10/30/2026
If you cannot make it to a ballot box, make sure to walk it into your local post office to be postmarked on that day. The last day to mail your ballot was Oct 23rd.
🚨 USPS changes = ballots may not be postmarked on the same day they are mailed. And -- in WA state -- ONLY ballots that are postmarked by Election Day are counted.
We recommend using a secure ballot drop box to return your ballot, but if you need to mail your ballot, mail it ASAP -- and definitely by Oct. 27 (the recommended date by USPS). After Oct. 27 we recommend that you hand it directly to a postal clerk and request a postmark at the counter.
Ballot drop boxes are open until 8 pm on Election Day (Nov. 3). Find ballot drop boxes ➡️ https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/voters/voter-registration/drop-box-and-voting-center-locations
Image description: The "Jim Pointing to the Whiteboard" meme, which features TV character Jim Halpert with a whiteboard. The top frame shows Jim pointing at a whiteboard that reads: "Ballots can't just be mailed on Election Day." And the bottom he is sitting next to a whiteboard that reads: "The must be postmarked by Election Day."
