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

      • NEW! See this Columbia Gorge News article covering the October 9th candidate forum in Underwood, or watch the video here. It includes candidates for LD 17 and Skamania County Commissioner D3.

County

• Skamania

  • NEW! See this Columbia Gorge News article covering the October 9th candidate forum in Underwood, or watch the video here. It includes candidates for LD 17 and Skamania County Commissioner D3.

    • Watch the recording of the Candidate Night in Stevenson from July 10th. It includes candidates for CD3, State Representative positions 1 and 2, County Assessor, County Clerk and County Commissioner District 3. 

  • Skamania County Assessor

  • Skamania County Clerk

  • Skamania County Commissioner District No. 3

• Klickitat

  • NEW! Watch the Klickitat/Skamania League of Women Voters’ October 15th candidate forum in Lyle and/or the October 14th candidate forum in Goldendale.  Both include candidates for county sheriff, commissioners and PUD.

  • Klickitat County Sheriff

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

  • Klickitat County Commissioner Pos. 2

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