WSU campus.
Staffed drop boxes are located inside Pullman City Hall and at the Elections Center in Colfax.
You can check VoteWA to make sure your ballot has been received and accepted for tabulation under Ballot Status. This may take a couple of days to process.
If you lose your ballot, you can also print a new copy and submit that to the county via the VoteWA portal. You can also contact the Elections Center for additional help.
County Auditor Eunice Coker said her staff will process ballots as they come in to the center. They will check your signature against previous examples in their database and verify that you have not submitted any other ballots.
If there is an issue with your ballot, you should receive a letter with instructions on confirming your ballot in the coming days. Coker said her office will send out the first of those letters soon.
Any other ballot issues or questions will go before the Canvass Board of Coker, the county prosecutor and the chair of the board of county commissioners on Nov. 26. If you have received a letter to clarify your ballot, you need to respond before the board meets to certify results.
You can find additional ballot information in our 2018 Whitman County Voters Guide.