Planning on registering, voting in WA primary in Olympia area? Where and how you can do it
The Washington state primary election on Aug. 2 is less than a week away. Washingtonians will vote on candidates for the U.S. Senate and House, Washington State Supreme Court, Washington Secretary of State, state legislature and other judicial offices.
Over 1,000 candidates are running for office across the state. Depending on where in the county they live, Thurston County residents will vote in either Congressional Districts 3 or 10 for their U.S. representative and Legislative Districts 2, 19, 20, 22 or 35 for state representatives.
As of July 1, there were 194,605 residents registered to vote in Thurston County and just under 4.8 million registered voters statewide, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
The deadline to register to vote online for the election on Aug. 2 has already passed, but it is possible to register in person through election day, which ends at 8p.m.
But for those who plan to register on election day, out of the 33 locations to cast your vote in Thurston County, only two are in-person voting centers that allow you to also register in person — the other 31 locations are drop box locations for those who received a ballot in the mail and voted at home.
Voter registration status can be found at VoteWA.gov by entering your full name and birth date.
The two in-person voting locations are at the Lacey Library, 500 College Street SE in Lacey, and the Thurston County Elections Office, 2400 Evergreen Park Dr. SW in Olympia. Anyone who is a registered voter in Thurston County can vote at either location.
Each county in the state also allows in-person voting at the county election office. Thurston County’s election office is in Olympia, at the 2400 Evergreen Park Dr. SW voting location.
For those who opt to vote at home, the recommended last day to mail a ballot was July 26. Now through when voting closes on Aug. 2 at 8p.m., the recommendation is to drop your ballot off at one of the 31 drop boxes around Thurston County. That includes locations in Bucoda, Lacey, Olympia, Rainier, Rochester, Tenino, Tumwater and Yelm.
Drop box locations for the entire state, by county, can be found here. Below are the drop box locations just for Thurston County, sorted by city:
Bucoda
Bucoda Town Hall - 103 S. Main St.
Lacey
Fire District 3, Station 34 - 8447 Steilacoom Road SE
Fire District 3, Station 35 - 3701 Willamette Dr. NE
Lacey City Hall - 420 College St. SE
Lacey Library - 500 College St. SE
Lacey Post Office - 5815 Lacey Blvd. SE
Martin Village - 5600 Martin Way E
Woodland Retirement and Assisted Living Community - 4532 Intelco Loop SE
Olympia
Church of the Good Shepherd - 1601 North St. SE
Crain’s Office Supply - 1006 4th Ave. E
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - 1515 Harrison Ave. NW
Griffin Fire 13, Station 1 - 3707 Steamboat Loop NW
Haggen NW Fresh - 1313 Cooper Point Road SW
Littlerock Fire 11 - 10828 Littlerock Road SW
McLane Black Lake Fire, Station 95 - 5911 Black Lake Blvd. SW
Nisqually Tribal Administration Building - 4820 She-Nah-Num Dr. SE
Olympia City Hall - 601 4th Ave E.
South Bay Fire 8, Station 81 - 3506 Shincke Road NE
South Bay Fire 8, Station 83 - 5046 Boston Harbor Road NE
South Puget Sound Community College - 2011 Mottman Road SW
The Evergreen State College - 2700 McCann Plaza Dr. NW
Thurston County Courthouse - 2000 Lakeridge Dr. SW
Thurston County Elections Office - 2400 Evergreen Park Dr. SW
Rainier
Rainier City Hall - 102 Rochester St. W
Rochester
Grand Mound Center - 19949 Old Highway 99 SW
Rochester Fire 1, Station 3 - 18346 Albany St. SW
Tenino
Tenino School District Administration - 301 Old Highway 99 SE
Tumwater
Tumwater School Administration - 621 Linwood Ave. SW
Tumwater Timberland Library - 7023 New Market St. SW
Yelm
Lackamas Elementary - 16240 Bald Hill Road SE
Yelm Schools Administration - 110 1st Street NE
