Spokane County voters will not be required to affix postage when mailing in their completed ballots for the 2018 primary election Aug. 7 and the Nov. 6 general election.
Individuals will continue to have the option of placing their ballots in any of the many white drop boxes located at public libraries and select town halls. For a complete list of ballot drop box locations, visit http://www.spokanecounty.org/187/Ballot-Drop-Box-Locations.
The funding for prepaid postage statewide was secured by Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Gov. Jay Inslee with the hope of providing voters with more incentive to return their ballots and to ensure consistency among all of Washington’s 39 counties.
“This is a statewide trial based on a King County pilot project,” Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton said in a news release. “The result of that project was a significant increase in the number of ballots cast. Here in Spokane County, we are projecting an increase in ballots cast between 5 and 10 percent.”
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