It’s Election Day with ballots due by 8 PM. If you haven’t voted yet, do NOT drop it in the mail. It is too late to be postmarked in time.
Most presidential election years, reports come in that the Broadway ballot drop box is filling up.
King County Elections says its teams will be out emptying the ballot boxes all day.
“We find that often drop boxes are not actually ‘full’ but ballots are bunched up at the slot,” KCE said in one past update.
Their advice is to “make sure each ballot is smoothly through the entrance” — though you can also try to give the 1,000-pound boxes a thump.
You can also try another drop box — though the Garfield Community Center box can fill up fast, too.
If you can, wait it out and county election workers will be on the case to come and clear the way for democracy.
Remember, last year, the Broadway drop box made a small 40-foot move to its new location still on the edge of Seattle Central College.
As for worries about somebody damaging the county’s dop boxes, KCE says every ballot drop box will have security on Election Day “in addition to being staffed by Elections staff.” The boxes are also designed for protection “with no pry points and multiple locking mechanisms” and are equipped with fire stops.
For a more likely issue, to replace a lost or damaged ballot, King County voters can mark and print a new ballot with this online ballot marking tool.
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