Ballots for the Nov. 5 election will be arriving in your mailbox soon. Here's what you need to know if you're voting in Washington state. Why it matters: Washington this fall will choose its first ...

(Rose Wong for The Washington Post ... York ballots are no longer as awful as this 2010 sample ballot from Kings County, but experts say the state-mandated format remains confusing.

"Ballot status will update as your ballot is received and processed," the office of Washington's secretary of state wrote on its website. "Please allow 3-5 business days for your ballot to be ...

Washington lawmakers are advancing changes to rights for parents and students in schools, teeing up what could become a fight ...

The state of Washington has been allowing election officials to count mail ballots that don't make it to their office until ...

SEATTLE — Washington's system of verifying signatures on ballots before they are counted does not violate the state constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Three liberal nonprofit ...