2023/2024 election calendar

Attention Districts -- please click here for your complete resolution, statement, and committee deadlines.

Resolutions


To call for a special election in February or April, resolutions are due 60 days prior to the election date.

If the Special Election is to be held in conjunction with a Primary, resolutions are due no later than the Friday immediately before the first day of the regular candidate filing period.

Resolutions calling for a Special Election in conjunction with the General Election are due no later than the day of the Primary. RCW 29A.04.321

If a jurisdiction wishes to withdraw a resolution, a signed statement must be submitted to the elections division.  The deadline to withdraw a resolution is the same as filing a resolution that calls for an election.

Certification


Election results are certified 10 days after a Special Election in February or April, 14 days after a Primary, and 21 days after a General Election.

Candidate Filing 2023


Candidate filing period for 2023 is May 15-19.
RCW 29A.24.050

  2023  2024
Election Date
Aug 1
 2023
Nov 7
 2023
 
Feb 13
 2024
Mar 12
 2024
Apr 23
 2024
 Aug 6
 2024
 Nov 5
 2024
Resolution DueMay 12
Aug 1
 Dec 15n/aFeb 23May 10Aug 2
8 day by mail or online registration 
 and update deadline
July 24Oct 30 Feb 5Mar 4Apr 15July 29Oct 28
in-person registration and
update deadline
Aug 1
 8 pm
Nov 7
 8 pm
  Feb 13
8 pm
Mar 12
8 pm
Apr 23
8 pm
Aug 6
8 pm
Nov 5
8 pm
Overseas/military ballots mailedJune 16Sept 22 Jan 12Jan 26Mar 22 June 21Sept 20
Ballots availableJuly 14Oct 20  Jan 26Feb 23Apr 5 July 19 Oct 18
Election certifiedAug 15Nov 28  Feb 23 Mar 22May 3 Aug 20
 Nov 26
voter registration
and updates

by mail or
online

 
 
in person
Applications for new registration or updates must be received by an
 elections official no later than 8 days before the election.
      close of business by mail; online by midnight
 
 Applicants must appear in-person at the County Auditor's Office no later
 than 8pm on the day of the election to register or update their current
 registration.