One of the best sentences in American Democracy: Your ballot has been accepted.
In Washington State, we vote by mail. It’s great. 10/10, highly recommend.
Ballots are mailed to voters about 3 weeks before Election Day. Voters have the option to mail their ballots using USPS (Election Day — Nov. 5th this year — is the last day they can be postmarked), or by dropping them off (by Election Day) in ballot boxes (at public libraries and other strategic places around town), or the county elections office.
I’ve used all three methods successfully. This time around I went to the county elections office. It was a beautiful day, so I walked downtown to catch the bus to get home.
If you have the ability to vote, please do. And pay attention not just to federal and state races, but local races as well.
Carmen Yount 