Monday deadline for new Washington voters to register

By Evan Smith

Monday, February 6, is the deadline for new Washington voters to register for the February 14 special Shoreline School District election.

Anyone who registers within 28 days of an election must register in person at either the King County Elections office in Renton or the county voter registration annex in downtown Seattle.

The King County Elections office at 919 SW Grady Road in Renton is open from 8:30am to 4:30pm. 

The voter registration annex on the fourth floor of the King County Administration Building at 500 4th Ave, Seattle, is open from 8:30am to 1pm and from 2 to 4:30pm.

The last day to register on line or by mail or for previously requested Washington voters to file a change of address was January 16.

The only item on local ballots is a bond issue to replace Shoreline's two middle schools and one elementary school and to build a new early learning center.

Drop boxes are in place at Lake Forest Park and the Shoreline Library. The ballot envelopes are postage paid and can be dropped in any post office box. The postage paid option is an experiment from King County elections to see if it increases vote returns.