ELECTION 2024: One week until voting begins. You have 26 decisions to make

USPS just delivered the 111-page voters’ pamphlet for the general election, a reminder that voting begins in a week. King County Elections starts sending ballots next Wednesday (October 16); KCE ballot dropboxes open next Thursday (October 17). Here’s the list of what will be on your ballot:

RACES WITH CANDIDATES (click that link for the lists with links to candidate info)

US President & Vice President (10 options)
U.S. Senator (2 candidates)
Congressional District 7, U.S. Representative (2 candidates)
Washington State, Governor (2 candidates)
Washington State, Lt. Governor (2 candidates)
Washington State, Secretary of State (2 candidates)
Washington State, State Treasurer (2 candidates)
Washington State, State Auditor (2 candidates)
Washington State, Attorney General (2 candidates)
Washington State, Commissioner of Public Lands (2 candidates)
Washington State, Superintendent of Public Instruction (2 candidates)
Washington State, Insurance Commissioner (2 candidates)
Legislative District 34, State Representative Pos. 1 (2 candidates)
Legislative District 34, State Representative Pos. 2 (2 candidates)
State Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 2 (2 candidates)
State Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 8 (1 candidate)
State Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 9 (1 candidate)
State Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1 Judge Position No. 4 (1 candidate)
State Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1 Judge Position No. 7 (1 candidate)
King County Superior Court, Judge Position 41 (2 candidates)
City of Seattle, Council Position No. 8 (2 candidates)

BALLOT MEASURES (click that link for the lists with links to measure info – the very short descriptions below are from that page)

State Initiative Measure No. 2066 (regulating energy services, including natural gas and electrification)

State Initiative Measure No. 2109 (taxes)

State Initiative Measure No. 2117 (carbon-tax-credit trading)

State Initiative Measure No. 2124 (state longterm-care insurance)

City of Seattle Proposition No. 1 (property tax levy renewal for transportation)

So, you have 26 decisions to make on your ballot. We’ll take closer looks at the local races and issues in the days ahead.

Jason October 10, 2024 (3:19 pm)

The Stranger voting guide, take the wheel!

Delridge Dad October 10, 2024 (4:20 pm)

^^^^This
AO October 10, 2024 (4:45 pm)

^^^^ also this
R-n-B October 10, 2024 (8:11 pm)

^^^^ x4
K October 11, 2024 (4:40 pm)

Has anyone mentioned ^^^this yet?

K October 10, 2024 (4:05 pm)

No on all the initiatives, yes on Prop. 1, easy peasy.

Desperately Seeking Saka October 10, 2024 (4:25 pm)

Trump, Reichert, yes on 2117.

Andrew October 10, 2024 (7:37 pm)

Very intelligent choices. I like it.
Derek October 10, 2024 (9:34 pm)

Saka voters liking godawful big time liar Reichert checks out. Yeah let’s pretend climate change isn’t real and suffer of 400 AQI smoke
Seattlite October 11, 2024 (7:43 am)

Right on!

Curtis October 10, 2024 (4:41 pm)

Yes on all the initiatives if you work for a living and want your cost of living to be reduced a tiny bit (50c a gallon on gasoline for starters). Also, vote yes if like to cook food or heat your home with natural gas. Otherwise they will take that away soon.

Shax October 10, 2024 (7:09 pm)

Natural gas is extremely bad for your health and for your children, even aside from it being a climate disaster. We got rid of lead paint and asbestos, gas belongs in that same graveyard of history.
Platypus October 11, 2024 (8:49 am)

You can’t advocate for saving money and keeping natural gas in your house. A heat pump is cheaper and more comfortable, plus you get AC with it. Cooking on induction is faster, heats your house up less, and doesn’t poison you. The alternatives for natural gas are not only safer but they are the best choice. Plus you get to watch PSE walk away with your gas meter!
Jay October 11, 2024 (11:45 am)

Lies like this should get a fact check. Heat pumps will only be required in new construction. Nobody is taking anything away from you.
Pete October 12, 2024 (3:51 pm)

That 50c ain’t getting passed on to consumers, come on. It’s basically an inelastic product, gas companies will continue to charge whatever they feel like.

alkiannie October 10, 2024 (4:43 pm)

Kamala! Walz! Yes! It will be a great day!

Bbron October 10, 2024 (4:46 pm)

yuck, Brian Heywood

David October 10, 2024 (5:30 pm)

I didn’t receive any voter guide with my mail today. Hopefully I’ll get a voter guide before I get my ballot unlike the last primary election. I had to personally complain to the USPS Supervisor at the Westwood station via the USPS website to get a voter guide for the Primary Election after all my neighbors got theirs but the letter carrier failed to deliver on to my house. Every mail address is to receive a voter guide.

Not the Stranger October 10, 2024 (5:52 pm)

No way will I ever take advice from the stranger. They support Sawant who is trying to get Harris to lose in Michigan with that Jill Stein. So she’s MAGA in my eyes. Harris/Walz all the way.

Derek October 10, 2024 (9:41 pm)

This is so misleading, she is supporting a fellow socialist in Stein. Leftists don’t support Dem because of centrists taking over. Get over it. And that was years ago that Stranger supported and they had to because her running mate was literally a Bezos plant in Egan Orion. Do you guys read about these people, or just echo Rantz and Cho?
- Jay October 11, 2024 (11:51 am)
  
  Stein isn’t really a socialist, she’s a Leninist. She strongly opposes European democracy and supports imperialism via war. Her biggest policy position now is getting the west to force Ukraine to surrender to Russia and cede the country Putin. She’s basically a Kissinger-esque neoliberal at this point. Like Trump, she wants the United States to pull out of the United Nations and NATO and align with Russia to help them recapture territory lost due to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
- Not the stranger October 13, 2024 (11:16 am)
  
  I won’t get over it. There’s one choice this election and it’s Harris.

drahcir61 October 10, 2024 (6:12 pm)

The suspense to read the voter guide is killing me … is DJT listed as “Republican” or maybe “MAGA” or maybe “Russian Party” … ooooo I just can’t wait to find out, please don’t spoil it for me, I love a good surprise! :)

Javier October 10, 2024 (7:14 pm)

I just Google “Progressive Voters Guide” and fill out the bubbles per their recommendations. It’s customized for your specific area and very convenient. Then I take my ballot to the Junction drop box and call it a day. Love the convenience of our blue state!

anonyme October 11, 2024 (11:23 am)

This explains a lot in terms of leftist lockstep voting. I almost said “thinking” instead of “voting”, but this approach is antithetical to rational, independent thought. If democracy is failing, it’s because no one wants to do the work – and that goes for both parties.
- Jay October 11, 2024 (11:45 am)
  
  This is pretty strong projection.
- Jason October 11, 2024 (12:10 pm)
  
  Sometimes the progressive guides are that work. If you are progressive, I see no problems here. At least it’s a publication that advertises their political beliefs. If you are mad about this, you have to be mad about Charlie Kirk and Conservative PACs types that push candidates like Sara Nelson and Tanya Woo.