2026 Election Resources

Washington

Ballots should be mailed to registered voters around October 16th; they are due no later than November 3rd.

To ensure your ballot is counted, VOTE EARLY and use a ballot drop box if you can. If you must mail your ballot, please take it into your Post Office and ask them to postmark it by hand.

If your ballot doesn’t arrive by October 21st, visit VoteWA.gov or contact your county elections office as soon as possible for a replacement ballot.

Sample 2026 ballots

• Skamania County (coming soon)

• Klickitat County

Items we’re watching:

Statewide

• There are FIVE Washington State Supreme Court positions on the ballot. This is the majority of the court, so the results of this election could change the judicial landscape of Washington state for years.

  • How to choose between the candidates?

    • Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

    • View the Washington State Supreme Court Elections Visualizer

    • Watch the LWV Washington Supreme Court Candidate Interviews

    • Read the LWV Washington Supreme Court Candidate Interviews: Four Questions

• IL26-001 is an initiative regarding parents’ rights to access their children’s school records.

  • How to decide Yes or No?

    • Read what a Yes vote or No vote means on the LWV’s issue paper

    • Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

    • See the LWV’s quick guide on the 2026 initiatives

• IL26-638 is an initiative states regarding gender & sex requirements for school sports.

  • How to decide Yes or No?

    • Read what a Yes vote or No vote means on the LWV’s issue paper

    • Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

    • See the LWV’s quick guide on the 2026 initiatives

    • See the endorsements for and against the initiative on Wikipedia

Regional

• U.S. House Representative positions

  • Congressional District 3 (Long Beach to Underwood)

    • How to choose between the candidates?

      • Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

      • Watch the recording of the Candidate Night in Stevenson from July 10th

      • Watch the LWV 3rd Congressional District Candidate Forum

  • Congressional District 4 (White Salmon to Pasco)

    • How to choose between the candidates? Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

• State Representative positions

  • Legislative District 14 (Catherine Creek/Lyle to Pasco)

    • How to choose between the candidates? Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

  • Legislative District 17 (Camas to Catherine Creek/Lyle)

    • How to choose between the candidates?

      • Read the Progressive Voters’ Guide

      • Watch the recording of the Candidate Night in Stevenson from July 10th

County

• Skamania

  • NEW! Attend the candidate forum on October 7th at 6pm at the Hegewald Center.  It will include candidates for CD3, State Representative (Pos. 1 & 2), County Assessor, County Clerk, County Commissioner D3, and PUD Commissioner D3.

    • Watch the recording of the Candidate Night in Stevenson from July 10th

  • Skamania County Assessor

  • Skamania County Clerk

  • Skamania County Commissioner District No. 3

• Klickitat

  • NEW! Attend the Klickitat/Skamania League of Women Voters’ candidate forum on October 15th at 7pm at the Lyle Lions Club.  It will include candidates for county sheriff, commissioners and PUD.

  • Klickitat County Sheriff

    • How to choose between the candidates?

      • Watch the recording of the Klickitat County Sheriff Candidate Forum in White Salmon from July 14th

      • Uplift Local article: Klickitat sheriff candidates lay out their views at Dallesport forum from July 13th

  • Klickitat County Commissioner Pos. 2

    • How to choose between the candidates?

      • Columbia Gorge News article: Goldendale candidate forum from July 21st