ELECTION 2025: If you’re among the 88 percent of King County voters who haven’t turned in ballots yet, you have five days

The sun’s out, the Blue Angels are here, summer break is only half over … Might be difficult to think about an election too, but that ballot you (probably) haven’t filled out yet asks you to make some important decisions: Two levies to be decided, and five major races in which the candidate lineups need to be narrowed to two finalists.

King County ballot-return stats show only 12 percent of voters have turned theirs in so far. You have until Tuesday (August 5) at 8 pm to get your ballot into a King County Elections dropbox (West Seattle has four, and nearby White Center and South Park have one each); if you want to use USPS mail, don’t wait until Tuesday, because there’s no guarantee of same-day postmark.

The decisions you’re asked to make:

CANDIDATES (all are listed/infolinked here)
Seattle Mayor (8 candidates)
Seattle citywide Council Position 8 (5 candidates)
Seattle citywide Council Position 9 (4 candidates)
Seattle City Attorney (4 candidates)
King County Executive (7 candidates, no incumbent)

BALLOT MEASURES
King County Proposition 1 (6-year Parks Levy renewal)
Seattle Proposition 1 (Democracy Voucher 10-year levy renewal)

As always, once the voting ends at 8 pm Tuesday, we’ll get the initial results by about 8:15 pm, and then one update a day until everything’s counted.

P.S. If you still haven’t received your ballot, report it ASAP to 206-296-VOTE. (Mail hiccups in our area meant our ballots didn’t arrive until this week – in the same delivery as the replacements we’d requested when the originals hadn’t shown up by early last week!)

Question Authority July 31, 2025 (2:40 pm)

Hey Citizens, if you can’t bother to invest the 5 minutes it takes to vote you are truely lazy. This City and region are getting safer and less beholden to the Progressive Activists at blame for many issues, so kick them out and keep them out. Thank you

M July 31, 2025 (3:15 pm)

Oh. I thought we were getting more unsafe. Hard to keep track of the takes on here.
West Seattle Mad Sci Guy July 31, 2025 (5:04 pm)

I am also for everyone voting, but it takes more than 5 minutes to research the candidates and propositions. I probably spent 45 minutes reading up. Then another 10 signing and making my way to the mailbox to drop my ballot.

Jake July 31, 2025 (2:45 pm)

Praying to Jeebus that Ann Davison doesn’t even make it out of primary.

k July 31, 2025 (3:47 pm)

Same. Spending the City Attorney’s office resources filing affidavits on every case in order to exclude a Democratically elected judge whom Davidson has a personal issue with (the judge that filed an ethics complaint against Davidson) is the opposite of the law-and-order facade Davidson wants to sell you. Her only noteworthy accomplishment is the policy focusing resources on frequent offenders, a policy crafted by her opponent in the last election Nicole Thomas-Kennedy. We need someone with integrity in that office, not some petty Betty wasting our tax money and other resources on grudges.
- Question Authority July 31, 2025 (6:01 pm)
  
  That Judge made a mockery of justice by siding with criminals and ignoring the trauma dealt upon the victims. She let her personality and opinions get in the way of true justice. Ann Davidson has brought the accountability and honor back to that office and doesn’t let criminals run the roost.
  - K July 31, 2025 (6:42 pm)
    
    Yeah, that’s not what happened. Sounds like her actions are not a deal-breaker for you, which is unsurprising, but many of us are hoping for someone who respects Democracy and the rule of law. Which is definitely not Davidson.
    - Steven August 1, 2025 (8:13 am)
      
      That is actually what happened, though. Pooja released recidivists because it aligned with her radicalized progressive political leanings. You wonder why Seattle has so many repeat offenders? Because our justice system is broken. How many news stories do you read on a weekly basis where the main complaint is “how could this person still be out on the streets after so many prior offenses?”Ann Davison is our only hope in this city. I wish we had someone even more serious than her, frankly.
    - k August 1, 2025 (9:22 pm)
      
      Steven, you’re speaking to the exact problem. Pooja did not break any laws. She was Democratically elected and did her job in accordance with the law, but Davidson doesn’t like her for political reasons so she’s wasting precious resources carrying out a petty vendetta based on personal feelings. There was no professional misconduct, otherwise there would be official channels to go through, instead of the extraordinary lengths Davidson has been going to in order to sideline a Democratically elected–meaning the people of Seattle DO like her, even if Davidson doesn’t–judge she happens to personally disagree with. Petty, childish, not fit for office. DEFINITELY not the model for law and order. Quite the opposite.
  - Derek August 1, 2025 (7:33 am)
    
    Questioning Authority is the last thing you do. Davison abused her power and has pending ACLU lawsuits against her. She’s a joke. https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/12/05/79810782/city-attorney-ann-davison-stretches-the-truth-in-war-on-judge-she-doesnt-like This is a tremendous article detailing what actually happened.

Admiral-2009 July 31, 2025 (4:00 pm)

Ann Davison is doing a decent job and deserves to be re-elected!

Frustrated July 31, 2025 (4:51 pm)

If you don’t vote then you have no right to complain.

M July 31, 2025 (5:51 pm)

You can opt out and still complain. It’s not a contingent right.
- CarDriver July 31, 2025 (6:58 pm)
  
  You’re correct you don’t have to vote.Those of us that voted will give you the attention you deserve. Which is zero.

WSzombie July 31, 2025 (10:08 pm)

Unfortunately, for anybody who has watched the mayoral debates in the past, every candidates is a carbon copy of the others. Maybe a little different in aesthetics, but the policies are all the same. There needs to be a variety of candidates, if for anything to just disrupt the process and for the incumbents and career politicians to put in a little effort. The last mayoral debates was one answer followed by five, “i agree”.

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